Crime

Civilian JTF, Hunters Equipped To Battle Insurgency

December 6, 2019 7:21 am

The battle against insurgency and banditry in the North East has received a boost with the sustained training programme for Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), vigilance group and hunters on counter-terrorism to provide intelligence gathering for the military to secure members of their communities.

The volunteer security outfit, made up of young men and women have contributed immensely to the success recorded by the military on the fight against Boko Haram in the North East. Sadly, some members of the CJTF have paid the supreme price, working round the clock to protect members of their communities from invasion by insurgents

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DSS Raises Alarm On Plot To Destabilise Nigeria During Xmas

December 3, 2019 12:14 pm

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it has uncovered syndicated plots by certain elements to destabilise the country with protests at major Nigeria cities during the yuletide.

The service, in the statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, however warned parents, school authorities to prevail on their wards and students from identifying with the troublemakers.

It further expressed the readiness of the service and other sister agencies to deal, decisively with those determined to foment trouble, assuring Nigerians a peaceful celebration of the yuletide.

According to the statement; “DSS has uncovered syndicated plots by some …

Kidnaped Abuja Monarch Released After ₦6.5 Million Ransom

December 2, 2019 6:35 am

The traditional ruler of Rubochi in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Mohammed Ibrahim Pada, who was kidnaped last Wednesday has been released.

The monarch was said to have regained his freedom after his relative paid ₦6.5 million to the kidnappers.

It was gathered that the traditional ruler was released unhurt around 12 o’clock in the afternoon on Saturday after spending four days with his abductors.

Our corresspondent gathered that the kidnapers who initially demanded N30,million from the relatives of the traditional ruler later reduced the amount to N6.5million and released him at a forest in a neighbouring

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Police Yet to Rescue Lecturer 4 Months After Abduction

December 1, 2019 3:53 am

Security operatives in Kaduna and Katsina States have not been able to rescue a lecturer with Federal University, Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Abubakar Idris four months after he was abducted, THISDAY checks revealed.

Idris, an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, was abducted by yet-to-be identified gunmen on August 2 at his residence in Shagari Low-cost, Kaduna, Kaduna State.

Since his abduction on August 2, THISDAY checks revealed that the captors of the lecturers had neither called for ransom nor disclosed any reason for the victim’s abduction.

However, a family member yesterday said immediately after the scenario, they reported …

NY: Teacher Who Had Sex With 2 Students Spared Jail Time

November 30, 2019 10:50 am
  • Sex was on this teacher’s syllabus.

Texas educator Lynne Anne Burge, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to having sex with two teens, won’t be spending any time in the slammer.

The 33-year-old former Muenster High School teacher claimed she was too hammered to even recall the separate trysts involving a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old.

She copped to two counts of improper relationship between educator and student, confirmed People.

A third charge of online solicitation of a minor was dismissed, according to court records.

According to an arrest warrant obtained by

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Man Gets Life For Crossbow Murder Of Pregnant Mother Of 5

November 30, 2019 10:50 am
An evil ex-husband will spend decades behind bars for the “cold and calculated” crossbow murder of a mother of five who was nine months pregnant, British authorities announced Friday.

Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo, who was found guilty by a London jury last week, was sentenced Friday to life in prison with a minimum term of 33 years. The sentence comes a year after he shot his ex-wife with a crossbow as she was running up the stairs in her home, according to the city’s Metropolitan Police.

Authorities said the 18-inch bolt struck Sana Muhammad’s hip and traveled through her body, but it

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Epstein’s Razor: The Truth About The Sex Predator’s Death

November 30, 2019 10:48 am
The American people are understandably furious that sex predator Jeffrey Epstein cheated justice by taking his own life.

Or did he? From almost the moment Epstein’s body was found Aug. 10 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, imaginations have run wild with conspiracy theories.

No honest, intelligent person could dismiss them out of hand as Infowars delusions: Given the timing of Epstein’s death, given his apparent knowledge of compromising information on some of the richest and most powerful people on the planet, the death smells rotten.

But when investigators do their work, theories must yield to facts. And the facts we’ve

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NY: Long Island Man Stabbed In Stomach By Enraged Driver

November 30, 2019 10:44 am
Thanksgiving Day turned into a nightmare for a Long Island man when he was stabbed in the stomach by a deranged driver.

The 44-year-old victim was stabbed around 2:37 p.m. Thursday in Manorville by Gregory Spina, 43, as the victim’s wife watched helplessly, police said.

The victim, a Manorville resident, was driving along Wading River Road at about 2:30 p.m. when Spina, driving a gray Volvo, blazed past him at the South Street intersection, police said.

The victim, whose name was not released, believed Spina hit his 2017 Hyundai. So he pulled into a parking lot next to the intersection

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Terror Returns To London Bridge In ‘Black Friday’ Attack

November 29, 2019 4:41 pm

A man wearing a suspected hoax explosive device was shot dead by armed officers on London Bridge on Friday after what police said was a terrorist stabbing spree, reviving memories of another horrific attack two years ago that killed eight.

Footage on Twitter filmed by eyewitnesses showed a scrum of people tackling a man on the ground before specialist armed officers arrived and shot him dead as he tried to get up.

It is not known how many people were injured in the stabbing spree before the shooting but London Mayor Sadiq Khan said several people were “seriously” hurt.

Khan …

K-Pop Star Jailed For 6 Years For Gang Rape, Spycam Crimes

November 29, 2019 4:39 pm

South Korean singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted Friday of gang rape and distributing videos of the assaults and other sexual encounters, and was jailed for six years in a scandal that has rocked K-pop.

Jung and Choi Jong-hoon, a former member of boy band FT Island, were found guilty of gang-raping two different victims on two occasions in 2016.

Separately, 30-year-old Jung was also convicted of filming himself having sex with other women without their knowledge and sharing the footage without their consent.

It is the highest-profile example of an epidemic of spycam crimes in South Korea, which have prompted …

Senate Seeks Action As Nigeria Loses ₦250bn To Cybercrime

November 28, 2019 12:03 pm

Disturbed by the ₦250 billion loss to cybercrime in 2017, the Senate yesterday urged the Federal Government to improve budgetary provisions for digital technology and cyber-dependence safety.

The upper legislative chamber therefore mandated its Committee on ICT and Cybercrime to engage stakeholders on the menace and chart path for the future of the country.

It also directed the Committee on ICT and Cybercrime to strategically relate with the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to ascertain their ICT shortfalls, cyber security constraints, data management challenges and possible remediation measures.

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Football Coach Remanded For Raping Boy, 9

November 28, 2019 9:01 am

A 32 year old football coach Leodina Ahamadah, was yesterday remanded in prison custody, by the Lagos State Magistrate Court, Igbosere, for allegedly raping a 9 – year – old boy.

Magistrate Mrs K.O Doja- Ojo, remanded the defendant in prison, pending the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Ahamadah who resides at Idi-Aba area of Lekki Beach road, was docked on a one- count charge of forceful rape, preferred against him by the police. The Prosecutor, Inspector Peace Chukwudi, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence on November 18.

She said that …

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