Category: Crime

10 killed, many injured as attackers invade Southern Kaduna community

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Ten persons have been reported killed in a fresh attack on Langson, Zangon-Kataf Local Council of Kaduna State. At the weekend, 17 persons had been confirmed killed in attacks at Ungwan Wakili and neighbouring communities of Zangon-Kataf. Chairman of the local council, Francis Sani, confirmed the latest attack. It was gathered that the attackers invaded the community around 9.00p.m. on Tuesday, shooting sporadically to scare residents. The attackers reportedly looted a shop in the area before the police challenged them. Appealing for calm, Sani urged government to deploy more security…

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Landlord dies after female tenant drags his manhood on Ogun

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  Ogun State Police Command operatives have arrested a 33-year-old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for allegedly killing her landlord, Monday Oladele, over a minor disagreement. According to a statement made available to journalists by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, he said the suspect, a single mother was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Sango Ota Divisional Police Headquarters by the brother to the deceased, Olaleye Taiwo. The complainant said the suspect and his brother disagreed over the payment of the electricity bill, while the suspect grabbed…

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Chrisland pupil electrocuted – Autopsy

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Autopsy has revealed that the 12-year-old pupil of Chrisland International School, Whitney Adeniran, who recently died in strange circumstances during the school’s inter-house sports activities at the Agege Stadium, Lagos State, died of electrocution. Whitney’s mother, Blessing, in a live broadcast on Instagram on Wednesday, confirmed the development. She said, “The autopsy result is out and Desola was electrocuted. My daughter died of electrocution. I have been subjected to trauma for the past two weeks. “Tomorrow will make it three weeks since my baby died. The school made me think…

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House of Reps Majority leader, Doguwa, others remanded for alleged culpable homicide

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Alhassan Doguwa, House of Representatives Majority Leader, and others were, yesterday, remanded in Gorundutse Correctional Centre for alleged culpable homicide and other criminal offences. Chief Magistrate of Court 54, Nomansland, Ibrahim Yola, gave the order when Doguwa and one Bashir Dahiru were paraded on five counts by state government. Parading the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun-Wada federal constituency, and one Dahiru, Prosecuting Counsel, Aisha Salisu, told the court that the defendants were being charged for criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief use of firearms and inciting disturbance. According to Salisu, the lawmaker…

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Vote buying: EFCC arrests suspect with N32.4m cash

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400,000 allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement, revealed that the recovery was made by operatives of the Lagos zonal command of the commission. He noted that the suspect involved has been taken into custody for further questioning. The EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has implored all personnel of the commission deployed for election monitoring duties to show courage and not give room for unscrupulous…

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Police arrests House of Reps member in Rivers with foreign currencies

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Police in Rivers State have arrested one Chinyere Igwe, House of Reps member representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, Rivers State. Dr. Chinyere Igwe, was arrested with an unspecified amount of foreign currencies in Rivers State. Igwe, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who represents Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, was arrested on Friday morning along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. Rivers State Police Command spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the arrest of the lawmaker. “A statement on it will be…

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Labour Party Senatorial candidate assassinated in Enugu

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Oyibo Chukwu, Labour Party candidate for Enugu East Senatorial district, has been killed. Oyibo, a lawyer was said to have been attacked while returning from a campaign trip in the Agbani area. He was said to have been burnt inside his vehicle, and three persons were suspected to be with him in the vehicle but it was not yet known how many of the occupants were killed. Information about the attack is still very sketchy but a top member of the party has confirmed it but said he should not…

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Woman allegedly sets self ablaze over N70,000 debt

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A woman identified simply as Mama Dada has reportedly set herself ablaze in her rented apartment over her inability to pay back a N70,000 loan she took from a microfinance bank. It was gathered that the deceased got burnt beyond recognition as the entire building located at Oke-Keesi, Itoko area of Abeokuta was burnt. An eyewitness, Bolanle Ajayi, who is a resident of the area, said that the woman killed herself after she was unable to pay back the loan. “I was told that she obtained the loan running into…

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Boy kidnaps mum in Zamfara, collects N30m ransom

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A 20-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly conniving with five others to abduct his mother and three others and collecting the sum of N30m as ransom by the Zamfara state police command. The state police spokesperson, SP Mohammed Shehu, in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday, said the suspect, Thomas Yau, informed the police that N10m was paid by each of the kidnap victims, including his mother, totalling N30m ransom. Shehu said, “On February 12, 2023, the Zamfara Police Command, through its community policing engagement, acted on intelligence information…

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Court remands actress at Ikoyi prison for abuse of naira notes

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An actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin has been remanded at the Kirikiri correctional center by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, pending the determination of her bail application, for tampering with the new Naira notes. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, arraigned Omoseyin on Monday before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two-count charge brought against her. One of the count reads, that you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January, 2023 at Monarch event center, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social…

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