Category: Crime

Ogun State police declare Portable wanted over assault

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Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola known as Portable, has officially been declared a ‘wanted person’ by the Ogun State Police Command after claims levelled against him that he and nine of his associates allegedly assaulted and obstructed officers of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development from the Ota Zonal office. On February 18, 2025, the police force released the official wanted poster across social media, stating that the warrant of arrest had been issued against him by a magistrate court in Ogun State, Nigeria. He is wanted for the…

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Police inspector found dead in hotel, woman flees

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A police officer with the rank of an Inspector, identified as Haruna Mohammed has been found dead in a hotel room in, Akute area of Ogun state. The inspector attached to Ishashi Police Division in Lagos State, was said to have arrived with a woman to Super G Royal hotel, located at Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi Akute, at about 1:00 am on Saturday. The hotel manager, Deborah Adejobi, reportedly found their room unlocked at about 8:52 am, and on checking inside, she discovered the lifeless body of the officer, while…

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Islamic cleric murders final-year female student in Ilorin

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A final year student of the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, Hafsah Yetunde Lawal was murdered by suspected ritualist. Her corpse was dismembered after honouring the invitation of a lover she met on Facebook. According to reports, the unsuspecting Hafsah was at a naming ceremony when she received an invitation call from her killer. “She dropped her food to answer the call and then left,” the source hinted, adding that, “since then, we’ve been searching for her everywhere, but no one knew her whereabouts.” However, her parents were…

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FCMB, three others face conspiracy, forgery, and fraud charges

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Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has set March 11th for the arraignment of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and three other defendants over alleged forgery and mortgage fraud. The co-defendants in the case are Okogun Polycarp, Batik Line International Limited, and Bolaji Adebajo. Justice Ismail Ijelu fixed the date after the accused individuals failed to appear before the court for trial. According to police counsel from the Special Fraud Unit, Daniel Apochi, the defendants had been informed about their arraignment. However, in their absence, the prosecution requested an…

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Police: ‘How Lagos hotelier allegedly sodomized teenager, gave him N5,000’

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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested Mr. Opara Macdonald who is the managing director of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites in Ejigbo, Lagos, for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old boy. Lagos Police command’s spokesperson, Ayuba Umma, revealed that Macdonald was picked up sequel to a petition alleging that he took the victim to his house in Egbeda, where he performed anal sex on him, gave him N5,000, and warned him not to tell anyone, including his parens. Umma said at first the teenager was scared to tell his…

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Nine Chinese arraigned for alleged cyber terrorism, internet fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arraigned nine Chinese nationals and a company, Genting International Co. Ltd., over allegations of cyber terrorism and internet fraud. The defendants, who were arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The defendants were Su Dong Fu, Zheng Xian Tao, Wang Shi Long, Pan Cai Qi, Ting Liao, Fan Jia, Feng Li Cani, Lu Yong Yao and Yang Chen Cheng. According to the EFCC, the accused are members of the syndicate of…

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US to deport Nigerian convicted for fraud after serving jail term

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The United States Department of Justice has made it known that a Nigerian, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced to 75 months imprisonment for defrauding some Americans, will be deported after completing his jail term. Okoronkwo was said to have connived with his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, who was also sentenced to 25 months imprisonment for her role in the catfishing scheme that targeted unsuspecting Americans. The conviction was contained in a statement obtained from the US Department of Justice website on Thursday. The statement disclosed that the convicts who were permanent…

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Kidnapping: Anambra lawmaker found dead near Niger Bridge

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Hon. Justice Azuka, a member representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, has been found dead by security operatives near the Second Niger Bridge. Azuka was reportedly kidnapped on December 24, 2024, along Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha, while returning home for Christmas. He was abducted at gunpoint in a commando style that lasted less than five minutes, according to reports. Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the discovery, saying a joint security team found the decomposing corpse during a routine patrol.…

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Nigerian professor, Dubem Okafor kills wife, self in US

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One of Nigeria’s respected poet and professor of English Language and Literature, Dubem Okafor is dead. He died last Sunday in the United States after shooting his wife Cheryl. According to reports from the US, Okafor aged 64, and cousin to the late poet, Christopher Okigbo apparently distraught that his wife had left him a few days earlier, arranged to meet her at his sister’s Reading home, in Pennsylvania, where he shot her several times and also shot himself once in the head at 3:45 p.m. A small-caliber handgun was…

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Ogun monarch suspended, charged to court over assault

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The Ogun State Police Command, on Tuesday, arraigned the suspended Olorile of Orile Ifo, Semiu Adewale Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old chief, Abraham Areola. Ogunjobi was arraigned on three counts bordering on conspiracy, assault and conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The Nigeria Police Force spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said, “The Kabiyesi Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, who assaulted one elderly man in a viral video, in Ifo Ogun State, has been charged to court today February 4, 2025, on a three-count of conspiracy, assault…

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