Crime Archives - Page 64 of 67

Jun

05

2020

Kogi bank robbery: IGP orders manhunt for perpetrators

NewsBandits, Crime, Metro, Nigeria

..Deploys IRT, STS, FSARS crack detectives to state The Inspector-General of Police has ordered a full-scale manhunt for the perpetrators of the attack on Isanlu Police station and a commercial bank in Yagba East LGA of Kogi State on 4th June 2020. The IGP while condemning the incident, has deployed a team of crack detectives from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Federal-SARS to Kogi State to ensure that the criminals are apprehended and brought to book. In a statement yesterday by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, the IGP has also directed the…

Jun

04

2020

By OHAFIATV

Insecurity: President Buhari told to sack service chiefs immediately

PoliticsBoko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Mohammadu Buhari, Opinion

A rights group, Nigeria Arise Against Crime (NAAC), has written President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to without further delay, sack the current Service Chiefs. NAAC said that dismissing these security chiefs would rescue Nigeria and the current government from the embarrassment of losing several lives to insurgents and bandits on a daily basis. Yusuf Kazeem, the National Coordinator of the group, made the call at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. The group insisted that sustaining the security chiefs who have exhausted their wit is a disservice to the nation’s security architecture. The group vowed to stage a nationwide…

Jun

04

2020

By OHAFIATV

Buhari Govt: 2,900 payments worth N51bn paid into personal accounts – BudgIT

Economy, PoliticsCrime, Economy, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

BudgIT has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the payment of government funds into personal accounts. This call was made after a study of the Open Treasury Initiative of the Federal Government. The Buhari administration on December 9, 2019, launched the Open Treasury Portal. The purpose is to increase transparency in government spending. On Thursday, BudgIT released its report titled Open treasury “OpenTreasury.gov.ng Nigeria’s Spending Platform: Review, Gaps and Recommendations”. It noted that the sums were paid into personal accounts, including several records with vague descriptions. BudgIT discovered over 5000 payments without descriptions to the tune of N278 billion. It found…

Jun

03

2020

By OHAFIATV

Pope says racism ‘intolerable’, in reaction to Floyd killing

PoliticsAccident, America, Crime, Politics, World News

Pope Francis said on Wednesday “we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism”, in reaction to the killing of a black man by US police that has sparked nationwide protests. But the pontiff also condemned the violence that followed George Floyd’s death in the city of Minneapolis last week as “self-destructive and self-defeating”. “Nothing is gained by violence and so much is lost,” Francis said. Floyd, 46, an unarmed African-American man, suffocated as a white police officer knelled on his neck, sparking once-in-a-generation demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality. The pope said he was praying for Floyd…

Jun

01

2020

By OHAFIATV

Gunmen kill APC Chairman in Katsina

PoliticsAll Progressives Congress, Crime, Nigeria, Politics, RIP

The Police Command in Katsina State said unknown gunmen have killed Alhaji Abdulhamid Sani, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area of the State. The Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed this in a statement in Katsina, said the incident happened at about 1:35 p.m on Sunday. According to him, Sani was killed when he resisted being kidnapped by the hoodlums. He said “Today at about 1:35 p.m., unknown gunmen attacked Sabon-Garin Dumburawa in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. “During the unfortunate incident, the bandits shot sporadically with sophisticated weapons, and killed…