Category: Crime

A 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu, has been arrested for attempting to sell her two sons in Anambra. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, was said to have connived with her 17-year-old daughter, identified as Joy, to sell off her two sons “due to the economic hardship in the country.” Chukwu, while being interrogated, explained that she had 11 kids and decided to sell two of them when she could not cater to them. The state Commissioner for Women and Social…

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  The NigeriaDrug Law enforcement Agency, NDLEA has declared ex-beauty queen Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas wanted after she escaped during a raid on her Lekki residence, where cannabis and drug-related items were found. The agency made this known in a statement saying, “An ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the Agency after she escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence when NDLEA operatives raided her apartment at Oral estate, Lekki on Wednesday 24th January following credible intelligence she deals…

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The proprietress of Excel Group of Schools, a nursery and primary institution in Ogun State, Mrs Helen Odunubi, was allegedly abducted by some suspected kidnappers. It was learnt on Friday that the incident occurred inside the school premises in the Ogunsua Crescent, Ose Baba Odun Matogun area of Agbado in Ogun State, at about 1 pm on Tuesday. A source in the area said that trouble started when two women and two men drove an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Sienna into the school premises and went straight to the school proprietress’…

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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old Alimot Haruna for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parents’ consent. It was learnt that Alimot intended to compel all 42 children into child labour and trafficking. It was also learnt that the incident occurred on January 25 at about 5:45 pm. A police source said that the three underage children, two females and one male whose name could not be confirmed, were rescued by detectives while monitoring her movements. The source added that the suspect had been…

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Armed men suspected to be terrorists have killed three persons, including 65-year-old Imam, Bashiru Jibrin, at Yandaka village, Batsari Local Council of Katsina State. The gunmen, who reportedly struck on Tuesday about 9.00pm, also abducted more than 32 persons, including women and children. Among the deceased was a 12-year-old boy simply identified as Haruna. Some of the injured were still receiving treatment in hospitals yesterday. A source said the terrorists, armed with automatic weapons, stormed the community in their numbers, and moved from house to house dragging out hapless residents.…

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Cocaine, arms and ammunition worth N4.3bn has been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Command. The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this during the handing over of the seized contraband at the command on Thursday. Adeniyi said that the seized contraband came from South Africa and Canada. He added that the command also intercepted Colorado Indica weighing 32.5kilogram. “Other seized contraband included 65 packets of Colarado Indica weighing 32.5kg, seized from a 40-foot container with number UACU 534833/6, imported from Canada; 17 packets of a substance…

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