Crime - DAILY BLAST https://dailyblastng.com ... To Tell The Truth Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://dailyblastng.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-Daily-blast-logo-4-32x32.jpg Crime - DAILY BLAST https://dailyblastng.com 32 32 NSCDC rescues 15 minors sold for N2m each https://dailyblastng.com/nscdc-rescues-15-minors-sold-for-n2m-each/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nscdc-rescues-15-minors-sold-for-n2m-each Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:48:16 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64228 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has announced the rescue of 15 minors allegedly trafficked and sold for N2 million each by a man posing as an official of a child-rights organisation. NSCDC Public Relations Officer Babawale Afolabi disclosed the development while briefing journalists at the Corps Headquarters in Abuja, saying the rescue was [...]

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]]> EFCC to reopen case, prosecute Atiku over alleged financial crimes https://dailyblastng.com/efcc-to-reopen-case-prosecute-atiku-over-alleged-financial-crimes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=efcc-to-reopen-case-prosecute-atiku-over-alleged-financial-crimes Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:23:33 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64217 A former member of the House of Representatives, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to reopen and prosecute a case of alleged financial crimes involving the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar. According to TheCable, Agbonayinma, through one of his lawyers, Hannibal Uwaifo, of Sagitarian [...]

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]]> “You Igbos, your children will die before you, your parents will bury you” Abioye writes https://dailyblastng.com/you-igbos-your-children-will-die-before-you-your-parents-will-bury-you-abioye-writes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-igbos-your-children-will-die-before-you-your-parents-will-bury-you-abioye-writes Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:48:57 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64206 A businesswoman has gone viral over a post she made targeting Igbos. Ruth Abioye took to Facebook to state that she will rejoice over the de@th of any Igbo person, whether they are bigots or not. She also shared the photo of one man carrying his infant daughter and told him that he will bury [...]

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]]> Politics is my business, anyone who wants to put sand in my garri should not come close to Ohaukwu – Ebonyi LG Chairman threatens opposition https://dailyblastng.com/politics-is-my-business-anyone-who-wants-to-put-sand-in-my-garri-should-not-come-close-to-ohaukwu-ebonyi-lg-chairman-threatens-opposition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=politics-is-my-business-anyone-who-wants-to-put-sand-in-my-garri-should-not-come-close-to-ohaukwu-ebonyi-lg-chairman-threatens-opposition Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:04:46 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64184 The newly sworn-in Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Eze Paul Ituma, has issued a strong warning to opposition politicians, declaring that those unwilling to align with the administration should stay away from the council area. Ituma, speaking after his swearing-in, said opposition elements would not be welcomed in Ohaukwu unless they [...]

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]]> Any chairman who fails to win his council for APC will be sacked and replaced – Governor Francis Nwifuru threatens LG Chairmen https://dailyblastng.com/any-chairman-who-fails-to-win-his-council-for-apc-will-be-sacked-and-replaced-governor-francis-nwifuru-threatens-lg-chairmen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=any-chairman-who-fails-to-win-his-council-for-apc-will-be-sacked-and-replaced-governor-francis-nwifuru-threatens-lg-chairmen Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:48:21 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64181 Francis Nwufuru, the governor of Ebonyi State, has threatened to sack any council chairman who fails to win his area for the ruling-All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections. Nwifuru gave the warning on Tuesday, September 1, as he inaugurated the new Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of the 13 local government areas of the [...]

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]]> EFCC dismissed over 40 staff for corruption and financial malpractice in three years – Olukoyede https://dailyblastng.com/efcc-dismissed-over-40-staff-for-corruption-and-financial-malpractice-in-three-years-olukoyede/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=efcc-dismissed-over-40-staff-for-corruption-and-financial-malpractice-in-three-years-olukoyede Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:02:02 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64146 More than 40 staff members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been dismissed for corruption and financial malpractice in the past three years, the commission’s chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has said. Olukoyede disclosed this on Monday, August 31, at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja during a briefing on the achievements of the commission [...]

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]]> Xenophobic attack: We’ll no longer tolerate dehumanization of our citizens – VP Shettima https://dailyblastng.com/xenophobic-attack-well-no-longer-tolerate-dehumanization-of-our-citizens-vp-shettima/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xenophobic-attack-well-no-longer-tolerate-dehumanization-of-our-citizens-vp-shettima Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:16:17 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64140 The Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has warned that the Nigerian government and its people will no longer tolerate any form of dehumanisation of Nigerian citizens by any governmentin any part of the world. The Vice-President gave the warning while speaking to newsmen in Luanda, Angola on Monday, August 31. He stated this while reiterating Nigeria’s [...]

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]]> Security forces rescue 21 kidnap victims, including 15 NYSC members in Kogi Forest https://dailyblastng.com/security-forces-rescue-21-kidnap-victims-including-15-nysc-members-in-kogi-forest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-forces-rescue-21-kidnap-victims-including-15-nysc-members-in-kogi-forest Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:12:31 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64135 Security forces have rescued 21 people, including 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who were abducted by suspected bandits along a major road in Kogi State. The victims were rescued during a joint search-and-rescue operation conducted in a forest between Egume and Ochaja in Dekina Local Government Area of the state. The [...]

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]]> Yahoo boy and convicted criminal, Invictus Obi Okeke sighted at a birthday party (video) https://dailyblastng.com/yahoo-boy-and-convicted-criminal-invictus-obi-okeke-sighted-at-a-birthday-party-video/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yahoo-boy-and-convicted-criminal-invictus-obi-okeke-sighted-at-a-birthday-party-video Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:53:17 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64124 Yahoo Boy and ex-convict Invictus Obi Okeke, who was deported from the U.S. after serving a six-year jail term, has returned to Nigeria’s social circles, strategically mingling with the who’s who ahead of his plans to run for political office. Mr Okeke was decked in a black tuxedo at the 40th birthday bash of Francis [...]

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]]> Police arrest 70-year-old man for defiling 8-year-old girl https://dailyblastng.com/police-arrest-70-year-old-man-for-defiling-8-year-old-girl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=police-arrest-70-year-old-man-for-defiling-8-year-old-girl Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:26:34 +0000 https://dailyblastng.com/?p=64117 The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a septuagenarian, Usman Abubakar, for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl in Tsakanin Bayara area of Bauchi metropolis.   The spokesperson for the command, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, August 29,  2026. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the ‘E’ Division, [...]

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