Insecurity Archives - Page 10 of 13

Feb

21

2024

Evangelist, five others found guilty; sentenced to death by hanging over 2022 Ondo Bank robbery

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCrime, Insecurity, Metro, Ondo State

Adewale Adelu, an evangelist, and five other people were found guilty of participating in armed robberies in the state of Ondo State and were sentenced to death by hanging by an Akure High Court. Adelu, Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Ropo Adeleye, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho were among the prisoners convicted of raiding and robbing two commercial banks in Akure and Idanre thirteen years ago. court The former Diamond Bank in Akure, the state capital of Ondo State, and the First Bank in Idanre, the Idanre Local Council headquarters, were locations of the robbery incidents. The case was presided over…

Feb

21

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

In Enugu, police apprehend 83 suspects and free 20 adducted victims.

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCrime, Enugu State, Insecurity, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, Security

According to the Enugu State Police Command, since January 1, 2024, they have apprehended 83 criminal suspects and freed 20 victims who had been kidnapped within the state. Among the other crimes perpetrated in the state during the study period were kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, defilement, and vandalism, for which the suspects were taken into custody. When CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, the state commissioner of police, briefed reporters on the accomplishments of the Command since the start of the year, he revealed this information on Tuesday. Uzuegbu reported that during the period under review, 46 weapons of various calibres and 125…

Feb

20

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Hunger crisis: Suleman calls out as Boko Haram collects taxes and kills Borno farmers

Economy, Metro, NewsBandits, Crime, Economy, Herdsmen, Insecurity, Metro, Next Level, Security

Hunger crisis: Suleman calls out as Boko Haram collects taxes and kills Borno farmers The operations of Boko Haram extremists in some parts of Borno and Adamawa are causing a shortage of food in Nigeria, according to Abdulsalam Suleman, a public affairs analyst and senior consultant. According to him, food availability is impacted in some areas of Borno State where farmers are unable to access their land because Boko Haram rebels are collecting levies. He revealed to the Daily Post that these taxes are killing off a number of farmers on their farms. Nigerians are currently complaining about the lack…

Jan

31

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The EFCC uncovers religious organisation financing terrorism, links it to another N7 billion fraud.

Economy, Metro, NewsBandits, Crime, DSS/EFCC, Economy, Insecurity, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), claims that the anti-graft organisation has discovered a religious group that is using money laundering to support terrorists. At a discussion on "Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption" on Wednesday in Abuja, Olukoyede revealed the information. He also claimed that N7 billion in fraud proceeds had been linked to a different religious organisation. He mentioned that the country's religious groups, institutions, sects, and bodies had been proven to be involved in money laundering by the EFCC. Olukoyede claimed that after money laundering was linked to one of…

Jan

31

2024

By Kalu Odinakachi

African disunity is signalled by exodus of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, from ECOWAS.

News, Opinion, PoliticsAfrica, ECOWAS, Insecurity, Security, World News

The decision of the said Countries to depart from the West African economic Bloc known as ECOWAS confirms how truly disunited the African continent has been. Consequent upon the usurpation of power by the Military that removed the elected Presidents of the aforementioned States, things have not been in their normal shape as several sanctions were slammed by the United Nations as measures to get the military leaders to reverse their actions by restoring the toppled constituted government to power. One would not forget in a hurry the level of corruption and misrule the citizens of these countries have undergone…