Category: Crime

A 26-year-old housewife, Hauwa Habibu is being interrogated at the Kano State Police Command for allegedly killing her own biological children. It was gathered that the woman brutally inflicted machete cuts and pestle on the innocent children, while a source said she attacked her own children out of anger, perhaps to spite her husband (Haruna Ibrahim) who she heard took a second wife. In a press statement, the command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed that on October 3, 2020 around 11.30am, the police received information that Habibu, who lives in…

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‌ Solomon Okon, a 21-year-old unemployed man, has been in police custody for over a month for allegedly drinking a poisonous substance. Okon who was a porter at Havana Hospital, Surulere, Lagos, drank the poisonous substance after receiving a letter terminating his employment. A close relative said, “Okon was working at Havana Hospital and received N35, 000 a month. He was squatting with a friend and was using part of the money to take care of his mother in Akwa Ibom. In August, he received a letter terminating his employment.…

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Oreoluwa Adesakin, a former banker was on Monday, September 28, 2020, handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud against her employers to the tune of N49,320,652.32 (Forty-nine Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-two Naira, Thirty-two Kobo), and additional $368,203.00 (Three Hundred and Sixty-eight Thousand, Two Hundred and Three United States Dollars) belonging to her former employer (the bank) which she converted to her personal use.…

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The Parish Priest of Saint’s Peters & Paul Catholic Church, Rev. Fr. Jude Onyebadi in lselle Uku, Aniocha North Local Council of Delta State has been abducted by gunmen. He was said to have been monitored and kidnapped in his farm, at the weekend, where he went to inspect his farm, workers and pay them for the work done. Communication Director, Catholic Diocese of Issele Uku, Rev. Fr. Charles Uganwan, who confirmed the development, said that the matter had been reported to the security agencies and that members of the…

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Kidnapped former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Senator Felix Oboro has regained his freedom after spending 23 days in captivity. There are allegations that a ransom of N11m was paid by the family of their victim before he was set free. Senator Oboro aged 75, a one time Secretary to Bayelsa State Government (SSG) and former Senator who represented Bayelsa West Senatorial district and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress APC, was abducted on September 4, 2020, at his country home at Elemebiri, riverside town in Sagbama Local Government Area…

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Dare devil robbers on Thursday morning attacked the Assemblies of God Church in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, where they allegedly raped a girl and shot another for refusing them. According to reports, some youths belonging to the drama unit of the church, were having an all-night rehearsal in preparation for a drama programme on Friday when they were attacked between 1am and 2am by the hoodlums. While they raped one of the girls, the other was shot when she resisted their attempts to have carnal knowledge of her. They also…

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Retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army, Garuba Okpoh and his wife, Justina Okpoh took their son, Felix Osilama Okpoh to the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to face investigation of fraud related activities. Felix Okpoh is wanted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for alleged involvement in a Business Email Compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded over 70 different businesses in the United States, hence the reason for turning himself in. Okpoh, 31, allegedly conspired with five others to defraud their American victims of…

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Police in Benue State have arrested one Mary Jeremiah, for robbing a provision store with a locally-made pistol and knife. She has been remanded in prison on the order of a magistrates’ court in Makurdi. The police charged Jeremiah, who lives in Ofoke Ojope, Apa Local Government Area of Benue, with criminal conspiracy and robbery. Magistrate Erdoo Ter, who did not take the plea of Jeremiah for want of jurisdiction, ordered that she be remanded in the Makurdi Correctional Centre. Ter then adjourned the case until October 22 for further…

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‌ Hisbah Commission in Sokoto on Monday confirmed the arrest of three people alleged to have circulated a video on social media while sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The victim was said to be scheduled to get married on October 17, but the marriage was called off as a result of the viral video circulated by the suspects. The state Hisbah Commandant, Dr Adamu Kasarawa, told journalists in Sokoto that the principal suspect, son of a political appointee in the state, and his two friends would be handed over to…

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