Category: Crime

Babagana Zulum, the governor of Borno State, alleged yesterday that some politicians and members of the armed forces act as informants and collaborators for Boko Haram insurgents. The governor, who made the allegation in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast programme, also said the Nigerian Army lacks requisite equipment to fight terrorists, noting that devoid of politics, Boko Haram can be wiped out in six months. Zulum spoke on a day Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said some of the terrorists and bandits terrorising the country are not Nigerians, even as…

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A police officer, yesterday, shot a 15-year-old secondary school student named Taiwo, while he was en-route to an examination centre in the Gbagi area of Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State. The tragic incident occurred when Taiwo was struck by a stray bullet in the lower part of his body. Taiwo’s father was driving him and his twin brother to the examination centre for the West African Exanination Council, WAEC, when the shooting took place. Following the incident, he rushed Taiwo to Welfare Hospital, in Alakia, before transferring him…

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Two employees of Premium Trust Bank; Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, were arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned alongside Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka and Sunday Badeniyi Okunola on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal. The defendants allegedly conspired to manipulate the server and domain credentials of the bank in a bid to gain unauthorised…

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Iliya Mantau, the Village Head of Mantau in Yarmaulu, Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State, has been dethroned by the Emir of Daura in Katsina State, Alhaji Faruq Faruq, over allegations of involvement in the kidnapping and rape of a woman in the community. The Emir announced this on Monday following complaints from residents of Yarmaulu, which led to a youth-led protest last week. It was learnt that the protesting youths accused the dethroned village head, Iliya Mantau, and others of kidnapping Zulaihatu and her baby, and allegedly raped…

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Barely two days after the abduction of Oba Ogunyanda Ilufemiloye, the Obalohun of Okoloke, unknown gunmen again, ambushed and killed three indigenes of Okoloke in Yagba West, Kogi State. The incident occurred on Saturday, following the monarch’s kidnapping on Thursday. The victims were identified as Ogunbiyi Dele, the Oluode of Okoloke, Moses Jimoh, and Tobi Olu, also known as India. Two of the victims were members of the local hunters’ group and were reportedly on their way to Egbe, a neighbouring town, to make purchases. The Obalohun remains in the…

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Two high-profile suspected kidnap kingpins we’re yesterday arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), during a covert operation at Hajj camps in Abuja and Sokoto, as the suspects prepared to travel to Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage. Security sources disclosed that the suspects — Yahaya Yakubu and Sani Aliyu Galadi — had been on the DSS watchlist for over a year, and that screening at various Hajj camps provided operatives the opportunity to apprehend them. Yakubu, who resides in Paikon-Kore village in Gwagwalada Area Council of…

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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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