Category: Crime
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Gunmen kill lawyer, kidnap wife, son in Kaduna
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a Kaduna based lawyer, Mr. Haro Gandu and abducted his wife, son. It was gathered that the hoodlums broke into Mr Gandu’s house at Tollgate area, along Abuja Road, Kaduna on Sunday night through one of the windows and shot at him. Timothy Gandu, a former commissioner of…
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Lottery win: Man takes his life in Lagos, leaves note
A lottery shop operator, identified simply as Baba Pool, on Thursday committed suicide over his alleged failure to pay some of his customers their winnings. It was gathered that the deceased hanged himself inside his shop in Kayode Market, Abule Ijesha, in the Sabo area of Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the deceased, in…
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Two nabbed for allegedly stealing motorcycle in Ogun
The personnel of the Ogun State Police Command, on Monday, arrested two suspected robbers, who allegedly specialised in snatching motorcycles from their owners at gunpoint in Ijebu-Ode and its environs. The suspects were reportedly caught while trying to snatch a motorcycle after they had dispossessed two riders of their motorcycles. The Police Public Relations Officer…
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Court jails jails 35-year-old Osun man for stealing plantain
A 35-year-old man Maruf Ojo, was on Monday jailed for one month by an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for stealing plantain. The defendant, who stole bunches of plantain worth N55,000, pleaded guilty to the one count of stealing pressed against him by the police. The police prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, said the convict…
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Police rescue 15 teenagers from Niger torture house
The Police Command in Niger State have arrested one Umar Ahmed, 46, of Anguwan Gwari Suleja, for keeping about 15 children in a dehumanizing condition in the guise of Almajiri School. The command’s Spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement in Minna on Monday, that the suspect was arrested by Police Operatives attached to ‘A’…
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Police nab 3 teenagers over Ogun robbery
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three Fulani teenagers for highway robbery in the Alapako area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspects, Uzefa Idris, 19; Adamu Yakubu, 18; and Ayuba Buhari, 17, were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, Owode Egba Division, SP Matthew Ediae. The Police…
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12 jailed for evading Immigration check, illegal migration
The federal High Court in Katsina has convicted 12 persons for evading the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) clearance and migrated to Nigeria Republic enrout Europe. The convicted persons between the ages of 18-35 were received by the Nigeria Immigration Service following their repatriation from Niger Republic through Kongolam Control Post in Katsina State. Our correspondent…
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Decomposing body of kidnap victim recovered as police nab 2 in Rivers
The police in Rivers State, on Tuesday, arrested two suspected notorious kidnappers in a sting operation. Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, who carried out the operation, recovered the decomposing body of a victim, whom the suspects had earlier abducted and ransom of N1m collected, but the victim was never released. PUNCH reports that the cops…
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How fraudster allegedly lured American lady to Nigeria, swindled her of N18.5m
Police operatives have rescued a citizen of the United States of America who was allegedly confined to a Lagos hotel against her wish for over one year. The victim, who came from Washington DC, arrived in Nigeria on February 13, 2019, on a visit to 34-year-old Chukwuebuka Obiaku, a native of Ikeduru LGA of Imo…
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Police rescue American lady held hostage for over 16 months in Lagos
Nigeria Police Force on Sunday said its operatives have rescued an American citizen who was confined in a Lagos hotel for more than a year. The police in a statement said the victim hails from Washington DC, USA and she is a retired civil servant in the US. She had arrived Nigeria on 13th February,…