Category: Crime

Sikiru Morufu, 28, was on Thursday arraigned before a Mapo Chief Magistrate Court in Ibadan, Oyo State for allegedly stealing N3,000 from a commercial sex worker. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji had admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum after Morufu had pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge offence. Latunji added that the two sureties must be blood relations to Morufu. The Chief Magistrate adjourned the suit until February 26 for trial. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector…

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Four persons have allegedly been killed while one other was said to have escaped death as unknown persons reportedly abducted five men in Oke Irinja, Owode Yewa, Ogun State. It was gathered on Sunday that the quartet of Adamu Saliu, 21; Aliu Babuga, 24; Dairu Salihu, 32; and Mohammed Abdulai, 35, were the victims of Saturday’s incident. A police source revealed that the four herders were abducted in a bush in the community. The police source said the dead bodies of the victims were found with ropes tied around each…

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A 42-year-old man taking thousands of concealed opioid pills to insurgents’ enclave in the Banki area of Borno State has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The anti-narcotics agency also arrested a six-month pregnant lady; and a mother of three children and three other women for drug trafficking, in major interdiction operations carried out by its operatives. This was as the agency seized over 7,609 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs in eight states. The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, revealed the developments in…

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Sesan Adelabu, a socialite and businessman in Ondo State, has reportedly committed suicide after killing his wife in Akure, the state capital. Details of the incident remained sketchy, but unconfirmed sources allege that the socialite caught his wife in bed with one of his security guards. The victim reportedly macheted his wife to death and, after that, committed suicide by drinking sniper, an insecticide. It was gathered that the ugly incident occurred at his Alagbaka GRA residence in Akure metropolis. His wife’s lifeless body was left on their marital bed,…

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The Police have arrested some suspected drug peddlers and recovered drugs and ammunition from them in Lagos. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has commended the officer in charge of the police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team for rejecting the sum of four million naira (#4,000,000) bribe while investigating a case of drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition. A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, said, “The team had arrested one Esther Newman…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, has arrested 92 suspects and seized 217.02kg of illicit substances since the beginning of 2024. The state commander of NDLEA, Mr Samaila Danmalam, disclosed this in an on Friday in Kaduna. According to him, the suspects comprise 88 males and four females. He added that the seized substances included Indian hemp, cocaine, heroin, tramadol, and methamphetamine. The commander said that NDLEA operatives raided 19 illicit drugs in the state during the period. He said that the command secured the conviction…

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Six pregnant teenagers have been rescued when the Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday raided a “baby factory” at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state, while five other persons were arrested. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, after the raid said that the “baby factory” where the babies were being sold had the name, ‘Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity’ and was located on a road along the Tansian University, Umunya. Obidike said the state’s Health Facility, Accreditation and Monitoring Unit…

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  The alleged criminal activities of the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, recently arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been uncovered. Investigations showed that Ebonyi acquired a 23-room hotel, a pure water factory, two blocks of a Primary School and two bungalow office at Nyanya-Gwandara, New Karu, Abuja and a five-bedroom duplex at Karsana, Abuja with the proceeds of his fraudulent dealings with his subscribers. He also set up a live broadcast channel with studio equipment for his…

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In a statement tagged “EFCC Arrests Pastor for N1.3 Billion Fake Grants, Money Laundering” posted on its verified X handle, @officialEFCC, on Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will arraign the General Overseer of Faith on the Rock Ministry International, Nasarawa State, Apostle Theophilus Ebonyi, whom it reportedly arrested for allegedly defrauding church members and other Nigerians as soon it concludes its investigation. The statement said the pastor was arrested for allegedly using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of #1,319,040,274.31. However, Ebonyi,…

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Daredevil kidnappers have reportedly abducted 14 Abuja-bound travellers in two different luxury buses at Inyenle Eteke, Ogugu, Olalamaboro Local Government area of Kogi State. Kogi State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the kidnappers. It was gathered that a social media influencer, Chude Nnamdi, who broke the news on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, chude_, on Sunday, disclosed that the two buses belong to God Is Good and ABC Transport. Nnamdi tweeted that his wife was sadly in one of the hijacked buses but could not ascertain the…

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