News as it breaks
The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Nkereuwem Felix Effiong, to life imprisonment for his role in the abduction of an Akwa Ibom High Court judge, Justice Joy Unwana. Delivering judgment, Justice Chigozie Sergius Onah found Effiong guilty on three counts, including conspiracy to…
The Lagos State Government has re-arraigned convicted billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, on fresh murder charges involving the killings of two police officers in Festac Town. Evans, alongside his co-defendant Joseph Emeka, appeared before Justice Oyindamola Ogala at the Lagos State High Court on a five-count charge…
Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway protesting the abduction of unspecified number of people in the area. They residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attacks by bandits in…
The Defence Headquarters has lamented that the spate of kidnappings across the country has overshadowed the achievements of troops against terrorists in the Northern region. This DHQ also disclosed that troops killed no fewer than 185 terrorists and arrested 212 within the last week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.…
The Senator Representing the Federal Capital Territory, Ireti Kingibe, said the Senate will summon the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, over the rising rate of insecurity in Abuja. There has been an increase in cases of abduction in Abuja lately. Kingibe, while appearing on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Sunday…
The teams recovered various phones, wireless speakers and gang pictures. The victim is currently hospitalised and the suspects are undergoing interrogation and investigation.”
The embassy noted violent crimes, common across the country, was often targeting dual nationals who have returned to Nigeria.
