Crime

Adamawa Attack: Boko Haram Operated For 6 Hours

February 23, 2020 3:06 am

More revelations have continued to pour in over the unfortunate Boko Haram terrorists attack on the Garkida community in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Friday 21 February 2020.

It has been revealed that insurgents carried out the attack with reckless abandon for six hours in the town which is located on the Gombi-Biu – Damaturu Road, sharing proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest.

Read Also: Boko Haram On Rampage In Adamawa Community

Reports say police barracks, churches and a house belonging to Gen Paul Tarfa (retd.) were among several buildings burnt by the terrorists during the …

SARS Kills Remo Stars Football Club’s Assistant Captain

February 22, 2020 4:25 pm

Men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have allegedly killed the Assistant Captain of  Remo Stars football Club, Tiyamiyu Kazeem, known as Kaka.

The club, in a statement on its Twitter handle on Saturday said they regret to announce the departure of “our assistant Captain and Defender, Tiyamiyu Kazeem (Kaka).

“The Club is doing everything possible to investigate his ultimately death. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Read Also: Abeokuta Boils As SARS Shoot Three Traders

“Until his death, he was a humble and reliable defender for Remo Stars FC in the ongoing 2019/2020 Nigeria National League (NNL).”

Kazeem …

Pirates Kidnap 9 Personnel Of Oil Vessel Enroute Lagos

February 22, 2020 4:24 pm

The Alpine Penelope crude oil tanker has been attacked by suspected pirates, the  76nw SW Cotonou vessel was enroute Lagos.

Dryad Global, a maritime security risk management, announced this in a statement.

Ten crew of the vessel were kidnapped. Although their names remain unknown, they include Georgian, Filipino and Ukrainian nationals.

Read Also: Pirates Kidnap Nine From Norwegian Ship Off Benin

The vessel had a total of 24 personnel, comprising of citizens of those countries as at the attack time.

Dryad Global said, “source confidence level” of the incident is “high” and that fate of the crew remains unclear.

“Within

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DSS

Forgery: DSS Ordered To Investigate Bayelsa Dep. Gov

February 22, 2020 10:18 am

An Abuja Area Court has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to investigate a case of forgery filed against the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo.

Ewhrudjakpo of the PDP was sworn in as deputy governor of the state when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) pronounced Douye Diri as the elected governor of the state following the Supreme Court judgment disqualifying the former governor-elect, David Lyon of the APC.

Before his swearing-in, Ewhrudjakpo, who was in the Senate representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, was dragged before the court in Lugbe, Abuja on the allegation of presenting …

IGP Drags Oyetola’s Deputy COS To Court Over $120k Fraud

Police Cash In On Call Data To Clamp Down On Journalists

February 22, 2020 10:18 am

Conversations and messages on mobile devices are no longer confidential . They have become tools in the hands of law enforcement agents in Nigeria for the purpose of apprehending journalists .

Investigation by the Committee To Protect Journalists , a non -profit organisation that promotes press freedom globally, shows that the growing trend of arrest , detention and prosecution of journalists across the country is being facilitated by information shared by telecommunications operators .

According to a report by Amnesty International titled , Indiscriminate Detention of Endangered Voices : Attack on Freedom of Expression in Nigeria , about 19 journalists …

Boko Haram

Boko Haram On Rampage In Adamawa Community

February 22, 2020 5:45 am

Boko Haram insurgents on Friday evening entered Garkida, a town in Gombi, a local government area north of Adamawa State, and went on rampage.

The insurgents were said to have destroyed lives and properties,l.

Sources said the insurgents arrived from somewhere in neighbouring Borno State into Garkida about 7pm, causing residents to scamper for safety, with unspecified number of them being fatally harmed or at least injured.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Suleiman Nguroje told DAILY POST that personnel had been drafted to ascertain the situation.

“It has come to us that there is an attack in Garkida

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Mexico Extradites Son Of Drug Kingpin To US

February 21, 2020 3:26 pm

The Mexican Government, on Friday extradited the son of one of the country’s most-wanted drug lords to the U.S., Public Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said.

Ruben Gonzalez, 30, is the son of Nemesio Oseguera, also known as “El Mencho”, who heads the powerful cartel Jalisco New Generation and is accused of large-scale drug trafficking into the U.S.

“Gonzalez has since been delivered to the U.S. authorities,” Durazo said.

Read Also: Mexico Bans Import Of Electronic Cigarettes

However, the U.S. Embassy had issued a security alert for its citizens regarding the possibility of “retaliatory measures” in Guadalajara, the cartel’s stronghold.…

U.S. Sues Village For Religious Discrimination

February 21, 2020 4:44 am

 

The United States Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Walthill in Nebraska for alleged religious discrimination against a church.

In a statement released on Thursday, it stated that Walthill denied Light of the World Gospel Ministries, a nondenominational and multi-ethnic Christian body, a permit to construct a new church building.

The department alleged that in the same period the village approved construction of a library, an education centre and other nonreligious places of gathering in the locality.

It said the alleged action was a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalised Persons Act …

The late Bilyaminu Haliru Bello and his wife Maryam Sanda

Husband Killer Maryam Sanda Appeals Death Sentence

February 21, 2020 4:43 am

Maryam Sanda who was found guilty for the gruesome murder of her husband Bilyaminu Bello has filed an appeal against the death sentence she was handed by a Federal High Court in Abuja.

The convict alleged that the death sentence handed to her by Justice Yusuf Halilu was ”tainted by bias and prejudices”, and that she wasn’t given a fair hearing. She then asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the verdict and acquit her.

Maryam added that she was convicted on circumstantial evidence by the trial judge who reportedly failed to rule on her preliminary objection, challenging the …

Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar

$500m Bribe: Oil Mogul Aliyu Abubakar On Trial In Italy

February 20, 2020 4:21 am

An Italian judge has ordered a Nigerian businessman, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar to stand trial for alleged international corruption relating to a Nigeria oil graft case involving Eni and Shell, a judicial source and his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Milan prosecutors allege that Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar, a reclusive billionaire and chairman of AA Oil, played a central role in one of the oil industry’s biggest scandals in years, handing out more than $500 million in cash to powerful Nigerian government officials.

The money is alleged to come out of the $1.3 billion licence fee paid by Eni and Shell for …

Slum

Kenya: Killer Cops Are Targeting Slum Youth, Lobby Says

February 19, 2020 3:24 pm

 

Social justice groups based in informal settlements have expressed fears that there’s a killer police officer in nearly every slum in the country.

Speaking during an engagement Forum with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) in Nairobi on Tuesday, Mr Wilfred Olal, the convener of Social Justice Centres Working Group, raised the alarm on the situation, citing Pangani area that hosts Mathare slums as an example.

He claimed that the infamous Pangani six officers have a private police station that acts as the base for their activities.

He mentioned an officer known by locals as Hessy wa Dandora as

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EFCC

EFCC Arraigns Sterling Bank Staff For Stealing ₦2.7m

February 19, 2020 10:39 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, Wednesday arraigned an ex-banker, Akinwole Oluwaseun Dosunmu, alongside his wife, Motunrayo Olanike Dosunmu for allegedly stealing ₦2.7m from Sterling bank PLC.

The duo were brought before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.

EFFC acting spokesman, Tony Orilade who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja further explained that the couple was accused of stealing the said sum from Sterling Bank Plc.

Akinwole reportedly was an employee of the bank, while his wife was a customer and a beneficiary in the bank’s Third Party Acquirer Scheme.

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