Category: Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended Benjamin Daberechi, a 19-year-old student, for his involvement in an attempt to export 7.2 kg of methamphetamine hidden in crayfish to Europe. Daberechi was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while preparing to board Turkish Airlines flight TK 0624 bound for Europe, where he claimed he was going for undergraduate studies in Cyprus. Upon a thorough search, a white substance discovered in his luggage tested positive for methamphetamine. In a separate operation, a female lawyer named Ebikpolade Helen…

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Suspected kidnappers have fatally shot a businessman, Chinonso Ugwu, in the Balele village of the Ningi Local Government Area in Bauchi State. According to an anonymous resident who spoke to journalists, the gunmen arrived in the village around 1:30 am on Tuesday, opening fire indiscriminately. The resident claimed that these gunmen, who have been terrorizing various communities in the area, targeted the home of the 37-year-old businessman. Ugwu was shot multiple times in the stomach and head. Due to fear of further attacks, nobody could come to his aid until…

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Two men were brought before the Chief Magistrates’ Court 4 in Yaba, Lagos State, on Wednesday, accused of assaulting and using a machete to injure the left hand of a man named Ali Yaga in the Elepete area of Ibeju Lekki. The defendants, Suraju Azeez (37) and Opeyemi Kabiru (24), were presented by the Lagos State Police Command before Magistrate O.A Salawu. According to the prosecutor, Godwin Oriabure, the defendants, along with others who are currently at large, committed the offense on June 14, 2023, at approximately 5 am in…

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A Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt has remanded Pastor Piller Erekwa, the leader of Glorious Covenant Church, to a maximum security custodial center in Rivers State. He is facing charges of allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl who is a member of his church. The accused pleaded guilty to the charge of sexual abuse during his arraignment by the Rivers State Police Command. The court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Ogeh Elkanah, adjourned the case to July 19, 2023, for the presentation of facts and sentencing. Pastor Erekwa was arrested…

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The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a total of 22,526 bags of foreign parboiled rice weighing 50kg each and confiscated 392 items, which included five luxurious buses, that were smuggled into the country through the Ohumbe land border between January and June 2023. Bamidele Makinde, the Customs Area Controller, stated that the cumulative value of the seized items amounted to N1,313,628,488. Additionally, seven individuals suspected of engaging in smuggling activities were apprehended during the reviewed period. Makinde further revealed that the intercepted rice bags were…

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