Crime
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Man bags 14 Years Jail Sentence For Impregnating Daughter
A High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, capital, has sentenced a 41 years old man, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his daughter. The Bayelsa Commissioner of…
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EFCC urged to prosecute Osun Senator who confessed to vote buying
The publisher and Editor-in-chief of Nigerian Concord Newspaper and Concord Online Television, Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to immediately prosecute the Deputy Minority Leader…
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Man Arrested in Lagos for Possession of Pistol
The police in Lagos State have apprehended Toibu Hassan, a 25-year-old man, for allegedly being in possession of a pistol. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the arrest…
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JUST IN: Two Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint In Abia
Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly murdered on Friday night when a group of dangerous criminals attacked a police checkpoint at the well-known Opobo Junction, near the Aba-Ikot Ekpene…
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Court bars Soun of Ogbomoso, kingmakers from removing Chief Imam
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of…
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Operatives of EFCC Caught on Camera Assaulting Woman in Lagos Hotel
A video has surfaced online showing operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) breaking into a hotel room and assaulting a woman. The footage, recorded by a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)…
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How We Supplied Obiano Cash from State’s Security Votes- Witnesses
The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses disclosing how…
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Alleged Sale of Property under Forfeiture: EFCC Presents First Witness Against Serial Fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the EFCC, against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an…
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Bandits impose N20m tax on Benue communities
The Caretaker Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Victor Iorzaa has confirmed bandits’ imposition of N20 million on residents of Logo, Katsina Ala and Ukum council areas. It was reported that bandits…
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Cobbler Remanded for Assaulting Police Officer
An Ajah-based cobbler, Oluwaseun Jacobs, has been arraigned and remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos State. In a press statement on Tuesday, Nigeria Police Force Public Relations…
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Policemen Fight Publicly Over Sex Worker, Shoot Enugu Resident Dead
A trigger-happy police officer from the Nsukka Urban Police Division has reportedly shot and killed a young man, identified as Amuche, on Echara Road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.…
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Ogun Police Arrest Man for Exhuming and Beheading Corpse for Rituals
The Ogun State Police Command has detained a man for allegedly exhuming and beheading a body in the Car Wash area of the state for ritualistic purposes. In a phone interview with…
