Category: Crime

A fake Rev. Sister has been arrested by the Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons over the alleged trafficking of 38 children in Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect, Maryvianney Ikejimba (alias Oluchi), 40 years old, and one Chidera, now at large, handed over the children to two orphanage homes under the guise of giving them better care. The children were reportedly handed over to the suspects by their parents at a farm community in Enugu-Awka camp by the Monastery,…

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Three toddlers allegedly locked up in a room at Agodo-Egbe in the Ikotun area of Lagos state, have been rescued by the State Police. It was gathered that the children, which included a girl and two boys between the ages of two and four years, were locked inside for some time by one Fatimo Ganiyu said to be their grandmother. Some members of the community who became curious about their whereabouts were said to have immediately alerted the police on Wednesday. Following the tip-off, a team of policemen visited the…

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Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, a Businessman and socialite, who was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been granted N10m bail with two sureties in like sum by a Federal High Court in Lagos State. Cubana Chief priest broke his silence after perfecting his N10 million bail condition with two sureties in like sum. Okechukwu claimed he was not small and that money was water in an Instagram post shortly after his arraignment on Wednesday. “Seeing all your messages and love.…

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Some self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators hoisted their flag on the building housing the Oyo state House of Assembly last Saturday. One of the suspects, who was among the Yoruba Nation agitators that invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly and Governor’s office, on Saturday, Ayanwale Rofiayat, yesterday, disclosed that those who sponsored the invasion, promised to put an end to starvation in her life. This came as the Oyo State Government, yesterday, described the invasion as treasonable. The woman suspect was among other 20 suspects paraded by the Oyo State…

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Idris Okuneye, controversial crossdresser, aka Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six-months imprisonment over naira abuse, currently shares the same cell with male inmates at the Ikoyi Custodial Center. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, while sentencing the convict, on Friday, April 12, 2024, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira. Bobrisky who was taken into the Custodial Centre after the judgement was said to have been treated equally like other inmates. A top official in the…

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Controversial crossdresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for abusing the naira by the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday. Justice Abimbola Awogboro, while sentencing the convict, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the naira. Before the sentence, the judge asked about his sex, and he quickly replied that he was a man. The judge ruled that the jail term commenced on March 24, 2024, the…

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Mr Joshua Rogers, a journalist and reporter with Channels Television, was on Thursday night kidnapped by Gunmen at his residence in Rumuosi in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. Rogers, who covers the Rivers State Government House for his organisation, was reportedly trailed after he closed from work to his residence. The miscreants accosted him before he alighted from his car, pointed a gun at him and whisked him along with his vehicle off to an unknown destination at about 9 pm. A source who said he doesn’t want…

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N30bn from the N37,170, 855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under the former minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Sources in the anti-graft agency said the commission had also uncovered over N500m from the scam associated with Umar-Farouk’s successor, Betta Edu, who was recently suspended by President Bola Tinubu. N37,170,855,753.44 was reportedly transferred from government coffers and sent to 38 different bank accounts domiciled in five legacy commercial banks belonging to or connected with a contractor, James Okwete. It was gathered…

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