Crime Stories/News
By Peter Egwuatu MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Victims went to withdraw cash. Instead, they watched their life savings disappear, alert by alert while standing helplessly inside bank premises. On a public-holiday evening in Lagos, a man struggled for over 15 minutes as an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, refused to eject his card. By the time it did, it […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas At least five worshippers were killed and 35 others injured on Christmas Eve after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device during congregational prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The explosion occurred at the Al-Alim Mosque in Gomboru Market during Maghrib prayers. Witnesses said the attacker, later […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on Saturday, killing 11 people including a three‑year‑old child at a site police said was illegally selling alcohol. The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime‑weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The CEO of a United States-based home care company, Cashmir Chinedu Luke, has been arrested at San Francisco International Airport by American authorities for defrauding the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) of over $7 million. In a statement by the Department of Justice, Mr. Luke was arrested at San Francisco International Airport […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The compassionate grounds considered for the pardon are her model prison behavior, embrace of new life and the well-being of her children. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the reduction of the sentence passed on Maryam Sanda to 12 years imprisonment. This is coming after her name was removed from the pardon […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The NDLEA said the operation followed intelligence that the organisers had circulated flyers inviting people to what was described as a “drug party.” The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa (retd.), has revealed that the agency has filed a forfeiture suit against a Lagos […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas ARISE News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a statement obtained from its X handle on Monday, the 29-year-old broadcaster, affectionately […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas According to the general manager, Olatunde was among 58 participants who lodged at the hotel for a one-week programme from August 24 to 30. The management of Sunview Hotel, Akure, has addressed the disappearance of a guest, Olaloye Olatunde, a school Vice Principal. The hotel assured the public that it had cooperated […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas Sujimoto CEO Breaks Silence After EFCC Declares Him Wanted, Blames Enugu Govt (Video) EFCC had declared the prominent real estate firm belonging to him wanted for money laundering and diversion of funds. The popular Nigerian businessman, Dr Sijibomi Ogundele, who is better known as Sujimoto, has stated that he is not a […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInGDallas, Texas The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has reiterated that Finland-based separatist agitator, Mazi Simon Ekpa, has never been a member of the group. The clarification follows Ekpa’s recent sentencing in Finland on terrorism-related charges. IPOB described attempts to associate him with the movement as “misleading.” In a statement issued by its Media […] Read more
