Category: Crime
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Undergraduate to sweep streets for 3 months over internet fraud
Less than 96 hours after a 400-level undergraduate was sentenced to community service for an Internet romance scam, a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced another 24-year-old undergraduate, Olumide Salau, to three months’ community service over Internet fraud. According to a Punch report, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had taken…
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Man convicted twice for rape escapes lynching for same offence in Bauchi
The Nigeria Police, Bauchi State Command has confirmed the arrest of an alleged serial rapist, Yusuf Bako who reportedly raped a four years old girl in a mosque According to a press statement released on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Ahmed Wakil, Bauchi police team rescued Bako from an…
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God sent me, says pastor who allegedly killed native doctor in Anambra
A 21-year-old self acclaimed pastor, Uchenna Chukwuma, has allegedly killed a native doctor in Anambra State. The suspect claimed he was divinely sent to kill the 60-year-old herbalist identified as Chukwudi Ugwu. The incident happened at Nkpor, near Onitsha, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. Chukwuma claimed the herbalist had been…
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Gunmen kill Bayelsa Councillor
Gunmen have killed the councillor representing ward six in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State Mr Karma Agagowei. He was said to have been attacked and shot at around Opolo area of Yenagoa, the state capital, while returning from the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday. It was learnt that one…
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Suspected herdsmen cut off farmer’s hand, rape 2 ladies in Oyo
Men suspected to be herders have chopped off the hand of a farmer in Ikoyi-Ile, an agrarian community in Orire local government area of Oyo State. The herdsmen also allegedly raped two ladies and destroyed farmlands, according to Secretary of Idera Agbe Farmers Association in the council, Chief Joseph Oyekola. Ikoyi-Ile, an agrarian community, is…
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Police nab illegal gun runners
A syndicate involved in illegal sales of ammunition to bandits across the country has been busted by the police with four suspects arrested. The suspects, Abdullahi Mohammed, Haruna Bello, Husein Abdullahi Aka Gide and Yusuf Barkeje, were picked up at different locations in the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State. Two AK-47 rifles and 320…
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NIS nabs Camerounian over possession of multiple passports
A 42-year-old Camerounian Kouaha Dieudonne, has been arrested by officers of Nigeria Immigration Service along Yala Border in Cross River State for allegedly being in possession of multiple passports. The Comptroller of Cross River Command Okey Ezugwu while briefing the Comptroller General of the Service, Muhammed Babandede stated that the accused was arrested with passports…
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Pastor impregnates two siblings during spiritual cleansing in Ogun
The founder and General Overseer of the Church of the Lord, Olomore, Abeokuta, Prophet Ebenezer Ajigbotoluwa, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating two underage female siblings in his church. The suspect was reported to have procured abortions for the victims (aged 16 and 13) who…
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Imo traditional ruler, cleric, others arrested over alleged kidnap
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command have arrested the traditional ruler of Obor community in Awara, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Andrew Okuegbunuwa, and one Pastor Caleb Agu, for an alleged kidnapping. The state Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede, who paraded the…
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Angry mob sets three robbery suspects ablaze in Oyo
Three armed robbers were on Wednesday set ablaze by angry mob in a failed bank robbery which occurred at a Bank in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Olugbenga Fadeyi , comfirmed the incident, saying the incident happened at about 5pm. on Wednesday. ” At…