Category: Crime

Three nurses at a private hospital have been arrested by operatives of the Delta State Police Command in Asaba, over the alleged removal of the eyes, nose and ear of a deceased newborn baby. It was learnt that the hospital had released the deceased child on Sunday after he was confirmed dead by a paediatric, but was, however, brought back, yesterday, by the parents who alleged the removal of the human parts. A source at the hospital said: “The parents brought the child to the hospital on Sunday evening, immediately…

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A notorious criminal, Ridwan Abdulfatai aged 20, has been arrested by the police from the Kwara State Command on yesterday, for allegedly robbing and raping of some female students of the Kwara State University, Malete, in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. Abdulfatai who had been in and out of prison, before his present arrest, confessed to his nefarious activities which led to the arrest of his gang members which include Ibrahim Akorede (25) and Aliyu Apalado (25), all from the Oke Fomo area, Ilorin. In a press…

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A total of 2,465,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg and 250mg weighing 2,356kg, smuggled through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the seizure, which took place on Friday, was worth N1,040,000,000 in street value. This is coming barely a week after about 13.5 million pills of the same opioid worth over N8.8bn were recovered by operatives of the NDLEA from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug…

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Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two suspected Internet fraudsters popularly call ‘Yahoo boys’, for killing a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Azeez, and cutting him to pieces. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,  who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, named the suspects as Friday Abinya Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20 years. He said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters on June 9, 2022 by relations of the victim, who reported that the victim left his…

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Cryptocurrency worth about $100 million was stolen by scammers from Binance, the world’s biggest exchange for crypto assets, the firm said on Friday. The total stolen was $580 million, but company chief Changpeng Zhao said roughly 80 percent had been frozen immediately, and the damage had been limited to less than $100 million. He tweeted that “an exploit” in the system led to extra production of the exchange’s dedicated currency, BNB, but insisted the issue had been “contained” and told his seven million followers: “Your funds are safe.” It is…

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Tope Momoh, an 18-year-old boy has been remanded on the order of an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled his mother to death in the middle of the night for calling him a bastard. He said the defendant confessed he was responsible for…

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Peter Michonza, a pastor of a church in Ageva area of Okene Local Council of Kogi State, has been remanded at Correctional Centre Kabba. Chief Magistrate Abdul Umar remanded the suspect, following an ex-parte application made by the Department of State Security (DSS) to enable them to continue further investigations. In the ex-parte application, the DSS alleged that the suspect committed culpable homicide by causing miscarriage and impersonation, which are punishable under sections 224,232,433 and 325 of the Kogi State Penal Code. Police said the suspect would be charged after…

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A 37-year-old grandmother, Udeogu Chinelo, has been arrested by the Anambra State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), for allegedly flogging her three-year-old granddaughter to death. NAPTIP’s Public Relations Officer, Okafor Anthony, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect hails from Enugwu-Ukwu but married in Nibo, Awka South Local Council of the state.   He said Chinelo was arrested in a Primary School in Awka, where she had earlier enrolled the deceased, Ifechukwu and had gone to ask for a refund of the…

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The 23 remaining hostages in custody of terrorists, who were attacked on an AK9 train in Kaduna state on March 28 have been released. A statement by the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf, said their release was secured on Wednesday afternoon. The statement reads: “I am pleased to announce to the nation and the world that at 1600Hrs. (4:00pm) today, Wednesday 5-10-2022, the seven-man Presidential Committee assembled by the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General L E O Irabor, secured the release and took custody…

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A mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored has been busted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is now in custody. He said the agency recovered 13 million pills of Tramadol 225mg from the mansion. “Another VGC drug bust! As massive and beautiful as this mansion located in highbrow VGC Lekki Lagos (pictured here) looks, it’s not occupied by humans but used to warehouse over 13…

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