Category: Crime

The traditional ruler of Ofoloke community in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, His Royal Highness, Oba Ogunyanda Ilufemiloye, was abducted by armed kidnappers, in the early hours of Thursday when the gunmen stormed the palace. They shot sporadically to scare people away before the monarch was kidnapped after overpowering the palace guards. Reports from the community said his subjects have been trooping to the palace to offer prayers, and appeals to security operatives at both state and federal levels, as well as individuals, to intervene and bring…

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Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Joshua Ukandu disclosed how a 16 year-old female secondary secondary (SS 2) student (names withheld), allegedly faked her kidnapping and demanded N2 million ransom from the family. The incident happened in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital. According to the police spokesperson, the teenage student allegedly carried out the plan with support from one of the family’s friends, named Edozie. Ukamdu said: “According to the teenage student, on getting to town, she decided to go to the house of one of their family friends…

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In its bid to curb the menace by sex predators and child abusers, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has taken over the defilement case involving a 12-year-old girl in the Ayobo area of Lagos State. The survivor (names withheld), was allegedly abused sexually by 25-year-old Farouk Alayande, also known as Lumi, at 13 Oguntaiwo Street, Anisere Ayobo Ipaja, Lagos, on Friday, May 9, 2025. According to report, the 12 year-old victim who lives at 5 Oguntaiwo Street, Anisere Ayobo Ipaja, had returned from school on that…

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Residents of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State are fleeing en masse following chilling threats from the notorious terrorist leader, Bello Turji, who remains high on the nation’s most-wanted list. Communities in Bafarawa, Arume, Gebe, and Kamarawa have witnessed a mass exodus over the past 72 hours. According to terrified locals, Turji delivered an ultimatum to neighboring settlements—Kamara, Arume, and Kagara—demanding that they vacate their villages by 4:00 p.m. on Sunday or face brutal consequences. “This is no empty threat. We know what Turji is capable of. We left…

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a woman, Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi, who disguised herself with hijab to export large consignments of cocaine concealed in her private parts, stomach, and the false bottom of her handbag to Iran via Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State. Obehi, dressed in a hijab in an attempt to evade security checks, was intercepted at the departure hall of Port Harcourt airport on 3rd May 2025 while trying to board a Qatar Airways flight to Iran via Doha, following credible intelligence.…

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25 Ivorian nationals have been rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force from the hands of a cross-border kidnapping syndicate operating in Ogun State. The police also arrested eight suspects in connection with the crime, following a swift and coordinated operation carried out in collaboration with Interpol. According to a statement on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the operation was launched in response to a formal request from the National Central Bureau, Abidjan. Adejobi said the request followed a report by Kaussi Marianman, who alleged…

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A woman, identified as Harira Muhammad was remanded by a Kano Upper Shari’a Court for alleged matrimonial relationships with two men simultaneously. Muhammad was dragged before the Islamic jury by Sagiru Shuaibu, who claimed to have married his wife six months ago but suddenly discovered that Muhammad was having affairs with another man. Although Shuaibu said he lives separately from his wife, he told the court how he stumbled upon another man in his matrimonial bed when he visited his wife’s apartment. The claimed real husband said he immediately alerted…

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One Agudosi Okechukwu has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, for failing to declare foreign currencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Okechukwu was arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service in December 2024 for failing to declare foreign currencies in the sum of £8,020 and $704 while attempting to travel. He had earlier declared £7,000 but concealed the remaining amounts. He was later handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for further…

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