Crime
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Sextortion: FBI’s Witness Revealed How Defendant Demanded $200 From Late Victim
Ayotunde Solademi, a Foreign Service National Investigator with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI and second prosecution witness, PW2, in the ongoing trial of Muideen Olamilekan Teslim, on Monday, May 27,…
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Ondo Barber jailed for theft, burglary
A 20-year-ol barber, Joseph Babatunde, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court in Akure. Babatunde was convicted after being found guilty of another…
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Bandits storm Buhari’s home state, kill several villagers
The Katsina police command has confirmed that bandits attacked three villages in Bakori Local Government Area, resulting in the deaths of 11 people. Police spokesman Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu announced this in a…
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Man arrested for forging chief magistrates’ stamps, impersonating police officer
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended Charles Chukwudi on charges of forging court documents and impersonating a police officer. According to a…
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Contractor Admits Receiving N2.17b from Office of NSA for no Project
On Monday, May 20, 2024, contractor Olugbenga Obadina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for receiving payments from the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA)…
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25-year-old man lands in court for stealing she-goat, motorcycle from police barracks
Chukwudi Ugwu, 25, was arraigned on Monday at the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, accused of stealing a she-goat and a motorcycle from a police barracks. Ugwu, whose address was not…
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Ekiti monarch-elect arraigned over certificate forgery
Babalola Adebomi, the monarch-elect of Araromi-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area, appeared in the Federal High Court in Akure, Ondo State, on Monday to face charges of certificate forgery. The charges…
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Kanu To Remain In Prison As Court Rejects Bail Request
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the request of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for bail or to be moved from the…
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Man buries wife alive, jailed for life
By: Ade Phillips David Michael Pagniano, 62, from Arizona, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife, Sandra Pagniano, 39. The sentencing was handed…
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DSS arrests popular football coach for attempting to sodomize player
A football coach, known only as Adebisi, was apprehended by Department of State Security (DSS) operatives in Osogbo, Osun State, after allegedly attempting to sexually assault one of his male players. According…
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14-year-old girl disappears in Lagos
The peaceful atmosphere of Surulere Aguda has been shattered by the disappearance of 14-year-old Princess Halimat Tajudeen, an SSS2 student cherished for her amiable nature and passion for literature. Princess, described…
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Woman burns Stepdaughters with Fire for ‘Eating Food Without Permission’
An Adamawa State-based woman, Rachel Geoffrey, has allegedly set fire to the hands of her two stepdaughters, aged three and seven, for eating food in the house without her permission. Geoffrey…