Crime

Police Arrests 17-year-Old For Allegedly Defiling Two Minors In Kano

  Kano State Commissioner of Police,Mr Mamman Dauda has confirmed the arrest of a 17-year-old boy for allegedly defiling two minors. This was confirmed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. ”The police on April 2, at about 3 p.m received a distress call that the suspect allegedly lured a seven and six-year-old into his room in Badawa Layout Quarters,… []

Businessman, 68, Docked Over Alleged N115m Fraud

A 68-year-old businessman, Nelson Gwede, on Monday appeared before a Wuse Zone 2, Abuja Magistrates’ Court charged with defrauding one Agwu Ogbonna of the sum of N115 million. Ngwede, a resident of Chika, Airport Road, Abuja, is facing a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and cheating. The two crimes contravene the provisions of sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code, according… []

EFCC Arrests Cleric, 27 Others Over ‘Yahoo’ Business In Ilorin

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin zonal office have arrested 28 persons suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin followed actionable intelligence on the activities of fraudsters operating in the area. Preliminary investigation revealed the identity of the arrested suspects to include a cleric, twin brothers, 6 students… []

NDLEA Arrests Drug Dealer With 300grams Raw Cocaine, 200grams Phenacetin Conceal In Packs Of Air Freshener

– Onyeze Obiora with the drugs concealed in packs of air freshener. A drug dealer, Onyeze Obiora from Enugu, Nigeria has been busted at the SAHCO export shed at the Lagos airport, while attempting to smuggle Cocaine and phenacetin concealed in packs of air freshener, to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Vigilant operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested Obiora on 20 March, 2023…. []

43-year-old Man Arrested For Impregnating Own 19-year-old Daughter In Ogun

– The accused, Abiodun Oladapo Ogun Police Command have arrested a 43-year-old man for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old biological daughter and asking her to claim her boyfriend impregnated her The suspect, one Abiodun Oladapo was arrested following a complain lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Oluwatoyin Idowu, who reported that her son Michael Idowu was wrongly accused of impregnating the victim and that she… []

Men In Court For Stealing Lagos Chief’s N39.3m Property

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned four suspects for breaking into the palace of a chief, Shefiu Olamiji, and stealing property worth over N39.3m on the premises of the building at Okegun village, in the Ibeju Lekki area of the state. The suspects, Rafiu Taibu, 51, Semiu Ogunkoya, 39, Kazeem Ogunkoya, 46, Akeem Adeboyega, and others at large, were arraigned on four counts bordering… []

EFCC Arraigns Ex-Accountant, Administrator Of Adamawa-German Medical Centre Over Alleged N51.1m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Administrator and former Accountant of the Adamawa state German Medical Centre, Hajiya Fadimatu Sani Yakubu and Ibrahim Sani Husseini before High Court Yola over alleged misappropriation of Fifty-one million, one hundred and sixty-eight thousand, three and sixty-eight Naira (N51,168,368.00). In a suit with case no. HC/ADST/118/C/2022 the duo were arraigned for Ten (10) count… []

$1.3million Fraud: EFCC Launches Manhunt For Kano APC Senatorial Candidate

The trial of Kano Central senatorial candidate under the ruling All Progressives Congress, AbdulKareem AbdulSalam Zaura, popularly called A.A Zaura.by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was adjourned due to his absence and the anti graft agency has launched a manhunt for the lawmaker. EFCC Counsel, Ahmad Rogha disclosed this to newsmen on Monday at the resumption of the criminal trial of $1.3million slammed on… []

Alleged N260m Fraud: How Ex- University VC Bagged 35 Years Imprisonment

-Prof. Magaji Garba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday secured the conviction of Professor Magaji Garba, a former Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau, who Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Garki, Abuja, found guilty of a five count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and forgery. Professor Garba was sentenced to a 35-year jail… []

Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint In Anambra

Anambra State was on fire on Tuesday following the attack on a police checkpoint by gunmen. Some people are feared dead while others are reportedly injured. The incident happened at about 10.30am between the Ihiala-Uli axis in Ihiala local government area. The attack forced drivers and commuters to run for dear lives as the gunmen shot non-stop We gathered that all the security operatives removed… []

Three Months After Sentence, Ex–Convict, Others Bag Jail Terms in Ibadan For Cybercrime

One Warith Ademola Hassan, a serving cybercrime convict who was sentenced to six months community service by Justice Bayo Taiwo of the State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday, July 29, 2022 has been jailed again for cyber-related activities in Oyo State. Barely three months into six months community service term, Warith was arrested again and prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the… []

Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Businessmen Accused Of Stealing N19m Cosmetics

Justice Olubunmi a bike of a file of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to arrest three businessmen accused of stealing 245 cartons of cosmetics worth N19 million. Fadipe ordered that the defendants: Tunde Yusuf, Adebayo Dayo and Michael Obisiji, be produced before the court. She ordered the arrest of the three suspects following their absence to… []

Alleged $1.3m Fraud: Lawyer Claims Kano APC Senatorial Candidate, Zaura Is Sick, Can’t Stand Trial

Counsel to the senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Kano Central district, Alhaji Abdulkareem AbdulSalam Zaura has said he “is not physically fit to stand trial.” Zaura was to be in court on Monday over an alleged  $1.3 million fraud. His counsel, IG Waru,  said this at the Federal High Court in Kano. Alhaji Zaura’s absence sparked a debate between EFCC lawyers… []

Identify Of Young Woman Brutally Murdered Alongside Chop Boii In Abuja Revealed

One of the four persons brutally murdered in Abuja has been identified as Blessing Kona Udie, a 400-level Microbiology student of the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS. The undergraduate and three others including a musician Chop Boii, were hacked to death by unknown assailants in a residence in Gwarimpa area of Abuja, the nation’s capital on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Blessing was said to… []

JUST IN: Suspended Lagos traditional ruler Bags 15-year Jail Term

Deposed Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of Lagos, Mutiu Ogundare on Tuesday has been sentenced to a 15-year jail term by an Ikeja High Court The traditional ruler was charged with faking his kidnapping and breaching of peace. Recall that the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on July 13, 2022, suspended the Baale over a kidnap incident. After five years, Justice Hakeem… []

(Video)How Alleged ‘kidnapper’ John Lyon who flaunts dollars on social media was arrested

– John Lyon A video of John Lyon, an alleged kidnapper, known for flaunting dollars on social media, has gone viral with Lyon weeping like a child in Police Custody. In the video, the suspect popularly known as “Lion White” was shirtless, putting on only boxers and kneeling down. Without both hands chained, Lyon pleaded for mercy, saying he was only involved in kidnap operation… []

NDLEA arrests 75-year-old grandpa, 21 others over tons of illicit drugs seized in 7 states

A 75-year-old grandpa, Usman Bokina Bajama (alias Clemen) tops the list of 22 suspects arrested in operations across seven states by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during which One Million One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Seven (1,001,387) bottles/capsules of banned new psychoactive substance, Akuskura and tramadol as well as 2,536 kilograms of cannabis were seized and over 10 hectares of… []

Notorious Kidnapper, Evans, Accomplice Finally Bag 21-Year Imprisonment

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and his accomplice, Victor Aduba to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping a businessman Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting N$420,000 as ransom from his family. Evans had earlier in February, 2022 been sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja High Court. Evans and two others were found guilty of the kidnap… []

(Videos)Fresh From Ethiopian Prison, Ex-convict Arrested With Cocaine At Airport As NDLEA Intercepts 26,600 Bottles Of Akuskura In Kano

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria. Onyeka who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Ethiopia for drug trafficking offences and released from prison in 2020, was again arrested… []

Domestic Violence: Court Adjourns Osinachi’s Husband, Peter Nwachukwu’s Trial To June 21

-Peter Nwachukwu being taking to court by warders Peter, the husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, on Monday resumed trial at the Abuja High Court. He is facing 23-count charge of the domestic violence and homicide which he already pleaded not guilty. Family members of Osinachi also were in court for the trial. -Osinachi’s family members at the trial The gospel artiste’s death… []