Graphic Photo: Army kill 7 armed militants in Bakassi, Cross River State

Troops from the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Calabar, at the early hours of, Friday repelled an attack on its soldiers and killed seven armed militants at Efut Esighi in Bakassi local government area of Cross River.

Capt. Kayode Owolabi, Public Relations Officer for 13 Brigade, Capt. Kayode Owolabi, who disclosed this to newsmen earlier today in Calabar, said that the militants attacked the Army post in Efut Esighi.

Owolabi said the militants were `boys’ of the most wanted militant leader in the area, Mr. Benjamin Ene a.k.a ‘G1’ who have been on the wanted list of security agencies in the state.

Police Arrest Notorious Kidnappers While Spending N12 Million Ransom Money (pic)

Policemen in Lagos State have arrested two deadly kidnappers who abducted three landlords and their physical trainer near Lekki Gardens Estate, Isheri along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

According to The Tribune, the suspects were arrested by the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Ondo State where they temporarily relocated to after the Isheri operation.

One of the arrested suspects identified as James Kegbe alias JJ, an indigene of Arogbo in Ese Odo of Ondo State had been on a spending spree in Ore after collecting N1.2 million as his share of the total ransom of N12 million paid for the victims.

He allegedly confessed to the police that he was part of the gang that abducted the landlords. He has also named other members of his gang as Julius, Victor, Trust, Senior Man, John and Prince.

The police are now looking for the other gang members.

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Photos: Six people reportedly found dead in a 'brothel' in Umuahia, Abia State

Six people were reportedly found dead and two others unconscious earlier today at 50-50 Hotel, located around Uyo street in Umuahia, Abia State. According to Abia Facts Newspaper: 

"The hotel is a brothel and the girls living there have had experience of mysterious slaps some weeks back that left one person unconscious. This incident of strange slaps made all the occupant of the brothel to leave, only for the owner to recruit news ladies from other cities.  Unfortunately, 3 ladies and their customers are today not alive to tell the story of what happened or what befallen them over night that left them dead. 

Kalu Ikeagwu: "How The Police Arrested Me In Lagos"

A few hours ago, a news story that famed Nigerian actor, Kalu Ikeagwu, that he has been arrested by men of the Nigerian police force in connection with a Theft and Murder case. In keeping to our tradition of bringing you accurate reportage, the editorial team of Sahara weekly got the actor to its cooperate head office where he recounted the horror he and his family went through in the hands of the Nigerian police force.

Photos: Man allegedly gets stuck while attempting to steal building materials in Akwa Ibom

The Man (pictured) allegedly got stuck while attempting to steal building materials from a site in Akwa Ibom state. Narrating what happened, Facebook user Dominic Esifa said:

"Residents of Esuk Oro, Oron woke up this morning to meet this man Effiong from Udung Okung stuck to building materials he was attempting to steal in a site. It took the intervention of the owner of the property to get him off the hook. He has since been handed over to the police." - See more photos after the cut...

Photo: Man arrested in Lagos for defrauding Money Transfer recipient of N1.25m

Zone 2 Lagos Division of Nigerian Police arrested a suspect identified as one Aghatise Davis Osasunmese, on September 20th for fraudulently causing a recipient of Money Transfer to pay him N1.25m.

Police Declares Emmanuel Nwude Wanted In Anambra (Photo)

Anambra State Police Command has declared wanted, Chief Emmanuel Nwude, (Owelle Abagana) over involvement in a case of conspiracy, malicious damage, murder, act of terrorism and attack on policemen. Chief Nwude, from Umudunu, Abagana is a convicted Advance-Fee fraudster. He and his accomplices were in 2005 convicted by a federal high court for pulling the biggest 419 fraud in history. Before his conviction, Nwude was the biggest shareholder in Union Bank Plc, and had controlling shares in several banks and blue chip companies. In a plea-bargain handled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chief Nwude agreed to forfeit cash and property to the tune of 120 million US dollars. The agency seized several of his properties, including the popular Febson Mall, Abuja, a glass tower in Ikoyi and choices cars. He is believed to have tens of millions of dollars stashed in the accounts of fronts in Nigeria and overseas.

APC members in Edo state defect to PDP after burning their brooms

Some APC members in Edo state over the weekend, burnt their brooms which is the symbol of their party, APC, to join PDP in Ward 5 Esan North East. More photos from the broom burning ceremony after the cut....

Thousands of Zimbabweans lose money as MMM crashes

THOUSANDS of people, among them civil servants and vendors, have lost thousands of dollars to fraudulent online pyramid scheme MMM Global Zimbabwe after it collapsed recently. The social financial network, which relied on an accelerating number of new members to pay off the old, abruptly terminated its services last week leaving participants stranded.

This comes as Econet’s mobile financial service platform, EcoCash yesterday distanced itself from the pyramid scheme. Participants claimed they were using EcoCash for their transactions.

Zimbabweans have in the past months been joining the online investment scheme in droves in a bid “to get rich quickly”. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe warned people that the scheme was fraudulent and there was no legal recourse in the event they lost their money.

Photos: Notorious fraudster and 419 kingpin nabbed in Ughelli, Delta State

An alleged notorious fraudster & the second in command of a 419 syndicate that has been terrorizing communities along the Ughelli-Patani highway was apprehended yesterday, September24th, and brutally beaten by Izon youths after he swindled a woman out of N1.3m According to David Oyadongha, who shared the photos on Facebook, he has been handed over to the police in Ughelli.

One soldier, two others killed as militants attack troops in Bakassi

The Nigerian Army said that suspected militants led by a wanted kingpin, Benjamin Simplee aka G1, leader of the Bakassi Strike Force, attacked its troops in Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State on Saturday, September 24th.

Sani Usman, the Director of Army Public Relations, who confirmed the incident in a statement said a soldier was killed during the attack while the troops killed two of the militants. Other militants escaped with gunshot wounds. The attackers also burnt a military pick-up vehicle. 

Passenger From Brazil Arrested With Cocaine In Jacket At Lagos Airport (pics)

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered wraps of narcotics in the collar of a passenger’s jacket at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The arrest was made shortly after the suspect disembarked from the aircraft on his way from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The 31-year old suspect, Agwu Samuel, confidently wore the jacket containing the drugs but through experience and insight, the drugs were discovered by officers. This is the first discovery of cocaine inside the collar of a jacket by the NDLEA.

Flavour Takes A Walk With His Daughter

Aww, see how this guy grabbed his girl's butt on their wedding day

They went to school together. They got married yesterday. See what the man wrote after the cut...

You Are Not Authorised To Kill, Idris To SARS - Crime

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) operatives against torture and extra-judicial killings, saying no policeman in the world had the right or authority to kill crime suspects. Mr. Idris admonished the SARS personnel to always respect the right of every Nigerian, noting that this was the way they could change the negative public perception about them. Addressing SARS operatives and their commanders from various state commands at the Force Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja, the IG, in a veiled reference to the Amnesty International’s criticism of the squad, stated that the policemen had a lot to do to correct the public perception that they did not follow due process in their operations.

Armed Robbers Shot Dead In Abuja During Night Operation. Graphic Photo -

Two armed robbers have met their end while on operation at 5th avenue Gwarinpa area of Abuja. The hoodlums after gaining entrance in a compound in the area, started to rob flat by flat before a distress call was put out by a resident to the police. The security operatives immediately showed up -gunned down these two while the other two escaped. Read what was shared by a witness, Ijeoma.... Ok everyone,God showed up.dead hours of the last night at 5th avenue gwarinpa this guys with two others showed up.drastically dealing with the security man and his family,they had their way in and started robbing each flat. I will have to commend the police for showing up not too Long after a my friend distressed call was given to one of them who's station is at gwarinpa police station.two were not caught,but this two paid for it.Am full of Joy,And I bless God cus my friend's flat was the only one they couldn't break into.His call put an end to it,saved the whole house and sent this two who has refuse to repent were they belong.Thank you so much Jesus,am grateful.

Photos: Key Niger Delta Avengers Commander and his fighters surrender arms as Gov. Okorocha assures of amnesty

Forty-Eight hours to the expiration of the deadline given to the remnants of the Niger-Delta Avengers fighting in the Oil Producing Areas of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta, a leading Commander of the Militants, General Felix Omereji Wednesday, September 21, 2016, surrendered with his fighters and embraced peace.

Chibok girls: President Buhari invites UN as negotiator

As a show of commitment to swapping the abducted schoolgirls from Chibok with Boko Haram fighters in custody, President Buhari told the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that Nigeria would welcome intermediaries from the global body.

Speaking during a bilateral meeting with the UN scribe at the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly in New York, President Buhari said the Nigerian government was willing to bend over backwards, to get the Chibok girls released from captivity.

Photos: Suspected thieves apprehended and paraded in Kano state, get their hair shaved off

These suspected thieves were recently paraded before members of Bangan neighborhood in Kurnan Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State. The thieves are said to have terrorized the neighborhood for a while until they were recently apprehended. While been paraded, they had their hair shaved off before they were handed over to the police More photos after the cut.

Actress Charmian Carr, the eldest Von Trapp daughter in The Sound Of Music dies at 73

Actress Charmian Carr is the first Von Trapp sibling to die. She died after suffering from dementia. She was aged 73. Charmain found fame in the 1965 classic film, The Sound of Music.

She was 21 when she played the role of Liesl Von Trapp, the eldest daughter in the musical family and became known for singing one of its most famous songs, 'I Am Sixteen Going On Seventeen'

Sound of Music was my favourite movie till date, i still can remember all the songs and the movie was so emotional to me, having watching it as a child while growing up.

Arrested Pickpocket Steals Policewoman's N1,200 While In Police Custody (Photo)

A Twenty-Eight year old suspect who was arrested by the operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) for pick-pocketing proved his mettle by stealing N1,200 again inside the Police's office during an interrogation.

The suspect, Deji Ayoola, was hitherto, nabbed by the patrol team of the squad at Ojodu-Berger over the weekend for pick-pocketing a commuter trying to board a commercial vehicle to the Redemption Camp.

He had successfully perpetrated the crime before the RRS operatives, who sighted him when he was removing the wallet pursued, arrested him.

Buhari And Osinbajo Receive Hardship Allowance -

A recent report of the salaries and emolument for public office holder in the executive arm shows that only President Muhammadu Buhari and his vice Yemi Osinbajo receive hardship allowance.

The report, an excerpt from the remuneration for public office holders as approved by the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and compiled by the Economic Confidential, a financial magazine shows that President Buhari and vice president Osinbajo enjoys 50% of the annual basic salaries as hardship allowance.
A breakdown of the report shows that President Buhari receives an annual basic salary of N3.51m; Osinbajo receives N3.03m, while ministers, secretary to the government of the federation, head of service and chairmen of boards of statutory agencies go home with N2.02m annually.

Gunman Shot and Kills in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A "rambling" note expressing hatred for police was found after a man opened fire on a Philadelphia police officer then went on a shooting spree, injuring a second officer, killing a woman and wounding three other people before he was shot and killed by police in an alley, authorities said Saturday.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said police found a note at the scene of the Friday overnight rampage that police believe was written by the gunman and that expressed hatred toward law enforcement and named a probation officer.

"This rambling suggests that he clearly was trying to target a police officer, as he did ... so it just kind of makes it very clear to us what he was out there to do," Ross said.
He said police believe the gunman acted alone in the violent events, which he described as "completely bizarre."

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Photo: Governor Rochas Okorocha spotted buying roasted corn and pear today

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, earlier today, stopped his convoy to buy roasted corn and pear from a street trader in Owerri.

Photos: Learner driver looses control of her car, runs over a motorcycle rider and damages a tricycle in Lagos

A Learner driver reportedly lost control of her car this morning and ran over a motorcycle rider, breaking his legs in the process. According to eyewitness who sent in these photos, the accident occurred at 9:06am today, along Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos state.

"A female learner driving a space bus, lost control and damaged both a Motorcycle and Tricycle (Keke Maruwa). The Okada man was the only one who sustained serious injury. He had parked to drop his passenger when the learner driver lost control of her vehicle.

Heathrow Airport Replies Nigerian Over Leaking Airport Roof In London

 

Photo: Nigerian drug gang member busted after stakeout in Bangkok, Thailand

A 30-year-old Nigerian man identified as Frank Uzoma was caught with  2 kilos of crystal meth in the Ram Intra area of northern Bangkok on Sunday, September 3rd.

 

Several police districts were working on busting the Nigerian drug gang following a tip from an informer that a shipment of "ice" was being readied for sending to Indonesia and Turkey. 

  

Officers from Thung Song Hong, Bang Khan and Tao Poon laid in wait near the end of Khu Bon Soi 6 on Sunday and saw a Honda car being driven to and fro in the soi. 

They blocked any escape route for the car and went in to make an arrest.

Female Pastor interrupts Trump to stop him from attacking Clinton during church service

Donald Trump was on Wednesday interrupted by a Methodist church pastor who said she invited him to the church to thank him for his work in Flint not to give a political sermon or berate his rival Hillary Clinton.

"This public event is open to all and today Donald Trump came to observe. Trump's presence at Bethel United Methodist in no way represents an endorsement of his candidacy," Rev. Faith Green Timmons of the Bethel United Methodist Church Flint, Michigan had said before Trump came up to the podium.

Mr Trump took to the podium and said Clinton caused Flint economic pain by supporting free trade arguments.

Man Who Drowned His Brother In Ebonyi State Sent To Prison (photo)

Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki has remanded one Ogobuchi Ogbonna, 25, in prison custody for causing the death of his relation, Wisdom, by drowning him.

Ogobuchi allegedly tied a stone to three-year-old Wisdom’s waist and threw him into a stream in their area which got him drowned.

The incident occurred at Ndievor-Nchoko, Igbeagu community in Izzi Local Government Area which is within Abakaliki magisterial district.

The suspect was arraigned on a one-count charge of unlawfully causing the death of Wilson on Sept. 9, which is punishable under the Criminal Code, cap 33: Vol 1; laws of Ebonyi 2009.

The accused, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, had no counsel to represent him in the matter.

The Magistrate, Mr Nnachi Olughu, ordered that the suspect be remanded in prison custody till Nov. 18.

The magistrate also ordered that the case file be transferred to the Director of Public Prosecution for necessary action as the court lacked the jurisdiction to handle the matter.

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$122million in cash is found at home of Russian anti corruption chief during police raid

A Russian anti corruption chief has been nabbed with $122million cash during a police raid on his home. Russian police seized the haul during a raid on the house of Dmitry Zakharchenko, the deputy head of the Energy Industry Department of the General Administration of Economic Security and Combating the Corruption.