Crime Archives - Page 14 of 67

Apr

28

2024

Police retrieve guns, rescue victims, execute a suspected kidnapper.

Metro, NewsCrime, Cultism, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Metro, Politics

A suspected kidnapper was slain in Okuno, Orogun community in Ughelli North Local Government Area by police in Abraka Division, Ethiope-East Local Government Area, Delta State, under the command of SP Fabian Ayameh, in cooperation with the Abraka vigilante and hunters group. However, other gang members managed to flee the site of the murder. Additionally, the authorities returned two abduction victims—names withheld—to their families after saving them. Information surfaced that the suspect was shot and seriously injured during a shootout with other members of his criminal group. He was taken to a hospital and later passed away there, according to…

Apr

28

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Alleged adultery leads to husband’s stabbing of wife to death in Ekiti

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCrime, Ekiti State, Lifestyle, Metro, RIP

In Ekiti State, a man who has not been named is said to have stabbed his wife to death because she was allegedly cheating on him. The event took place over the weekend on Christ Avenue in the Adebayo neighbourhood of Ado-Ekiti. One person who lives in the area told reporters that the event happened on Friday night, while another said it happened on Saturday morning."From what I could tell, the couple had locked the door to their apartment and sent their older kid on an errand before they got into a fight",the neighbour said. It was said that the…

Apr

23

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Onyeizu’s Cousin Kidnapped in Umuahia, Abductors Demand N50m Ransom

Abia State, Metro, NewsAbia State, Crime, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Metro

The spate of insecurity in Abia State has taken a new dimension as Mr Joshua Chinemerem Chibueze, Engr Chinedu Onyeizu's cousin, has been kidnapped in Umuahia. Joshua Chinemerem Chibueze was kidnapped on Wednesday, 17th April, 2024 in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, as he was about making his way to his house after the close of work. Eyewitnesses said that the abductors accosted him at the gate of his compound at Ekenaobizi, Umuahia, and took him and his car and headed toward the Onu Imo axis, the boundary between Abia and Imo. After several days, the daredevil abductors contacted the…

Apr

10

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Northern youths confront Kwankwaso over his remarks on insecurity, stating, “You failed as Minister, Gov.”

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsCrime, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

The Coalition of Northern Youth Movement, or CNYM, has cautioned Rabiu Kwankwaso, the New Nigeria Peoples Party's (NNPP) presidential candidate, from making disparaging remarks about the security situation in the nation. Remember that last week, just after the NNPP National Executive Committee meeting in Abuja, the former governor of Kano State bemoaned the security situation destabilising the country in a press conference. Kwankwaso bemoaned that "people can no longer go to the farm," but he was hopeful that the Nigerian Army would be able to handle the situation. They are being driven out of their cities and villages as well.…

Apr

07

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ododo promises to stop repetition of the Kogi attack.

Metro, News, PoliticsCrime, Herdsmen, Insecurity, Kogi State, Metro, Politics, Security

The recent killing of 25 people during a bandit attack in the Agojeju-Odo community in the Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State has shocked and saddened Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo. Speaking on the attack in Lokoja, Ododo expressed remorse for the unsightly turn that local conflicts between communities have taken on over time. He pledged that his administration will act right away to prevent the regrettable circumstances from happening again. "I'm promising the people that those responsible for the heinous deed will shortly face justice. "Assailants whose acts of mindless cowardice resulted in the destruction of lives and…