Category: Crime

The Federal Government slammed fresh terrorism charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, January 17, 2022. The amended charge marked, FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015 and dated January 14, 2022 was signed by the Director of Public Prosecution, M.B Abubakar. In the said charge, FG increased the counts from seven to 15. The amended charge was filed less than 12 hours to the adjourned trial of Kanu. The trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako had adjourned the continuation to Kanu’s…

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Unidentified gunmen reportedly attacked the Mgbidi Divisional Police Headquarters in Imo State killing a police Inspector with another cop sustaining injuries. The attack which happened on Friday night caused panic in the area as the hoodlums who came in a vehicle and police operatives engaged in a gun duel. It was gathered that on arrival, the invaders opened fire but they were repelled by the policemen on duty. A source, who pleaded not to be mentioned, said “One police Inspector was killed during the attack. The hoodlums arrived around 9pm…

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One Bolarinwa Oluwasegun, a fake Army General, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Command, for N270 million fraud. The EFCC, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspect allegedly made false representations to the complainant, Kodef Clearing Resources, that President Muhammadu Buhari had shortlisted him and one other to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, and that he needed a short grant “to press and process the appointment.” “He also allegedly forged a letter of appointment as COAS purportedly signed by…

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A 57-year-old man, Aminu Baba, has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for allegedly eating and selling human body parts. The state Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana, who paraded the suspect on Thursday, said Baba connived with three other persons, who usually sold the parts to him at the rate of N500,000 per body. The suspected accomplices were identified as Abdulshakur Mohammed, 20; Buba, 17; and Tukur, 14. The commissioner said the suspect and his collaborators were apprehended based on intelligence information from members of the public. Elkana…

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Moses Oko, a 20-year-old man, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing a 300-level student of the University of Jos, Jennifer Anthony, for suspected ritual purposes. Anthony had been declared missing by friends and fellow students. Her lifeless body was later found at a hotel in Jos, along Zaria Road, on New Year’s Day with some of her body parts, including her eyes, missing. Parading the suspected killer of the undergraduate at the command headquarters in Jos on Wednesday, the Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka, said…

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Police in Lagos are currently in search of a man identified as Keke, alongside his wife, who went into hiding after he allegedly stabbed a fashion designer, Daniel, to death in the Iwaya area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the fleeing suspect returned from work when one of his neighbours reportedly informed him that an illicit affair was going on between his wife and Daniel. The information was said to have angered Keke, who stepped out of his apartment to challenge the victim. It was learnt that Keke…

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A 38-year-old man, Daniel Udoh, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing one Emaka Umonko, the husband of a woman with whom he was allegedly having a secret love affair. The suspect was arrested on Friday after he allegedly committed the offence in Onipanu in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the Onipanu Divisional Police Officer.…

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded Molege Village in Ose Council Area of Ondo State have left no fewer than three persons dead. Several houses were reportedly razed along Elerinla near Arimogija by the rampaging herders who were irked that the villagers prevented their cows from feeding on their farmlands. They reportedly mobilised and set the villages and the farms on fire. The villages took to their heels while their properties were destroyed by the herdsmen. Reacting to the incident in a statement, the state Commander Amotekun, Chief Adeleye Adetunji, said…

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  Jennifer Anthony, a 300 level female student of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), was found dead yesterday in a hospital with both eyes plucked out. The victim was earlier declared missing on December 31, 2021, according to a family member. A snap chat video and picture of Jennifer and a guy while driving in his car have been trending.   Several social media users, especially residents of Jos have taken to the internet space to post and tag the young man seen in the video as a wanted person.…

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