Category: Crime

On Friday 24, 2025, operatives of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Special Squad arrested two more suspects allegedly involved in the abduction of Mrs. Folasade Odumosu, the wife of a former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The suspects are 27-year-old Agbojule Smart, and Keleke Michael, 30. This was confirmed in a statement issued at the Force Headquarters in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi. The Nigeria Police Force, via its Facebook handle, noted that two locally fabricated rifles, 11 live cartridges and N2.25 million were…

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Nine pregnant women have been rescued by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Press Officer, NAPTIP, Mr Vincent Adekoye, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye revealed that the baby factory is situated at one of the sprawling estates in the Ushafa area in the Federal Capital Territory. He also disclosed that the raid on the facility followed a tip-off from a concerned citizen. He…

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Wife of the former Assistant Inspector General of police, Hakeem Odumosu, who was recently abducted has been rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this on his official X handle on Thursday morning. Adejobi added that the abductors of the former AIG’s wife were killed, and ransom was recovered from the culprits. Adejobi said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, commended the police operatives and the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, for a good job. Mrs Odumosu was…

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Bishop Kenneth Duke, a prominent Abuja-based clergyman, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Federal Capital Territory High Court without an option of fine for rape. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons revealed this in a statement on Wednesday by its National Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, titled, ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a 52-year-old bishop to 20 years imprisonment for rape.’ NAPTIP had sued the 52-year-old, who hails from Cross River State, for raping a 12-year-old girl (name withheld). Adekoye said the victim is…

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An official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) based in its Kaduna Zonal Office, tasked with managing exhibits, has reportedly vanished along with over $30,000 and other valuables. It will be recalled that, not long ago, the agency detained 10 officers in Lagos for failing to account for missing operational items which the EFCC did not disclosed the details, but allegations sqid that the missing items include gold bars valued at over ₦1 billion, $180,000, and £140,000. In the latest incident, a staff member known only as Polycarp…

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