Category: Crime

The police in Lagos State have arrested 17-year-old Hannah Osazuwa, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend Tomide Akintoye, to death at Gowon Estate in Egbeda. It was gathered that on Monday morning, an argument ensued between the couple and Osazuwa, who was treated to a lavish birthday celebration, allegedly stabbed Akintoye, alias Life of Tomson, with a pair of scissors. According to a source, the suspect who resides at Idimu, was cutting her hair with the scissors at the time. “They had a nice weekend together. They were lovers and the…

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Two suspected kidnappers, Muritala Lado and one Bassey, have been apprehended by the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corp (LNSC) yesterday, after they tried to abduct a two-year-old boy, Darasimi Tijani, with N50. According to reports, the incident happened at No 90, Oyewole Road, Orile-Agege, about 9a.m, when the kidnappers realised that Darasim’s guardian, Mrs. Fathimo Balogun, went in to attend to the need of other kids. Passers-by, it was learnt, suspected the kidnappers’ sinister moves and raised the alarm which led to their arrest by a mob. The swift intervention of…

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen strikes again in Nkei-Dongwro near Miango in Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State with no fewer than 29 people allegedly killed. A dusk-to-dawn curfew had earlier been imposed on Bassa following a series of attacks in the area. But the gunmen have been defying the curfew as the attacks usually take place in the night. The National President of Irigwe Development Association and former member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Sunday Abdu, confirmed that 29 people mainly women and children were killed by the gunmen.…

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Ese Idehen, a middle-aged man narrowly escaped being lynched after he was beaten by thugs for allegedly fornicating with a married woman in Benin, Edo State. Idehen was said to have been caught by a group of boys at a bar on Muritala Muhammed Way. They were also alleged to have been hired by the estranged husband of the woman, identified as Nagbama Egboigbe, said to be a police sergeant. A video of the incident, which went viral on the Internet showed Idehen, being beaten up and forced into the…

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Francis Williams, a 38-year-old farmer has been sentenced to death by hanging by an Oleh, Delta State High Court, presided over by Justice A.O. Akpovi for allegedly stealing a Nokia mobile telephone valued at N5,000 and a cash sum of N170. Akpovi sentenced Williams to death having found him guilty of the charge of armed robbery punishable under section (1(2)(a) of the robbery and firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap RII Volume 14 Laws of the Federation, 2004. The court also found the farmer guilty on the charge of wounding with…

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An Assemblies of God Church Pastor, Esom Jehovah, and his 21-year-old daughter reportedly stabbed a trainee nurse, Callista, who approached the pastor over a missing phone battery and charger a neighbor gave to her to charge, to death. It was gathered that the Pastor reacted angrily to the confrontation that happened in Umuohiagu Autonomous Community of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state, with his daughter running to the house to fetch a knife with which the Pastor stabbed the deceased with, who bled and died on the spot.…

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50 suspected criminals have been arrested with about 48 bags of illicit drugs in a Joint enforcement operation by operatives of the Lagos State police command and the task force at the weekend. The arrests were made during the ongoing state-wide enforcement operation tagged ‘Eradication of Criminal Hideouts’ carried out around the Akala area and other drug den of Mushin. The raid was led by Soji Akinbayo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police (SP) and all Divisional Police…

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A police inspector has been confirmed killed by the Police Command in Adamawa State on Thursday along the Wuro-Dole-Pariya Road in Girei Local Government area of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, said the incident occurred following a misunderstanding between some passengers and a routine patrol team along the road. Abubakar who did not give details of the “misunderstanding” simply said that it led to the deceased opening fire which resulted in the killing of the passenger. He said the late inspector was mobbed to death, adding that…

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A 53 -year-old suspected robber and kidnapper, Linus Opara, has said he did not know how billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwumadike a.k.a Evans lured him into his gang. Opara, who claimed to be a graduate of civil engineering, disclosed that he was an informant for Evans and his gang. He said this at the headquarters of the Lagos State Police Command in GRA, Ikeja Lagos. The 53-years-old said his role was to monitor victims while Evans paid him any amount he felt like for services rendered. Opara, prior to his arrest…

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