Category: Crime
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EFCC Arraigns Woman, Daughter-in-law for Alleged N6m Land Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt has arraigned Blessing Webilor Nchelem and her daughter-in-law, Deborah Jack, before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on multiple fraud charges. The charges, totaling four counts, include criminal conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretenses, and retaining proceeds…
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How 13-year-old boy defiles eight-year-old, others
The Gombe State Police Command revealed on Friday that it had apprehended a 13-year-old suspect accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in Akko Local Government Area. Additionally, the police presented two other suspects, 18-year-old Usman Husseini and 45-year-old Mohammed Yaya, both involved in separate sexual assault cases. During a press briefing at the Gombe…
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Court Jails Woman Six Months For Currency Racketeering
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Adeyinka Bilikis Gbadamosi to six months imprisonment for currency racketeering. Gbadamosi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on currency…
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Two killed in Ekiti by accidental gunfire
Two young men were mistakenly killed by a bullet from a policeman’s gun in Ekiti State. Witnesses report that the incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday in the Omisanjana Area of Ado Ekiti. According to reports, there was an accident in the area, and some irate youths attempted to mob the driver and…
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During initiation, Ogun police arrest cultists, victim rescued
Three suspected members of the Eiye cult confraternity have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The suspects were apprehended during an initiation ceremony at Malaka Quarters in Owode Egba, located in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State. During the operation, one victim was rescued. The suspects, identified as Olayiwola Akinsanya,…
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EFCC Arrests Seven for Alleged Illegal Mining Activities
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested seven suspects for offences bordering on illegal mining activities, and two others for offering N1.2million bribe to compromise the operatives of the Commission. The arrest, which followed credible intelligence and days of surveillance, was carried out on Friday,…
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‘We’ll get justice for ACU student tortured to death by colleagues’, NANS vows
By Miracle Ogunde Following the death of Alex Timileyin, a student of Ajayi Crowther University who was tortured to death due to a phone theft allegation, Oyo state axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, has vowed justice for the deceased student. NANS Oyo Chairman, Ridwan Adegoke, gave the assurance in an interview…
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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, 2024, told Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, how the defendant threatened to release the unclad pictures…
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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 criminal offense. He was apprehended by the state police for reportedly breaking into a property and stealing a Toyota Hilux jeep engine worth…
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JUST IN: Kidnappers kill young Veterinary Doctor
Suspected kidnappers have killed a veterinary doctor from the Agricultural Department in Munya Local Government Area, Niger State. The incident was confirmed by friends and colleagues through posts on Facebook. This follows a weekend attack by bandits on communities in Munya LGA, where seven people were killed and 200 villagers were abducted. Details later