Crime

Again: Gunmen Attack Churches, Villages In Kaduna, Kill Three

Bandits attacked worshippers at the Maranatha Baptist Church and St. Moses Catholic Church. The gunmen who came on motorcycles killed three people after attacking two churches and a number of villages in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Sunday, the state government has said. The state’s Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement to reporters. “On… []

Two Americans defraud Nigerians of $368,698 Over Green Card

A staff of the United States of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ayotunde Solademi, on Thursday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how an American allegedly defrauded two Nigerians of $368,698. He testified that the American, Marco Ramirez, defrauded the Nigerians on the pretext of procuring Green Cards for them. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Remirez on… []

Two Pregnant Women, Barber In Possession Of Drugs Arrested At Lagos Airport

Two pregnant women have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, said the first to enter the agency’s dragnet was a Brazilian returnee, Nworie Phillip Chikwendu, who was arrested on Tuesday, May… []

Court Jails Dismissed Policeman 5 Years For Land Speculation

An Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ogun State, has convicted and sentenced a dismissed police officer, Joseph Ayodele, who specialised in land speculation to five years imprisonment. Chief Magistrate Olakoleyin Oke, handed down the verdict after he found Ayodele guilty of the four-count charge of conspiracy, breach of the public peace, intimidation and forcible entry into the land, brought against him by the police. The… []

Ponzi Scheme: Another Scammer, Maxwell Odum Disappears With N213bn

–Maxwell Odum Many of his victims are wailing as another crook and Ponzi scheme operator, Maxwell Odum has vanished into the thin air after defrauding over 100,000 Nigerians of an estimated N213 billion or $511,590,216, according to CBN rate. Maxwell who operated a company called MBA Trading and Capital Investments Limited, based in Port Harcourt, collected huge sums from people, promising fantastic returns. The Rivers… []

NDLEA: Abba Kyari’s Six Houses, Plaza Marked For Investigation

-Abba Kyari being led during one of his appearances in court Six residential houses and one plaza belonging to the embattled former Intelligence Response Team leader, Abba Kyari are being marked for investigation on Monday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The two-storey shopping plaza, Assurance Plaza, located along the Giwa Barracks Road in Maiduguri, has about 100 stores. Six other residential houses… []

BREAKING: NDLEA Arrests Drug Baron Behind N3bn Tramadol Linked To Abba Kyari’s Team

-The suspect, Chief Afam Mallinson Ukatu The arrest of the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team over N3billion Tramadol deal has prompted the arrest a billionaire drug baron by the operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The anti-narcotic agency said Chief Afam Mallinson Ukatu arrest followed months of surveillance and evasion of arrest. Ukatu, who is Chairman of… []

Female Trafficker Arrested While Trying To Smuggle Four Teenage Girls Out Of The Country

-The Four teenagers A 29-year old female trafficker was arrested by Amotekun operatives as she was allegedly trafficking four girls to Ghana. She was stopped between Kogi and Ondo States boundary while transporting the girls from Abuja to Ibadan. The teenage victims revealed that the lady promised to take them to Ghana to work. The Amotekun commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, said the girls will be… []

How My Teacher Drove Me To A Hotel, Raped, Threatened To Kill Me –15-year-old Student Narrates

A 15-year-old student of Government Technical College, Ikorodu (names withheld) has revealed how one of her teachers, Adefemi Adewunmi, allegedly raped her in a hotel in the area and threatened to kill her if she told anyone. The 15-year-old student, who lives in the Lowa community in Ikorodu, as gathered, was on her way to school on that Monday, when her teacher who was driving… []

Court Jails POS Operator 3months For Cheating businessman

  A 34-year-old Point of Sale (POS) operator, Jamilu Rabiu has been sentenced to three months imprisonment by Dei-dei Grade I Area Court for cheating a businessman of N250, 000. Rabiu, who operates at the International Livestock Market, Dei-dei, Abuja was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to criminal breach of trust and cheating. He begged the court for leniency. The judge, Sulyman Ola, gave… []

Businessman Kills Partner Over N3.5m, Absconds With Car

A supposed business associate of one Hassan Shehu who resides in Tudun Fulani, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday was discovered to have been stabbed to death as his lifeless body was found in the house of a man regarded as his best friend. The police are on the trail of the suspect identified as Bashir following the discovery of the decomposing… []

Aggrieved Businessman Sets Wife, Brother-In-Law Ablaze After Quarrel

One Benjamin Ogudoro, who is a businessman is being investigated by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the murder of his wife, Chiyere Ogudoro and his brother-in-law, Ifeanyi Edoziem. Benjamin, who lives on Oteyi Garden Estate, Abule-Ado, Lagos, reportedly set ablaze the victims on fire in the middle of the night on April 1, when they were asleep. It was learnt that his… []

17-year-old Boy Jailed For Stealing Two Motorcycles

A 17-old-year old minor has been sentenced to eight months in prison without an option of fine. An Ota Magistrates’ Court delivered the judgement for breaking into a warehouse and stole two motorcycles worth N1.3 million. The police charged the 17-year-old, whose address was not provided with conspiracy, burglary, and theft. He pleaded not guilty. Delivering judgment, Magistrate A. O. Adeyemi, sentenced the minor without… []

Police arrest two suspected kidnappers in Ogun

Two suspects, Umar Usman and Muhammed Ibrahim, were arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command following a report lodged at Imeko divisional headquarters by one Suleiman Mohammed, who reported that he was called on phone with a hidden number, and the caller threatened to get him kidnapped, if he failed to pay the sum of N5 million within a week. Spokesperson for the state… []

Again! FCMB Manager Dragged To Court Over N1.2b Fraud

Branch Manager of a First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Tope Munis, has been dragged before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly aiding and abetting N1.2billion fraud, property of Star Orient Nigeria Limited. Tope Munis, who is branch manager of the GRA Lagos branch of FCMB was arraigned on 15 counts amended charge alongside Dare Osamo and Ayoola Bisola who had earlier been arraigned… []

NDLEA Arrests Lagos Airport Notorious Drug Kingpin, Fidelis, Recovers N19.5m

-Fidelis The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a fleeing drug kingpin, Yunana Fidelis, heading a syndicate operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos and six other members of his gang. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Wednesday said the Lagos airport drug syndicate was behind the smuggling of 1, 584,000 tablets of Tramadol seized on Tuesday 15th… []

N6bn fraud: Court slashes Mompha’s bail sum from N200m to N25m

-Mompha being led to court An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday reduced from N200 million to N25 million, the bail sum for social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, charged with six billion Naira money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Mojisola Dada made the ruling following a prayer by defence counsel, Mr Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), and submission by the prosecution… []

Abductors Demand N10m Per Victim As Corp Member, Pregnant Woman And Four Others Kidnapped

A member of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), a pregnant woman from Benue State and four others have been kidnapped around Ochadamu community after Ayangba in Kogi State by gunmen. The victims had boarded a Benue Links 14-seater bus from Gboko Local Government Area to travel to Lagos State when they were intercepted by the robbers near Ochadamu Junction in neighbouring Ayangba in Kogi State… []

Kidnappers kill brother of Gov Lalong’s SA, abduct stepmom, neighbour

One Fwangshak Plang, a stepbrother of Diket Plang, who is the Special Adviser on Public Affairs to Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong had been killed by suspected kidnappers. The attackers also abducted Fwangshak’s stepmother and a girl living in Diket’s home. The incident occurred on Friday night in Pankshin Local Government Area (LGA) of the state where Diket lives. Fwangshak was said to have been… []

BREAKING: Unknown gunmen attack Imo police division, kill officers

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday attacked and bombed the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters situated at the Owerri West Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo state. Learnt that the attackers also killed two policemen who were on duty, identified simply as Ifeanyi and Iyke. Onlookers in front of the affected police division on Saturday morning. There has been a spike in recent months… []