Category: Crime
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Man Bags Seven Years for Employment Fraud in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, April 26, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of one Abraham Walson at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State before Justice U.N Amogoh . He was arraigned on a nine- count charge bordering on conspiracy…
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Man slits cousin’s throat for demanding felling tree branches
A 42-year-old man, Mr. Nkwuda Chukwudi Vincent, a native of Ndiogbu in Ndieze autonomous community, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, allegedly cut off his cousin’s, Mr Nkwuda Chukwuka’s, throat for demanding some branches of a felled tree on the family land. The incident, as gathered, occurred on Monday when the suspect, Mr…
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Cleric lands in remand over alleged rape of 22-year-old lady
In a session at the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday, a 45-year-old cleric named Sunday Adewoye was brought before the court on charges of allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman. Adewoye, whose address remains undisclosed, faces accusations of unlawful sexual penetration and rape. Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya refrained from accepting Adewoye’s plea…
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Gunmen abduct Secondary School student, father in Ondo
Unidentified assailants have reportedly abducted Jethro Onose, a student at the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Imeri, located in the Ose Local Council Area of Ondo state. The incident occurred as Master Onose, a senior secondary school (SSS) 1 student, and his father, Maliki Onose, were returning to the school following the holiday break.…
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Ekiti man stabs wife to death over alleged infidelity
A yet-to-be identified man has reportedly stabbed his wife to death over alleged infidelity in Ekiti State. The incident occurred during the weekend at Christ Avenue, in the Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti. A resident of the area told newsmen that the incident occurred on Friday evening while another source stated that it occurred on…
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Pastor slams N500Million lawsuit on member for demanding return of his Lexus SUV After Alleged Failed Prophecy
The Head Pastor and General Overseer of the God in Action Liberation Mission, Dr. David Emmanuel Ovie, has slammed a five hundred million naira (N500 million) suit on one of his church members who demanded the return of his SUV from the church after an alleged failed prophecy. SaharaReporters gathered the church member identified…
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Bandits Attack Defence Minister Mattawale’s Hometown, Kill Two, Abduct 30
Bandits reportedly invaded Maradun town in Zamfara state, the hometown of the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. The bandits attacked the town in the early hours of Friday, shooting sporadically and ransacking residents’ houses. Two people were reportedly killed, while 30 others, including women, children, and adults, were abducted in the attack that…
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Lawyer fumes over High Court’s decision to hear matter on Appeal Court verdict
Tension arose at the Ondo State High Court in Akure as Judge Justice David Kolawole sought to preside over a case already settled by the Federal Court of Appeal. The courtroom witnessed a clash of legal perspectives when Defense Counsel Jimoh Famoritiye, representing Chief Dapo Agbede, argued against Justice Kolawole’s jurisdiction to revisit a…
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Court Jails Charcoal Producer for N7m Fraud
Justice H.H. Kereng of the Gombe State High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State has convicted and sentenced President of National Association of Charcoal Producers and Exporters, Edu Babatunde Azeez to one year imprisonment. Azeez and his company, Ablims Limited were jailed on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 after pleading guilty to a two-count charge…
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ONSA Arms Deal: N4.6b was Traced to Bafarawa’s Son-Witness Tells Court
The Second Prosecution Witness, 2PW, Hamza Abdullahi in the trial-within-trial of former Sokoto State governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and four others, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, told Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, that a sum of N4.633billion was traced to the account of Dalhatu Investment Limited where Bafarawa’s son, Sagir…