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Defence
Abia CP hails Otti’s commitment to fight against crime
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, has attributed the success recorded in the fight against crime in the state to God and Gov. Alex Otti’s immense support to the security agencies. Onwuemelie said this when the officials of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abia Council, paid him a courtesy visit at the command’s headquarters…
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Defence
Differentiate Special Constabulary from regular police officers, Arase tells I-G
Lagos, Dec. 28, 2023 (NAN) The Chairman, Police Service Commission, Mr Solomon Arase, has called for urgent steps to differentiate the Special Constabulary from regular police officers. Arase, a retired Inspector-General of Police, made the call in a statement issued on Thursday by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. He said that there should be clear definition of their operations,…
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Crime
Landlord bags double life imprisonment for sexually assaulting tenant’s 2 children
Ikeja, Nov. 20, 2023 (NAN) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 65-year-old man, Igwe Ambrose, to double life jail term for inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children, ages seven and 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable…
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Crime
Crime: Police in Adamawa arrest 208 suspects in January, recover weapons
 The Police Command in Adamawa says it has arrested 208 suspects in connection with various crimes in the state. The Commissioner of Police (CP) Sikiru Akande, disclosed this at a news conference in Yola on Thursday. Akande disclosed that 108 of the suspects had already been charged to court. He disclosed that the suspects were arrested in connection with suspected…
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Crime
Okupe pays N13m conviction fine for N240m fraud
Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday evening, paid the sum of N13 million for the 52-year jail term bagged for N240 million money laundering offence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts…
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Crime
Court commits Okupe to 2 years jail-term
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Mr Doyin Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, to two years imprisonment. Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the money…
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Featured
NCWS embarks on nationwide campaign to upscale advocacy against rape, GBV
The National Council for Women Societies  (NCWS), has begun a nationwide campaign to upscale advocacy against rape, sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls (SGBVAWG). Hajiya Lami Adamu-Lau, the National President, NCWS said this at a news conference/Media parley as part of activities lined up to mark the 16 days of activism to end VAWG. The theme, of this…
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Crime
Insecurity: NSCDC deploys new technology
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has developed new technology – Integrated Electronic Arrest Reporting System (I-EARS), for the collation of security data. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, The NSCDC’s Commandant General (C-G), Mr Ahmed Audi, disclosed this in a statement by the corps’ spokesman, Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Wednesday in Abuja. Audi said that the…
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News
I will lock Aso Rock up if my child is Kidnapped – Gumi
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a well-known Islamic cleric, has threatened to lock Aso Rock if his child is kidnapped. He said this in an interview with BBC Pidgin on Friday. On Wednesday, the cleric had urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the abductors of Greenfield University students who were abducted in April the N100 million requested by the…
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Africa
Ghanaian arrested for allegedly killing girlfriend over sex
A 42-year-old Ghanaian, Papa Gyabi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend with a hammer because she denied him sex. According to the Kumasi Police Division spokesperson, DSP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, in Shama-Kumasi in the Western region of the West African country. Adiku said residents reported that the couple had,…
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Arts & Culture
French police arrest 6 over stolen Banksy artwork
Six people have been arrested in France over the theft of an artwork by the British street artist Banksy that was stolen from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, a judicial source said on Saturday. The mural, which shows a veiled female figure staring mournfully downwards, was found at a farmhouse in central Italy earlier this month, nearly a one-and-a-half…
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Crime
We have seized 2,767kg of illicit drugs in Yobe since 2017 – NDLEA
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in Yobe says it seized 2,767 kilogrammes of hard drug in its operations from 2017 to date. The commander of the agency in the state, Apeh Reuben, disclosed this in Damaturu on Friday, while addressing newsmen in commemoration of the 2020 United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. “From 2017 to…
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Crime
Join war against drugs, drugs’ trafficking, group calls out to individuals, NGOs
Non-governmental organisations, the government and individuals have been called upon to join the war against drugs abuse and trafficking of illicit drugs. The call was made by the Peace and Conflict Resolution Resource Centre (PEACrEc) on Friday, via a press release to commemorate the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The statement made available to Quick News Africa,…
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Crime
Paedophile among 104 suspects paraded by police
The Benue Police Command has arrested  104 persons for sundry offences, including a middle aged man who allegedly defiled his 7-month old daughter. The Commissioner of Police  in charge of the command, Mukaddas Garba, while presenting the suspects to journalists in Makurdi on Wednesday, said that the others were arrested for Kidnapping  and Cult activities. Garba said the command was determined…
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Crime
Court docks Wife over repeated physical assaults on husband
The Police on Friday arraigned a business woman, Mrs Chiamaka Adam, at a Life Camp Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly pocking her husband’s eyes over son’s welfare. Adam, 35, of Paradise Estate, Life Camp, Abuja, is standing trial on a one count charge of causing hurt. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Peter Ejike of FCT Command, told the court that one Mr…
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Crime
Court remands 56-year-old man for sexually assaulting minor
A Magistrates’ Court in Oredo, Benin on Friday ordered that a 56-year-old man, Yaro Garuba, in Oko Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl Magistrate Victor Oyekpen, who did not take the plea of Garuba, ordered the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions to be reassigned to a family court. Oyekpen adjourned the case…
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Crime
Son stabs mother and father to death
23-year-old Micheal Okhide is currently on the run after killing his parents, The deceased were identified as Clement Okhide, 60, and Toyin, 50. It was gathered that Michael who was said to have gruesomely murdered his parents and left them in pools of their blood, also attacked his sister, Mercy. Mercy who’s a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), according to Punch,…
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