Category: Crime

Celestial Church pastor kills member, stole N1.5m from his account

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A pastor in charge of Celestial Church of Christ, CCC ILERI OLUWA PARISH, LASU 2, Shepherd, Sup. Evang. Whepetoji Babaniyeh has been arrested for killing Ogubode Quadri Adedamola. Adedamola, a 28-year-old graduate of Political Science from Lagos State University and CEO of Horlar Edu Consultancy runs a private business at the LASU Campus. The news first broke via  Celestial Reality, a Facebook page that specialises in reporting Celestial Church events. It was reported that, Adedamola had gone missing on January 16. Findings revealed that, he was traced to the church…

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Man arrested for killing mother with pestle

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20-year-old Safiyanu Dalhatu has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly beating his mother to death. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil. He explained that, “On February 24, 2025, Peace and Security Committee members in the Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi reported an incident to the ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters. “At about 3pm, Safiyanu Dalhatu, a 20-year-old male resident of Abujan Kwata, allegedly assaulted his biological mother, Salama Abdullahi, a 40-year-old female of the…

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USAID-donated drugs diverted, sold for profits in Lagos, Abia markets

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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control revealed that it seized 87 truckloads of banned, expired and substandard medicinal products, including USAID and UNFPA-donated antiretroviral drugs, male and female condoms, among others. NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said this on Wednesday, while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. She also said that counterfeiters were after her life and those of her workers. “I told you about the attempted murder about six months ago. One of our staff members in Kano had his child…

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NIBSS: Nigeria’s banking fraud tripled from N11bn to N52bn in 4 years

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Fraudulent transactions in Nigeria’s banking system have tripled in the past four years from N11 billion to N52 billion, according to statistics from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS). NIBSS report analysis published on Wednesday estimated that N52.3 billion was lost to fraud in 2024, compared to N11.6 billion in 2020. The report said fraudsters attempted to steal N86.4 billion in 2024. The figure is the latest GDP figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics showing a fourth quarter 2024 growth of 3.8 percent, the fastest in three years,…

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P-Square’s brother, Jude Okoye remanded in Ikoyi prison over N1.3bn fraud

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Peter and Paul Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square and subsequently remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility over allegations of money laundering amounting to N1.38 billion, $1 million, and £34,537.59. Okoye was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a seven-count charge on Wednesday. One of the charges stated: “That you, Jude Okoye Chigozie and Northside Music Ltd sometime in…

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Man kills newly wedded wife with 4-month pregnancy in Edo State

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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command arrested one Kelvin Izekor for the murder of his 38-year-old wife, Success Izekor. The unfortunate incident happened at Upper Mission Extension in Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025. A resident claimed that the couple recently got married. Also, a viral video on social media shows police officers and residents taking the deceased, who had deep machete cuts on her head, from her apartment into a police Hilux patrol van. The spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident…

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Two men sentenced to public flogging in Indonesia for gay sex

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Two men found guilty of sexual relations by a court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Monday, have been sentenced to be publicly flogged, an official said. While gay sex is not illegal elsewhere in Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation — it is illegal in Aceh province, which imposes Sharia, the Islamic law code. In November, locals raided a rented room in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh and found the two men — both students at a local university — together. They were taken to Sharia…

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Thai lady arrested at Lagos Airport with illicit drugs

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A 24-year-old Thai woman, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud—a synthetic strain of cannabis—into Nigeria, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The illicit consignment, weighing 46.60 kilograms, was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest, stating that officers discovered the drugs hidden in her luggage. “The suspect, who confessed to being a hired drug trafficker, was apprehended on Thursday, February 20, 2025, during the inward clearance of passengers on a…

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Court jails 11 internet fraudsters in Benin City

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Justice W.I. Aziegbemhin of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters to jail. Those convicted were: Izomor Samuel Efe,  Nosakhare Bright, Emovon Destiny, Vincent Arogbo, Osarentin Morgan Aduwa, Osagiede Destiny Oghosa, Nosakhare Ernest Theophilus, Junior Emmanuel Efe, Osimen Princewill, Obamedo Clinton and David Iyobor. They were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Directorate of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on separate one-count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence, advance fee fraud, retention of proceeds of crime and possession of fraudulent documents. The charge against Efe reads: “That you Justice Samuel Efe…

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Billionaire kidnapper, Evans to forfeit 14 trucks as bargain

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Notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, told the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, that he is willing to surrender all his property, as part of a plea bargain agreement, should the court consider his application on compassionate grounds. He also said that he is now a teacher at the correctional centre in Kirikiri after obtaining a teaching diploma in Economics from the Yewa College of Education, and he is no longer a criminal. He pledged to forfeit his 14 brand new trucks to the Lagos…

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