Category: Crime

Some Online drug traffickers and couriers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A young lady, her boyfriend and eight others were arrested and assorted prohibited drugs were recovered. Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the first suspect, 28-year-old Ese Patrick, who sells her illicit substances through Instagram account, Ese’sOvenSecret, was tracked and arrested with some pieces of brownies ordered online by NDLEA’s undercover agents on May 21, 2021, and…

The Comptroller General, Strike Force Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service, said the agency impounded some unregistered and fake drugs brought into the country through the seaport. He said this at the unit while showing journalists the seized items. Also speaking, the Coordinator of the unit, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, said the unit also recovered N426.4m on cargoes that were under-declared at the port. He said, “Sequel to conscientious documentary checks, the ICT component of the team recovered the sum of N426.4m from demand notices raised within April till Tuesday.…

Joshua Dominic, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Brisk Capital Limited, has been arrested by the police Fraud Unit in Lagos State for allegedly defrauding over 500 investors of over N2bn. It was gathered that the 21-year-old Dominic was arrested following petitions to the unit by several investors and verified intelligence gathered on his activities, which were confirmed by banking records. The spokesman for the SFU, DSP Eyitayo Johnson, said in a statement on Tuesday that Dominic, a native of Ebonyi State, was operating from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. He added…

Over 100 persons have been reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen in Katsina-Ala Local Council of Benue State. It was gathered that the killings by the marauding herders started on Friday night till yesterday morning. Residential houses were reportedly set ablaze and farms destroyed. Chairman of Katsina-Ala Local Council, Alfred Atera, who confirmed the fatality figure, listed the areas affected to include, Yooyo, Utange, Mbatura/Mberev and Mbayongo. Atera lamented that his people were scampering for safety as the armed herdsmen shot sporadically and littered dead bodies. On Sunday, about 8.00 p.m.,…

A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after its operatives intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency also seized the sum of $24,500 bribe offered by the accused to compromise investigations. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the kingpin, Ejiofor Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate, was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14, 2021, for importing 27.95kg of…

A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Toyinbo Olayinka and two others have been abducted by unknown gunmen. Olayinka, a 400 – level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday from a private farm at Abule-Itoko on Abeokuta – Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that, Olayinka was abducted along with the owner of the farm, identified as Dominic and a 17-year-old Togolese lady. It was further gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two…

A 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman and her late husband. It was gathered that the suspect was the fourth wife of the deceased and worked in the same abattoir with him. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi noted that the woman stabbed her husband in…

Police detectives have arrested an Inspector of police attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Delta State Police Command, in connection with the alleged killing of a graduate of Microbiology from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Oghenetejire Joel Omiragua. Those arrested are Inspector Omonile, Franca Osas and another suspect simply identified as ‘Biggie.’Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the death in Asaba, yesterday, said the Commissioner, Mr Ari Mohammed Ali, had ordered immediate investigation over the death of the 28-year-old who hailed from Kokori community in…