Two suspects dealing in arms and ammunition, Dung Rwang and Dachollum Yohanna, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 1,360 rounds of live ammunition. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Command of the NDLEA on patrol along the Bauchi-Jos Road. Our correspondent learned that the suspects had boarded…
The senator representing Osun Central, Ajibola Basiru, said some of his aides entered his bedroom and stole an undisclosed amount of money when he was on vacation. While responding to in statement shared on Facebook pages of some of his followers on Wednesday, Basiru said two of his aides were arrested by security agents in…
47-year-old Chinedu Ihukwumere has been remanded in prison after being arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, March 4, for defiling his 15-year-old niece. The suspect was accused of committing the offense sometime in November 2019 at his apartment at No. 37, Lawani Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos. Ihukwumere’s niece was reportedly residing with him at the time of…
A father of six, Felix Edore, has committed suicide after he reportedly found out that his wife of 16 years was having an affair, GIOTV has learned. It was gathered that the incident occurred late Friday in Sapele, Delta State. According to sources, Edore, a cab driver who shuttled between Abraka and Eku communities recently bought…
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Obi Sobenna Jude and Robert Sunday Olaoluwa, for defrauding unsuspecting members of the public, through job scam, by posing as foreigners working for American companies on the internet. .. The intelligence report was received and acted on by…
Two people were badly injured when a vehicle rammed into the bridgehead office of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Onitsha, Anambra state. The lone accident, involving an ash-colored Toyota Camry with registration number KWC818SC, occurred at about 6:40 pm on Sunday, March 1, 2020. The driver reportedly rammed into the gate of the FRSC…
Some villages in Igabi and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State suffered an attack by bandits over the weekend, which left at least 30 people dead and many others injured. Victims of the attack are reportedly residents of Kerawa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, Gidan Musa Saidu, and Unguwar Barau villages. It was alleged that the bandits launched…
Three men, Shehu Abdullahi, 20, Babawuro Jauro Sani, 27, and Wada Wakili Musa, 25, have been arrested and placed in police custody, waiting to be arraigned before court. The three young men were arrested by the Bauchi State Police for extortion and armed robbery in the vicinity. They terrorized the residents and commuters along the…
A 55-year-old man, Bashiru Adeyanju, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison without an option of fine for attempting to rape his 17-year-old daughter. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ekiti State, Olawale Fapohunda, who led the prosecution team, told the court that the convict committed the offense on September 10, 2017, at No…
A former Relationship Manager with a bank in Enugu has been handed an 18-year jail sentence after being arraigned before a Federal High Court in Enugu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a six-amended-count charge bordering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral. EFCC Acting Head of Media and Publicity, Tony…