Crime

After two years in detention and trial, the US District Judge Otis D. Wright has finally sentenced an internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popular known on his social media account as “Hushpuppi” to 11 years in US Federal Prison. Back in June 2020, he was arrested in Dubai, UAE by the Dubai Police for internet fraud. The FBI accused him of defrauding a lot of U.S citizens millions of dollars. The UAE government deported to a third country and was picked up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F...

The leader of terrorist group al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a drone strike. CNN just reported it and some sources in the US also confirmed it. He was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 31, 2022.  Ayman al-Zawahiri took over from the founder of terrorist group al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden after he (bin Laden) was killed in 2011 by the U.S Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri was the master mind of terrorist attack on United States soil on Septem...

He was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos Nigeria. The arrest took place the same day he handed over to now Governor, Charles Soludo of Anambra State on March 16, 2022. Willie Obiano was arrested while try to board a flight from Lagos Airport to Houston, Texas USA. There has been a rumor going on snice last year 2021 that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed him on a watchlist for month...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). Adamu made the announcement of the dissolution on Sunday, October 11, 2020, days after widespread protests demanding scrapping of the unit over allegations of brutality and human rights violations. “The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, otherwise known as SARS, is hereby dissolved across all formations, the 36 state police command and the...

Dubai Police on Thursday handed over a suspected internet scamster and an Instagram influencer, Raymond Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the US. Hushpuppi who has been accused of scamming people via the internet was arrested 10th of June in Dubai. ...

Atlanta's Police Chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American who had fallen asleep in his car at a drive-through restaurant. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot by a police officer during a struggle on Friday, authorities say. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Erika Shields handed in her resignation on Saturday. ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria on Tuesday, granted a motion by a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, seeking his release from the Kuje Prison custody. ...

Four police officers have been fired following the death of an unarmed black man who was taken into custody in Minneapolis, officials said Tuesday. The death of the man identified by a family attorney as George Floyd has drawn outrage after video showed an officer kneeling on Floyd's neck as he cried out that he couldn't breathe. Floyd had been arrested Monday outside a deli on suspicion of forgery. He died later at a hospital. ...

Florida police are searching for two NFL players after they allegedly robbed people at a house party. Deandre Baker of the New York Giants and Quinton Dunbar of the Seattle Seahawks are said to have robbed other guests at gunpoint. About $12,000 (£9,850) in cash and watches worth up to $25,000 were taken. Neither man has been arrested yet. A police spokeswoman said authorities were in touch with the NFL and a lawyer for one player. ...

A hair salon owner in Texas was ordered to spend a week in jail after she continued to operate her business despite restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Shelley Luther was booked in the Dallas County jail on Tuesday afternoon following a video hearing, during which she was found in contempt of court. The hearing occurred as Gov. Greg Abbott relaxed more restrictions statewide, allowing barbershops and hair salons to reopen Friday. ...

The US virus death toll has surpassed 50,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, in what is the world's deadliest Covid-19 outbreak. More than 3,000 deaths came in the last 24 hours, and there are now over 870,000 confirmed cases nationwide. But the US still has a lower mortality rate than most European nations based on current case counts, as the White House task force has emphasised. The grim news comes as parts of the US reopen after weeks of lockdown. ...