Category: Crime

A Magistrate Court in Akure, Ondo State, has ordered the remand of a 42-year-old pastor, Samson Ajayi, at the Olokuta Correctional Centre over allegations of serially raping his 17-year-old biological daughter. Ajayi, a father of five, was arraigned on two counts of rape and defilement after his wife reported him to the police in Igoba, Akure North Local Government Area, alleging that he had been abusing their daughter for more than four years. Prosecutor Supol Martins Olowofeso told the court that the offences were committed between March 2021 and August…

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Tragedy struck in Efon Alaaye, Ekiti State, as a woman identified as Modupe Alasin reportedly died after being brutally assaulted by her husband over lateness to the farm. Eyewitnesses said the victim cried out for mercy while her husband flogged her repeatedly. Shortly after, he allegedly ordered her to fetch water from a nearby stream. However, she collapsed by the stream and died, apparently from exhaustion and injuries sustained. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, SP Sunday Abutu, said the suspect had been arrested, adding…

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Gunmen have abducted Pastor Friday Adehi of the Christian Evangelical Fellowship of Nigeria (CEFN) Church and a church member, Gabriel Ezekiel, in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred on Sunday, August 24, 2025, along the Ajegwu–Ojodu road. The victims were said to be returning to their residence in Itobe after attending a naming ceremony following church service when they were attacked. Witnesses said the duo, who were traveling on a motorcycle, ran into the armed men who had laid an ambush on the road. The assailants…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 50-year-old widow, Mrs. Ifeoma Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic cocaine while disguising as a pregnant woman. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said Ezewuike, a fashion designer and mother of one, was caught last Friday at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, Lagos. She was allegedly on her way to deliver 1.3 kilogrammes of cocaine to buyers in Abuja. A search of her residence at Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos, led to the discovery of 200 grammes…

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Ilorin, Kwara State – Tragedy struck Temidire Zone 4, Egbejila, Ilorin, after a 39-year-old pregnant woman, Mrs. Esther Enemo, was found brutally murdered and dismembered. The victim, whose husband is a trader in agricultural chemicals based in a border town in northern Kwara, was discovered in the bush behind her residence with parts of her body missing. Additional remains were later recovered inside a sack dumped beneath a nearby bridge, though her head was still missing as of press time. Eyewitnesses alleged that the prime suspect, 29-year-old Sylvester Enemo, the…

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51 foreign nationals convicted of cybercrime-related offences have been deported by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). The group includes 50 Chinese nationals and one Tunisian. This development brings the total number of repatriated convicts to 102 since the operation commenced on August 15, 2025. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said the deportees were part of a larger group of 192 foreign nationals apprehended in Lagos during a coordinated sting…

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Thirteen worshippers were gunned down in the early hours of Tuesday when armed men stormed a mosque in Unguwan Mantau village, Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The assailants struck around 5 a.m. during dawn (Fajr) prayers, opening fire indiscriminately on the congregation. Katsina State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Dr. Nasir Mu’azu, confirmed the incident, describing it as a possible reprisal attack. According to him, villagers recently ambushed a bandit gang in the area, killing several members, rescuing kidnap victims, and seizing weapons. “The victims were…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 52-year-old woman, Muyibat Mumuni, and her son, Faruk Mumuni, 25, in Mushin, Lagos, for alleged drug trafficking. The duo was apprehended on Ladega Street, Mushin, on Wednesday, August 13, after operatives discovered 298 blocks of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 149kg in their possession. In a related operation, another suspect, Emmanuel Samuel, was arrested two days later, August 15, in the Ajah area of Lekki, where 8.5kg of Canadian Loud was recovered from his apartment. The NDLEA also…

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