Category: Crime

Four “notorious” child traffickers who allegedly abducted and sold children for N1 million have been arrested by the police in Imo State. The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the suspects – two men and two women – were members of a syndicate involved in the abduction of children from unsuspecting parents. The police spokesperson said that the arrest of the suspects and the rescue of the victims occurred when the police detectives raided…

One Khadija Aliyu has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in the Keffi area of the state. This is just as the command also arrested an ex-convict, Hussaini Mohammed, for allegedly stealing motorcycles in the same area. In a statement by the Nasarawa State Police command’s Public Relations Officer, Rahman Nansel, on Sunday, the suspect was arrested at about 6:30 pm on Saturday. Nansel said the suspect had pretended to be pregnant and, while the christening was ongoing,…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed 16-count charges against former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, Umar Shuaibu Oicha, and Abdulsalam Hudu at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The charges, filed on September 24, 2024, in Case No: CR/7781, include conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, and possession of unlawfully obtained property. The case is pending before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Key allegations include conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust involving N110.4 billion in 2016 and misuse of…

The Nigerian Army has cleared Colonel Ishaya Ibrahim, a senior officer of the Nigerian Army, of any wrongdoing following allegations of sexual harassment, cyberbullying, and defamation brought against him by ex-Private, Ruth Ogunleye. The army also revealed that Ogunleye had been discharged from service due to mental health issues, which were confirmed through independent medical examinations conducted by the National Hospital. This was disclosed by Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director of Army Public Relations, during a briefing on Tuesday. He said, “The Nigerian Army deems it necessary to address a…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have re-arrested one Christian Ogbuji, a 48-year-old businessman, described as an “unrepentant kingpin”, on Wednesday, for alleged drug peddling. Ogbuji was first arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, upon arrival from Uganda via Addis Ababa, onboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 951 for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.986kg. He was subsequently arraigned before the Federal High Court 12 Abuja, presided over by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon in charge no: FHC/ABJ/CR/192/2023, and convicted on July 13, 2023.…

Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old 300-level philosophy student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, who resides with his parents in Ikorodu in Lagos and was recently arrested for the murder of Christiana Idowu, 18, is currently cooling his head inside the cell of Lagos state Police Command Tactical Unit, Ikeja. He bemoaned the fate that befell him, lamenting that after his arrest, he tried to cut his fingers with any sharp object so that he would bleed to death but for the vigilant security agents that stopped him. He said “I was…

Two gunrunners have been arrested by the troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State on Saturday while negotiating to sell ammunition amounting to N5m in the Bokkos Local Government area of the state. This came barely 72 hours after the troops arrested five notorious gunrunners at Bayameni community, along Bauchi Road in Jos North LGA of the state leading to the recovery of automatic weapons and about 6,000 rounds of assorted ammunition. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesman for Operation Safe Haven, Major Samson Zhakom, said the latest…