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The Nigerian Police Force, through its Lagos, Abuja, and Plateau State Commands, has arrested three suspects for allegedly staging their kidnapping. The police said the suspects, including a couple in Lagos, staged their kidnapping to extort money from their family members. The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement posted on a verified police X handle, @policeNg, on Tuesday, said the arrested couple, who allegedly faked their kidnapping, intended to obtain a N5m ransom from relatives. Adejobi said Albarka Sukuya in Plateau State was…

Olubunmi Ajayi, a 30-year-old mother, has been arrested by Ogun State Police yesterday, for attempting to drown her five-month-old baby, Imole Anifowose, in RSS river, Sagamu. One Olusola Sonaya, who was fortunate to be around the river, was said to have assisted in rescuing the baby after her mother threw her into the water. Spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola, noted that the baby was rushed to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu, adding that the said baby is in stable condition. She said “Following an…

24 suspected internet fraudsters undergoing training in a hidden academy in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The raid, conducted on Monday, January 22, 2024, targeted a storey building in the D-Line Ewet Housing Estate believed to be a hideout for training aspiring “Yahoo boys,” a Nigerian term for internet fraudsters, according to EFCC in a statement. EFCC stated its officials stormed the building and apprehended all 24 suspects, who were found occupying the upper floor, which had…

A father, Ademola Oladimeji, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, for sexually assaulting his three children. The children were aged five, seven, and nine. While delivering judgment, the judge held that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses were believable and truthful. She also held that their evidence established the offence of sexual assault by penetration and not defilement. According to Justice Soladoye, the pieces of evidence of the three survivors were corroborated by the investigative…