Category: Crime

Cult gang members killed in Delta state

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In a recent operation conducted by the Delta State Police Command, officers have successfully neutralized the armorer of a notorious gang during a raid on criminal hideouts in the state. The incident took place on June 23, 2023, in the Warri metropolis. Under the guidance of the Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, who instructed Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Area Commanders to purge their respective areas of criminal elements, the Divisional Police Officer of ‘A’ Division Warri, CSP T.Y Mahmud, led his team in the operation. Based on actionable intelligence,…

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Newlywed bride and two Sisters-in-Law Freed After N7million Ransom Payment

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In a terrifying ordeal lasting five days, a newlywed woman named Mrs. Rukkayat Musa and her two sisters-in-law have been freed from captivity. They were kidnapped from their home in Ilorin, Kwara State, by armed assailants who broke into their rented apartment on Emir’s road. Rukkayat’s husband managed to escape, but she and her sisters were taken away by the kidnappers. The abductors demanded a ransom of N7 million for their release. Fortunately, the victims were released in the early hours of yesterday after the family paid the ransom. The…

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Pregnant mom accidentally shot dead by her 2 year-old son in US

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A pregnant woman and her unborn child died last week after her two year-old son shot her in the back with a handgun left loaded in the house, police said. According to Police chief, David Smith, he told the local media on Tuesday that 31-year-old Laura Ilg had called 911 on the afternoon of June 16. She explained she was 33 weeks pregnant and her two-year-old had accidentally just shot her in the back with a firearm,” Smith said. Police on Friday arrived quickly at the home in Norwalk, Ohio,…

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My men not the Army are employed by FG to secure Abuja-Kaduna road -Asari Dokubo

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The leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo on Friday, after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa, Abuja, declared that his men, “employed by Nigerian government” are the ones securing Abuja-Kaduna road and not Nigerian Army. Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, Asari-Dokubo accused the Nigerian military of blackmailing the security architecture of the country describing it as “shameful”. He said: “There is a full-scale war going on and the blackmail of the Nigerian state by the Nigerian military is shameful. They said they…

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Man charged to court for defrauding four prostitutes with fake alert

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One Oluwafemi Damilola, has been brought before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ondo State for allegedly defrauding four prostitutes of N45,000. The victims said Damilola patronised them for sex and after offering him their services, he paid them by generating a fake alert. It was learnt that the case was reported to the police and Damilola was arrested and subsequently charged to court on two counts bordering on fraud. The police prosecutor, Akano Moremi, said the defendant committed the offence in October 2022 in the Sabo area of Ondo town.…

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Man commits suicide four months after marriage in Jigawa

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A photographer, Usman Sani Goga has committed suicide in the Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The 30 year-old deceased, who got married four months ago, hung himself in his bedroom on Wednesday at Akula Quarters of the local government. His death was confirmed by Adamu Shehu, a spokesman of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state. He said the deceased had dropped his wife at one of his relative’s house that fateful day around 1400hrs  promising to pick her up later in the evening. He also…

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Hilton Honours Hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, sentenced to death over Adegoke’s death

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Dr Ramon Adedoyin, owner of the Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife, has been sentenced to death by hanging by the Osun State High Court after being found guilty in the murder case of Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose death occurred between November 5 and 7, 2021, at Hilton Honours Hotel, Ile-Ife. The Osun Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, while delivering her judgement on the case, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a…

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Angry youths set Lagos police post ablaze

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Irate youths in the early hours of Monday launched attack on a police post located on Olayiwola Close, Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State. The rampaging youths, set it ablaze and injured a policeman on duty. Although, the motive of the attack is yet to be ascertained. The policeman who sustained an injury in the head, was rushed to the emergency centre at the toll gate along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway for prompt treatment. It was learnt that while the station was on fire, officials of the Lagos State Fire…

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Ambrose Alli varsity sacks lecturers for sexual harrassment, fraud, extortion

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The Management of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State has dismissed 13 academic and non-academic staff members for offences ranging from falsified age, fraud and gross misconduct to extortion and sexual harassment. The acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin, said the decision was based on the recommendations of the University Staff Disciplinary Committee which found them guilty of the offences. Adagbonyin disclosed this while presenting the committee’s report to the Chairman, Andrew Olotu, and members of the AAU Special Intervention Team on Monday in Benin City.…

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NDLEA Intercepts UK-bound Meth worth N.5Billion, arrests baron

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. The illicit drug consignment weighing 30.10 kilograms with a street value of N567million was detected and seized by NDLEA operatives at the airport on Tuesday 16th May. The follow-up operation, led to the arrest of a freight agent, Nwobodo Chidiebere; a female suspect, Chioma…

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