Category: Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted about three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) pills of opioids and one hundred and sixty-three thousand (163,000) bottles of codeine syrup with combined street value of over N3.4bn in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Lagos State. The bulk of the seizures: two million pills of tafrodol 225mg and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, was made on Tuesday 29th April 2025 during a joint examination of a watch-listed container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Port…

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Two men, Adebowale Adegboye, and Idowu Akinseye have been remanded in prison custody on the order of an Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld). While Adegboye is the father of the victim, Akinseye is her stepfather. The duo were alleged to have had carnal knowledge of the victim at different times in Akure, the state capital before they were arrested by the men of the state police command. Also, a medical doctor, Israel Ojo, who allegedly aborted the pregnancy for the…

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Stephen Ifeanyichukwu Ejezie, a staff with the Access Bank, accused of secretly filming colleagues in the bank’s restrooms has been sacked. In a statement signed by the bank’s management in response to the incident, Access Bank confirmed that the incident had been escalated to the appropriate authorities and that an investigation is underway. “We uphold a zero-tolerance policy towards harassment and any form of privacy violation,” the statement read. “We are fully cooperating with the authorities and engaging with affected employees to provide all necessary support.” The bank urged the…

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Gunmen operating at a community in Nasarawa, on Wednesday, April 23 shot a newly-wedded man and kidnapped his wife to unknown destination. The gunmen were suspected to be Fulani bandits. They invaded the home of the newly-wedded couple named Mr. and Mrs. Alu Anzaku, at Akaleku village in Obi Local Government Area along Lafia/Markurdi Highway about 11 p.m. “They shot the man and abducted the wife. This couple wedded on April 12, and barely two weeks after, they were attacked”, a source said. The incident has devastated family members. As…

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Fatimah Ibrahim, a 40-year-old woman, and resident of Tashan Jama’are in Bauchi State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy employed to assist her with her business. In a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, it stated that the victim, an Arabic pupil identified as Abubakar Yakubu (name withheld for privacy), was housed at the suspect’s residence in Tashan Jama’are. However , within a period of two months, the boy was subjected to repeated sexual abuse…

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A landlady in the Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested following the disappearance of four children reportedly abducted on Sunday by child traffickers. It was gathered that two of the children, identified as Ebube and Miracle, are of the same parents. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at the Umuokwe quarters of the community, with residents pointing accusing fingers at three women who had secured an emergency accommodation in the neighborhood. Community sources alleged that the women lured the children from their homes on…

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