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SARS - A Criminal Organisation That Must Be Disbanded Now

SARS: A Criminal Organisation That Must Be Disbanded Now

October 10, 2020 10:40 am

The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is a dreaded controversial unit of the Nigeria Police Force. It is a unit under the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Anthony Ogbizi. The DIG receives its directives from the Inspector General of Police. SARS, as it is popularly called, is known for extortion, torture, framing up suspects and even blackmail.

Some officers of the F-SARS have been known to be overzealous, terrorising weak and powerless Nigerians. In the past, some youths have been killed by the officers either through torture or stray bullets in a …

Gracious David-West Sentenced To Death By Hanging

Serial Killer, Gracious David-West Sentenced To Death By Hanging

October 10, 2020 7:58 am

After about six months of trial, a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Friday, sentenced Gracious David-West, a serial killer, to death by hanging.

Presiding Judge, Justice Adolphus Enebele, while delivering his judgement on Friday said the suspect was convicted of the murder of eleven young women and attempted murder of a prospective victim identified as Benita Etim in a hotel in 2019.

Justice Enebele stated that the prosecution team was able to convince the court that David-West actually killed all eleven women at various hotel rooms in Port Harcourt and other parts of the …

Policeman Shoots Off Lady's Mouth For Breaking Up With Him

Policeman Shoots Off Lady’s Mouth For Breaking Up With Him

October 9, 2020 10:55 am
A family member of the lady who got her mouth bored after a police officer allegedly shot her in the mouth in the Opebi area of Lagos yesterday, October 8 in the video being circulated online has come out to identify her as Isioma Joy Ndubueze.

The graphic video was shared online by a Twitter user @abba_kamselem, where Joy can be seen in the pool of her own blood while groaning in pains.

 

The Twitter user claims the incident happened close to the canal behind Rikaz Plaza, …

Gunmen Kidnap 20 In Central Mali Village

Gunmen Kidnap 20 In Central Mali Village

October 8, 2020 4:58 pm

Gunmen seized about 20 people in volatile central Mali, with nine remaining in detention Wednesday after their captors released the other hostages, local and security officials said.

The kidnapping occurred on Tuesday during a weekly market in the village of Farabougou, near the central Malian town of Niono, according to Boukary Coulibaly, the village chief.

A youngster was killed during the kidnapping, he said, adding that the “armed men” afterwards released some hostages, mostly women and children.

“At the moment, they’re holding nine people,” Coulibaly said.

Mali has been struggling …

Priests To Face Trial In Vatican Over Choir Boys Abuse Case

Priests To Face Trial In Vatican Over Choir Boys Abuse Case

October 8, 2020 4:56 pm

An Italian priest accused of sexually abusing choir boys in a seminary and another priest who allegedly facilitated that abuse will go on trial in the Vatican next week.

The alleged abuse took place in 2011 to 2012 at the pre-seminary of St Pius X, an institution located on Vatican grounds that trains choir boys and is very close to Pope Francis’s residence.

Gabriele Martinelli is suspected of carrying out repeated sexual assaults on at least one victim when he was a seminarian aged 21 and lived in the building.

Martinelli was made a priest in 2017.

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Thieves Break Into AIT Office, Cart Away Hardware

October 8, 2020 5:17 am

Persons suspected to be thieves on Wednesday, burgled the Adamawa State office of the privately-owned African Independent Television (AIT), based in Yola.

Chief Timawus Mathias, the Yola Head of the station, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola.

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Mathias told Newsmen that some sensitive hardware was stolen by the suspected burglars.

‘We have reported the matter to the Police and the security man was invited for investigation.’

‘And equipment so far discovered carted away include 2 pieces of 42 inch TV, One piece

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Wema Bank Manager allegedly steals N9.2m

Wema Bank Manager Allegedly Steals ₦9.2m

October 7, 2020 9:20 am

The Management of Wema Bank Plc has dragged its transactions service team manager at the Ajah branch of the bank to Court for allegedly stealing ₦9,290,785 he ought to deposit into the bank’s account number 0123015695.

Johnson Akpata, 36, from Kogi State and a resident of Little Saint Avenue, Sea Side Estate, Badore, Ajah, Lagos was alleged to have stolen the money by altering and falsifying the records of the bank’s ATM reconciliation for ATM one and two at the bank.

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO incharge of Lion Building Division of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos Island directed his …

Hushpuppi’s Trial Suspended Till March 2021

Hushpuppi’s Trial Suspended Till March 2021

October 6, 2020 2:40 pm

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the trial of Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi), the Nigerian Instagram celebrity facing wire fraud charges in the U.S., has been moved to 2021.

According to the chambers orders of Judge Otis Wright released September 23, the jury trial will continue by 9:00 a.m. on May 4, 2021.

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Across the globe, the respiratory disease has been contracted by over 35 million people and has killed more than 1 million persons.

Apart from the economic challenges the pandemic has posed as a result of lockdown and some restrictions, it has …

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Makurdi: Robbers Beg For Forgiveness While Robbing Priest

October 6, 2020 7:51 am

Armed robbers who invaded a Catholic Church Parish in Makurdi, the Benue State capital early hours of Monday were said to have begged for forgiveness while robbing the parish priest.

The Priest in charge of St. Augustine’s Parish, Demekpe in the Makurdi Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr. Solomon Ukeyima, disclosed that one of the armed robbers that invaded the parish house kept begging for forgiveness after picking each item.

Ukeyima who disclosed that the robbers broke into his bedroom around 2am said one of them spoke flawless English adding that all the robbers were calm throught out the period they robbed …

Don’t stop at any checkpoint along Kaduna-Abuja road- Kaduna Govt

Don’t Stop At Any Checkpoint Along Kaduna-Abuja Road – Govt

October 4, 2020 7:24 am
The Kaduna State Government has warned road users not to stop at any checkpoint along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway notorious for regular kidnapping and robbery incidents.

Mr Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, said this in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna while emphasising that the ban on security checkpoints on the road is still in force.

Aruwan noted that following complaints by citizens on the alleged checkpoints on the Kaduna-Abuja road by some security personnel, the Kaduna State Security Council had on Sept. 4, 2019 announced …

Five Police Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

Five Police Officers Suspended Over India Gang-Rape

October 3, 2020 4:23 pm

Five senior police officers have been suspended over their handling of an investigation into the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman that has sparked outrage across India and triggered days of protests.

The seriously injured teenager from the disadvantaged Dalit caste was found in mid-September outside her village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state and died this week in a New Delhi hospital.

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The police have arrested four high-caste men on charges of gang-rape and murder.

But the police have faced criticism for cremating the woman’s body in …

22 suspects arrested over attack on SARS’ base in Rivers

22 Suspects Arrested Over Attack On SARS’ Base In Rivers

October 3, 2020 3:57 am

Twenty-two suspects have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command in connection with the killing of one policeman during attack on Station of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and the burning of one its official vehicles in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State on October 1.

Speculations are rife that the attack may have been carried out by suspected outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

A terse statement by SP Nnamdi Omoni, spokesman of the Command confirming the attack said: ‘The incident is confirmed. Our

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