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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned that obstructing its officers from carrying out their lawful duties is a criminal offence.    This comes after Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, interfered when EFCC operatives laid siege on his predecessor Yahaya Bello’s home on Wednesday, April 17.    The …

A man, who is accused of setting five police officers and a firefighter alight using what was thought to be petrol, has been charged with six counts of attempted murder.     Police said Ako Faraji threw the flammable liquid at the group, which also included a sixth officer who avoided …

Former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. He was charged with four offences including treason for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country’s government in November, a court in …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, have rescued a middle aged woman who jumped into Gbodofon River in a suicide bid in Osogbo, Osun State.    Osun NSCDC spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, January 3, …

The Plateau state police command has denied reports of fresh attacks on a community in the state. In a statement released today December 31.   The state police command Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, says contrary to the news making the round on some news and social media platforms …

An engineer, Martha Kwaghdoo Anderson was brutally killed by armed bandits on the Makurdi-Naka Road in Benue State.   It was gathered that the woman was shot dead by the gunmen while trying to escape a kidnap on Thursday evening, December 28, 2023.  The Naka/Makurdi Road has become notorious for kidnapping.   Some motorists said …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, for stabbing one Nafiu Hafiz, to death at Unguwa Uku in Tauranin Local Government Area of the state.      Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, December …

The Nigeria police has dismissed two special constabularies caught on camera demanding money from a Dutch power bike cyclist in November.    The two special constabularies, Jimoh Lukmon and Kareem Fatai, who were on duty along Moniya-Iseyin road were seen in a viral video demanding money from the tourist who …

  A man allegedly tried to kill his terminally ill wife while in hospice care in front of her family to “ease her suffering,” saying he’d “do it again” if he had the chance. DeWayne McCulla, 45, from Utah, USA, was charged with attempted murder on Wednesday, December 13 after …

A 27-year-old woman, Faith Nyanchama, is standing trial for attempted murder in Kenya.    She has been accused of trying to kill one Filbert Nzoyisaba on December 2, 2023.    It is alleged that the man broke into Faith’s house in Nairobi’s Kaloleni Estate at 2 am on the fateful …