Kidnappers on rampage in Imo

A gory picture of the ac­tivities of kidnappers in Imo State was on Tues­day painted by the State Com­missioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu. Between September 2, 2015 and yesterday, the kidnappers have shot a police inspector, abducted a commissioner and killed a 63-year-old woman. These ugly incidents have forced.....

IG fires 50 ‘corrupt’ police officers

Solomon Arase, inspector general of police, says the police under his leadership have dismissed 50 officers for alleged corrupt practices and misconduct. Speaking at the end of year commissioners of police conference on Thursday in Abuja, Arase said these measures taken are part of the strategic policing plan contained in.....

$17.8 bn illegally taken out of Nigeria in 9 years – Report

Over $7.8 trillion was siphoned from the world’s developing and emerging economies between 2004 and 2013, and over $17.8 billion (about N3.4 trillion) of that amount, was from Nigeria, a new report on global illicit financial flows has said. Nigeria is among the world’s top 20 countries with the biggest.....

MASSOB expels Uwazuruike, picks new leadership

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) on Monday inaugurated a new leadership for the Movement, after the national officers including the zonal and regional administrators of the group formerly announced the expulsion of Chief Ralph Uwazuruike as MASSOB national leader. The new leadership was headed.....

Youths lynch suspected robber in Imo

One of the four- man armed robbery gang that had been terrorizing Ihiagwa in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State has been lynched by angry youths. The deceased, who was identified as Mr. John Nkwocha, was beaten mercilessly into a coma by youths in the community but was later.....

Student arrested with 108 ATM cards at Lagos airport

National Drug Law En­forcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it arrested a 34-year-old man, Udeh Onuora Pas­cal suspected to be working for an international criminal organization for being in pos­session of 108 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards. The arrest took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.....

Anger as Police Tear gas IMSUTH Students Protest in Owerri

Posted by Admin The residents of Owerri scampered for safety , thursday, as combine team of Security personnel could not stop the protesting students of the Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH) Orlu from blocking the Whetheral by Okigwe road junction leading to Imo State Government House,Owerri but resorted to.....

Imo born Civil Servant in N50 Million Job Scam

Palpable tension may have hit the Staff of the Office of Head of Service of the Federation,Friday, following the discovery of a job syndicate alleged to have fleeced unsuspecting job seekers of N50 Million by the nation’s anti-corruption agency. The suspect, Mrs Grace Nwauzor, who hails from Aboh Mbaise Local.....

Money-laundering: NDLEA arrests 6 for swallowing $156,000

NDLEA Operatives of the of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a Bureau De Change operator and five other suspected money laundering syndicate for swallowing $156,000 (N31, 083, 000.00) at Excel Oriental Hotel along Airport Road, Lagos. The six suspects were arrested in the hotel while they.....

Customs impounds bullet-proof jeeps, others in Benin, Owerri

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, Owerri, Imo State, has seized two new bullet-proof Toyota Prado SUVs, among other vehicles along with contraband with duty paid value of N545.6m during its operations. The Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Victor David Dimka, disclosed that five suspects.....

Police arrest fake army officer in Imo

Nemesis has caught up with a fraudster that has been parading himself as a major in the Nigerian Army. The self-styled army major, who has been terrorizing the residents of Nekede community in Owerri West local council area of Imo State, gave his name as Samuel Ngozi, from Isiala Ngwa.....

Police arrest two masquerades for stealing N57,000

The Police in Nsukka on Saturday arrested two men in masquerade costume in Ovoko Community, Nsukka LGA, Enugu State, for allegedly beating up a passenger on a commercial motorcycle and robbing him of N57,000. The incident happened on the Nsukka/Oballo-Afor highway. A police source said policemen moved to the scene.....