Category: Crime

Segun, a 22-year-old man, is currently battling for his life at a general hospital in Ogun State after attempting to commit suicide over his low UTME scores, by drinking sniper insecticide. It was gathered that the victim had scored 167 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Segun, who was unhappy with his result, went on Twitter and expressed frustration at his repeated failure to secure admission into a tertiary institution despite several attempts. He lamented that in 2015 when he sat for the exam, he scored 189, adding that when he tried…

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Three suspected cultists have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command, with one female pant tied with assorted charms. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the arrest was made in continuation of the command’s  war against cultism and other violent crimes. The arrested cultists, who have all confessed their membership of Eiye confraternity are: Olagboye Abidemi, 32; Olasemojo Michael, 28, and Wasiu Waheed, 23. According to Oyeyemi, men of Ogun State Police Command, last Friday stormed an initiation hideout of the Eiye…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two fast-rising artistes, Afeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley) and Temidayo Omoniyi (aka Zlatan), on Friday, in connection with alleged cases of Internet fraud and money laundering. The EFCC acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, in a statement, said intelligence report had also linked them to cybercrime offences. Orilade added that the artistes were arrested alongside three other suspects, Tiamiu Abdulrahman, Adewunmi Adeyanju and Musa Abubakar, following an early morning raid at 9, Gbangbola Street, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos. “At the point of…

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For their parts in the theft of millions of pounds from businesses and individuals in the United Kingdom and abroad, a gang of 11 fraudsters have been jailed for a total of more than 43 years. Six of the convicts are Nigerians, comprising three brothers, two women who are wives to two of the brothers, and the sixth person who is their associate. As reported by the Metropolitan Police via their website, the criminals were convicted between 26 and 28 March for their roles in a large-scale “diversion fraud” scam using hacking…

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Godspower Johnson, a 31-year-old man, has been remanded in prison custody by a chief magistrates’ court in Ebute Meta, Lagos State on Friday for allegedly beating his wife to death during a fight over sex. The presiding Chief Magistrate O. O. Olatunji, ordered that Godspower should be kept at the Ikoyi Prison, for the next 30 days pending when the case file would be sent to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. During the arraignment, the prosecutor, Inspector Oladele Adebayo, told the court that the defendant committed the…

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Nneka Donatus, a 27-year-old single mother, has been arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly selling her baby girl a day after putting to bed. Also arrested was a level 12 civil servant at the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Ujunwa Udechukwu, 40; and Nneoma Onwusereaka, 37; who allegedly conspired with the single mother to sell the baby to a couple. The mother of the baby who spoke at the command headquarters in Owerri on Thursday, confessed that she used part of the proceeds…

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A 36-year-old man, Adesina Badmus, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly cutting off the fingers of a neighbour with his teeth. Badmus is facing one count of assault. When the matter was called in court on Wednesday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Johnson Okunade, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on April 29 around 10.15pm off Agric Road, Ado-Ekiti. According to the prosecutor, the defendant had an argument with one Ajanaku Adelegan, and assaulted him by biting off the victim’s finger. He said, “The offence…

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Investigation has commenced into the alleged torture of a woman, identified only as Ogheneruno, by soldiers in the Lekki area of the state. The Lagos State police spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said detectives were on the trail of the suspects, adding that they would face the full wrath of the law. It was gathered that a Romanian, George Soare, who lived with his family at 6, Falilat Shomade Street, Lekki, hired three soldiers to beat up the victim. The soldiers, who stormed the house in a vehicle, allegedly dragged out Ogheneruno…

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A housewife, Stella Gilbert, has been sentenced to death by a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday, for killing her neighbour, Stella Godwin, over a bench. The inciddnt happened on June 22, 2013, on Ojora Street in the Ajegunle area of Lagos. The duo were said to have fought for a bench left behind by a neighbour who moved out of their residence. It was gathered that Gilbert was upset that Godwin gave the bench to a visitor to sit without taking permission from her. This was said…

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A 29-year-old housewife, Mary Simon, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly pouring a steaming pot of rice on her neighbour during an argument. Simon, who lives at Block 6, Flat 3, Mopol 20 Barracks, Lagos, was arraigned on one count of assault. The defendant allegedly assaulted her neighbour, Justina Yohana, after the latter beat her up. The police prosecutor, Michael Unah, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 11, 2019, around 8pm. Unah said Yohana had gone to the defendant’s house with…

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