Category: Crime

22-year-old Joseph Ogbu, a domestic worker, has been arrested by officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his employer, Oreoluwa John, to death in the Surulere area of the state. Oreoluwa’s mother, Adejoke, was said to have also slumped and died due to the shock of her daughter’s murder. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, said in a statement on Thursday that an argument ensued between Oreoluwa and Ogbu when she told him to clean the house around 9pm on Wednesday and adding that the…

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A self acclaimed Prophet, Dotun Ogunlade, popularly called Arole Jesu, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command on Thursday, over the murder of a 25-year-old housewife, Bosede Oguntade, who was lured to Igboora in the Ibarapa area of the state via Facebook as by the Prophet and his accomplice, identified simply as Mutiu. The mutilated and decomposing corpse of the victim was exhumed in the presence of journalists and sympathisers, who wailed and rained curses on the prophet and his accomplice, for allegedly murdering the victim and grinding her body…

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Police in Abuja have paraded three secondary school teachers arrested recently for allegedly aiding and abating malpractices in West African Examinations Council, WAEC, in three states in the South. The teachers, who were paraded before newsmen at the Force Headqarters, Abuja, by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, however, feigned ignorance of their offence, as according them, they merely snapped questions of examinations already written by students with their phones, saying they didn’t know such act constituted an offence. According to them, their actions were merely to later…

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A 40-year-old man, Emeka Okwuosa has been remanded in Ogwashi prison by Magistrate court in Nsukwa, Delta State for allegedly raping a two-year-old girl. Okwuosa who was remanded for unlawful carnal knowledge of the minor was arraigned by the police yesterday and will be in the prison pending advice from Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). The case has been adjourned to July 10. Okwuasa allegedly raped the child on May 31. The little girl lives with her parents in Nsukwa in a compound owned by Okwuasa. Okwuasa’s arrest and prosecution…

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The abducted son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof  Isaac Adewole, Dayo, has been released. Dayo was released barely 24 hours after he was kidnapped on his farm in  Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State on Tuesday. An aide to the ex-minister, however, confirmed that Dayo was released on Wednesday evening. He said, “He  regained freedom just this evening and he is with his family in Ibadan. Details are still sketchy but we will issue a statement soon.” The kidnappers, who reportedly wore facial…

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Four men have been arrested in connection with the alleged stealing of a pair of pants belonging to a grandmother, Modupe Adekoya, in the Olorunsogo area of Basiri, Ado Ekiti. The woman, who had washed her underwear and spread them to dry on her balcony around 3am on Tuesday, raised the alarm when she could not find the pair of pants at daybreak. Following investigation, one Friday, 21, was suspected to be responsible for the disappearance of the pants and the case was reported at the Irewolede Police Station, which…

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A 32-year-old carpenter, Abba Sa’idu was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 strokes of the cane for stealing two logs of wood by a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna. The judge, Dahiru Lawal, also ordered Sa’idu to wash the restroom of the court after he pleaded guilty to theft. Earlier, the convict said that he stole the wood to make a wardrobe for a tailor. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Ibrahim Shu’aibu, told the court that the case was reported at the Magajin Gari Police Station in Kaduna on June 13 at about 3 p.m.…

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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Command have arrested a traffic robber who allegedly swallowed her victim’s wedding ring after threatening to kill her alongside three other suspected traffic robbers in Oshodi and CMS part of the metropolis. The ring swallowing suspect, Taofeek Adebayo, aged 19, along with an accomplice, Toheeb Tijani, 20, were arrested in Oshodi-Oke shortly after dispossessing two ladies in a grey Sienna bus of a gold earring and a set of wedding rings. The two other suspects, Samson Oluwa, 20 and…

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A lecturer at Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has been caught pants down while allegedly attempting to have sex with one of his students. In a 29-second video clip which has gone viral on social media, the lecturer who is in the Accounting Department, was seen nude. Some female students of the varsity who were believed to have laid siege to the residence of the female student were seen dragging the embattled lecturer out of a room. Investigations revealed that the lady’s boy friend and his friends were said to have…

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A 45-year-old man, Paul Ihuaku, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, for allegedly raping his mother. It was gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, said the suspect was arrested by the operatives of the corps following a tip-off. It was gathered that after the incident, the mother reported the suspect to the youth in the area, who apprehended him and alerted men…

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