Category: Crime

Oluwasegun Victor, a 31-year-old randy Pastor of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ondo State, has been remanded to Correctional Centre for impregnating a minor and four other young girls. Oluwasegun who was charged before an Akure Chief Magistrate court said to have had unlawful sexual intercourse with the minor on July 24th, 2024 at Oba-Ile area. He was arraigned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on a one-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. The prosecutor, David Ebriku, said the offence contravened Section 31(1) of the Child…

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Following the repeated incidents of importation of dangerous cargo, including arms and ammunition through Onne port, the Federal Government has declared a state of emergency at the Port in Rivers State.p To this effect, the government said it is immediately implementing emergency protocols at Onne Port for the next three months by conducting thorough examinations of all suspected containers in the premises. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, stated this during a press conference to unveil the seizures of illicit goods by Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 command, Onne, in…

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Timothy Dauda, a 19-year-old native doctor, has been arrested by police in Edo state for allegedly shooting his client, Alex Ezekiel, to death during an “anti-bullet” charm trial. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident on Monday. Yamu said that the incident happened on August 20 in Onumu Community, near Igara, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state. He said that the suspect was arrested by operatives from Igarra Divisional Police Station in Akoko-Edo. It was learnt that the suspect allegedly claimed to specialise in…

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Terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in Damaturu on Monday. ”We are yet to ascertain the number of lives lost in the incident, which occurred at about 4pm on Sunday in the remote village. ” Babagana Goni and Bako Ibrahim, both Mafa residents, reported the incident to the Tarmuwa Divisional Police Station. ” Suspected Boko Haram terrorists armed with rifles…

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A former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has turned herself in at the Lagos command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency accused the ex-beauty queen who was the Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture in 2015/2016 of hiding after she was declared wanted eight months ago. A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that Aderinoye was declared wanted after she escaped when operatives raided her apartment in Lekki on January 24, 2024. Babafemi stated that 606 grammes of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an…

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A Naval Personnel, Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed, who was a Guard at the home of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Iko Ibrahim, has been arrested by Police in Abuja for the murder of the son of the ex-naval Chief. FCT Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh said the Navy Rating had two Sundays ago, August 18, 2024, robbed Aminu Ibrahim, the son of the former CNS at Maitama, of the SUV and subsequently opened fire on him, killing him instantly. Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed who is 30 years…

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