Category: Crime

A 37-year-old woman, Fatima Abubakar, in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested for allegedly torturing two toddlers under her care. Confirming the arrest on Monday, the state police spokesman, Suleiman Nguroje, said investigations revealed that she subjected the children to abuse because they urinated and defecated inside the house. The police took Abubakar into custody after it was revealed that she had physically assaulted a two-year-old girl and a young boy. Nguroje said, “Neighbours reported that Fatima, who is childless, had a history of maltreating…

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Victoria Effiong, a 25-year-old tailor, was arraigned on Friday before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Iba for allegedly refusing to marry a suitor after collecting N2.8m from him. Effiong is facing three counts bordering on breach of peace, cheating and obtaining by false pretence. The police prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, told the court that the incident occurred on September 25, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Ajanaku Street, Isashi. Njoku said, “Effiong unlawfully cheated the complainant, Dominic Asuquo, by obtaining the sum of N2,866,000 under the pretext of agreeing to…

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Adrienne Munju, a 41-year-old Canadian woman, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for importing a large consignment of a strong strain of synthetic cannabis called ‘Canadian Loud’. The suspect was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on a KLM Airline flight from Canada at Terminal 1 of the Lagos airport on Thursday, October 3, 2024. A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said during a joint examination of her three bags, Adrienne, who…

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Motunrayo Olaniyi, a 30-year-old man, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife and setting her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos. The newlywed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m., on Friday. The man was said to have accused his six-month pregnant wife, Olajumoke, of infidelity, alleging that one of his brothers was responsible for the pregnancy. But she denied it. Before Friday’s tragedy, neighbors reported that he had attacked her…

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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Oyo zone, has secured the convictions of two siblings, Adedeji Adeboye and Adedamola Adeboye, and 33 others for involvement in internet-related fraud at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan. This was disclosed in a statement and pictures shared on the X.com page of the anti-graft agency on Friday. According to the statement, the convicts were tried before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo, and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The statement reads, ” The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the…

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A 29-year-old man, Ogunnaike Philip, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on suspicion of killing at least three young girls, including an 18-year-old, in separate incidents across the state. The command stated that the suspect’s method was to lure his victims into the forest, where he would tie them up, strangle them, and then abandon their bodies after stealing their phones. According to the command, investigations revealed that the suspect is a suspected serial killer who escaped from the Ibara Correctional Centre about two years ago while…

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Two female suspects have been arrested by the police in Delta State, South-south Nigeria, for allegedly buying a three-day-old baby for N2 million. The baby, a boy, has been recovered, the police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe said in a statement on Thursday. Mr Edafe, police superintendent, said the suspects, Tessi Ikechukwu and Lauretta Akomen, were arrested on Tuesday with the help of a tricycle rider. According to the police, four women boarded the tricycle, but two alighted around the Effurun roundabout. “One of the two women who alighted…

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