Category: Crime Watch

Oil theft: N’Delta stakeholders seeks probe of Rear Admiral Babalola

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The Niger Delta Stakeholders Forum, NDSF, has called for the probe of former Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral Henry Babalola (rtd) for allegedly aiding oil thieves during his years in service.   The forum said “illegal crude mining thrived, expanded and even grew in leaps and bound” under Rear Admiral Babalola’s watch as the Commanding Officer of NNS Delta, Warri Naval Base, and Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy.   NDSF stated this while reacting to the former military…

Newly employed Maid confesses to selling Employer’s Baby for N800k

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A maid who was recently employed by a family through an agent has sold the baby she was employed to care for.   The maid, identified as Ruth Okezie, reportedly absconded with the baby from the home in Shomolu at about 2a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 3.   After a missing person’s report was publicised on social media, the maid was found in Ikorodu, without the baby.     She has now confessed to selling the baby for N800,000.   An X user close to the situation, who shared the…

CP orders clamp down on unregistered vehicles in FCT …. meets Area Commanders, DPOs, Tactical Commanders

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The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh met with the Management Team, leaders of all tactical units and Heads of Departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) on Saturday 3rd February, 2024.   The meeting which he deemed necessary is aimed at revamping the approach of the already existing security framework and to set in motion the plan to ensure the safety of residents in the Federal Capital Territory.   The CP, while addressing the officers, urged them to embrace intelligence led…

FCT Police Command gets new Commissioner of Police,as CP Benneth C Igweh assumes duty

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The new Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth C. IGWEH mni, has assumed duty as the 31st Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory. The CP who took over from AIG Haruna G. Garba psc, following the latter’s promotion to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police is a thorough bread and highly operational Police Officer whose experience is believed to come in handy in the fight against criminality in FCT.   CP Benneth C. Igweh, was born on the 7th of October, 1968. He hail…

Niger CP visits Customs,Correctional Service Controllers, seeks for inter-agency collaboration and synergy

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The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, today 31st January, 2024 visited the Customs Area Controller in charge of Niger/Kogi Command, Compt. B. O Kadejo and the Controller, Nigeria Correctional Service, Niger State C.C Hamisu Mohamed Isah. During the visit, the CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman asserted that he was in the Customs office to know the Area Controller personally, as the two agencies needed each other to succeed. He noted that the agencies noble course is the enforcement of law and order, as well as the…

BREAKING: FCT Police rescues 2 kidnapped victims, reunites them with families.

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Operatives of the FCT Police Command attached to Asokoro Police Divisional Headquarters in a coordinated operation and continued effort against criminality in FCT, rescued 2 kidnapped victims in the early hours of 31st January, 2024 at about 1:00AM Following the report of the abduction of two persons later identified as Sarah Hassan and one Mrs Erima Bobo-John at Kobi Community of Abuja, in the early hours of today by some armed hoodlums. Police operatives of Asokoro Divisional Headquarters swiftly swung into action and trailed the kidnappers to Nyanya/Keffi road where…

Ex Beauty queen declared wanted by NDLEA amid drug trafficking allegations

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Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas, a former Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture for 2015/2016 and founder of the Queen Christmas Foundation, has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA personnel raided Ms. Queen Christmas’s residence at Oral Estate in Lekki on Wednesday, January 24, following credible intelligence suggesting her involvement in illicit substance dealings. Shockingly, the ex-beauty queen reportedly fled her Lagos home upon the arrival of NDLEA officials. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that during the search of her home, various…

Nigerian Navy destroys illegal Refining sites in Rivers

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The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) BONNY in Rivers State, on Thursday, destroyed some illegal refining sites as well uncovered tapped wellheads in Cawthorne Channel. The Commanding Officer of the FOB, Bonny, Commodore Reginald Adoki described the operation as “a proactive measure to curtail criminal activities while preventing environmental degradation, amongst others”. The operation was carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) PATHFINDER, to dismantle Illegal Refining Sites (IRS) in areas such as the Cawthorne Channel 1, Sodienyekiri and Birakiri in Rivers State. The IRS discovered…

Yahoo Boy stabs parents as black magic soap fails to yield fortune

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Daniel Bamidele, a 20-year-old man suspected to be a Yahoo Boy, has been arrested in Oyo State. The he was nabbed after stabbing his parents on Thursday, January 25. The Nation reported that Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, reportedly ran out of their home in Apabielesin area of Ibadan, Oyo State with serious injury, calling for help as her son sneaked into their home and attacked her and his father with a machete. This attracted bystanders who hurriedly rushed into the house, held Daniel down and dispossessed him of the machete he…

Niger CP presents Cheques of over N44m to 69 families of deceased personnel

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The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman today 26th January, 2024 on behalf of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun presented cheques amounting to forty-four million, five hundred and fifty-one thousand, five hundred and thirty-one naira, eleven kobo (N44,551,531.11k) to sixty-nine next of kins and families of Police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty recently. The presentation took place at the Police Officers’ Mess, Minna, Niger state capital. In his remarks, the CP welcomed the families to the venue…