Category: Crime

A pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake kidnap. This was made known by the Ogun State Police Command on Monday. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this on her X handle on Monday. Odutola said the woman having found out that she had suffered another miscarriage decided to fake her kidnap to avoid the wrath of her husband who was…

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A 27-year-old cleaner, Saviour Udoh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday, for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl on a church premises. Justice Ramon Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of defilement against the convict without reasonable doubt, stating that the defendant’s action was reprehensible and deserving of the maximum punishment under the law. Udoh was arraigned on February 5, 2020, on a count of sexual assault by penetration preferred against him by the state,…

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Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, a fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra State. Ifunanya’s friend, identified simply as Peace, a student in the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, who was also involved in the robbery, sustained varying degrees of injury and was said to have been rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital for treatment. It was gathered…

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A middle-aged man simply identified as Yunusa has been murdered in Bauchi over allegation of blasphemy in Ningi local government area. Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. “The Bauchi State Police Command is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident in Nasaru Village on the 19th of June, 2024. It has come to our attention that an individual named Usman was involved in sharing information about a new religious movement known as the Fera Movement.…

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Six persons were reportedly killed while many others were abducted as armed men suspected to be terrorists attacked a village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Sallah day (yesterday). The gunmen were said to have stormed Tudun Doki village at about 1:30 am on Sallah day. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Sokoto, Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed the attack. He said six bodies have been retrieved so far, but the police have yet to ascertain the number of abducted persons. Sokoto is one of several…

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The Managing Director of Fouani Company, which represents LG and Hisense, alongside three Lebanese have been abducted by armed men on Friday, while travelling by boat in Lagos. Although the names of the victims have not been ascertained, it was learnt that they were abducted around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island. A source familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the kidnappers had reached out, demanding ransom. “Yesterday (Friday) evening, the Managing Director of Fouani company (LG and Hisense) and three…

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A police inspector, Ubi Ebri, has been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba on Tuesday on a murder charge. The court presided over by Justice C. D. Diai convicted and sentenced the Inspector to death for killing a phone dealer, Mr Onyeka Ibeh, in Asaba. Ibeh, a popular phone dealer in Asaba, along with his wife was driving from Ugbolu to Asaba on April 5, 2023, when they were flagged down by the police team for a search. The deceased was said to have…

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