Category: Crime
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Man detained in Ondo over alleged assassin claim, threats against Water Industry
Over the weekend, Ondo State Police Command detained a middle-aged man who claimed to be an assassin with 500 killings to his name. The suspect, identified as Adesina Adetokunbo, was arrested following reports of threats made against owners of pure water businesses in the state. According to Abayomi Oladipupo, the Commissioner of Police in Ondo…
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Former Bank Manager Bags 112 years jail term for fraud
Former First City Monument Bank manager, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to 121 years in prison by Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra state. Placidus was found guilty of diverting N112,100,000 of a customer’s fixed deposit funds for his own personal use. Placidus was arraigned on Tuesday,…
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Former Bank Manager Bags 112 years jail term for fraud
Former First City Monument Bank manager, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to 121 years in prison by Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra state. Placidus was found guilty of diverting N112,100,000 of a customer’s fixed deposit funds for his own personal use. Placidus was arraigned on Tuesday, March…
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We’ve identified officer who shot man dead at fuel station —Police
The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed the identity of the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a man at a filling station in the Obalende area. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed this development through a post on his verified Twitter handle @benHundeyin on Thursday. Hundeyin stated that the officer responsible…
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Mastermind of 2022 Kaduna-Abuja train attack arrested
The Nigeria Police, Kaduna State Command, has paraded the mastermind of the March 28, 2022, Kaduna-Abuja train attack alongside 276 other suspected criminals, disclosing its readiness to commence night aerial patrol of the train route and the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Recall that kidnappers, on the evening of March 28, 2022, attacked and derailed the Abuja-Kaduna…
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Why I killed my child – 24-years-old woman confesses
A 24-year-old woman, Sophia Nkwor, has reportedly drowned her one-year old son in a well at Araya community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. Sophia Nkwor was paraded alongside suspects of various other crimes by the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abaniwonda Olufemi, at the State Command’s headquarters, Asaba on Thursday. Olufemi said: “On…
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Ondo Police arrest three for stealing N2 million property
Three individuals – Joseph Ayomide (22), Moloney Adamu (20), and Mercy Aminu (25) – appeared before the Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo on Thursday, facing charges of allegedly stealing property worth N2.2 million. The trio, whose addresses were not disclosed, are accused of a three-count conspiracy charge involving theft and receiving stolen property,…
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14-year-old British-Nigerian killed in London daytime sword attack
A 14-year-old boy who lost his life on Tuesday after a man wielding a sword stabbed the youth, two police officers and two other people in a street attack in east London has been identified as Daniel Anjorin. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. BBC reports that Anjorin attended Bancroft’s,…
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Deputy Director arraigned for defrauding residents
In a session held on Tuesday, the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court brought Emeka Edoh, a deputy director at the Enugu State Water Corporation, to trial for allegedly defrauding several Enugu residents of N150,000. Edoh, aged 56, stood before Magistrate Joseph Agu facing a one-count charge of obtaining funds under false pretense. Despite the charge,…
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EFCC Amends Charges, Re-arraigns Ex-Customs Boss for Alleged N1.9bn Contract Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, April 26,2024 re-arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Bridget Okafor before Justice Venchak .S. Gaba of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Kuje, Abuja. Okafor alongside her Company Bridkass Investment Integrated Limited, is facing trial on 13-amended count charges bordering…