Category: Crime
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Teenagers Who Attempted To Murder Commercial Sxx Worker In Ekiti Remanded In Custody
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti, has remanded two teenagers, Oluwatimilehin Afolabi (19) and Kehinde Mustapha (19), in a custodial centre for allegedly attempting to murder a 23-year-old lady. They were arraigned on one count of attempted murder. The charge read, “The defendants, on February 2, 2022, in Ikere Ekiti, did conspire…
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Indian Businessman Arrested For Smuggling 134,700 Bottles Of Codeine Syrup Into Nigeria
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic in Sokoto State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement…
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Husband, Wife Arrested In Ogun For Being In Possession Of Human Parts
Men of Ogun State Police Command in the early hours of Saturday arrested 43 year-old, Kehinde Oladimeji and his wife Adejumoke Raji, for being in possession of fresh human parts. The couple, according to a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, are residents of No.72 MKO Abiola Way, Leme, Abeokuta. Oyeyemi…
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Ondo Widow In Court For Brutalising House Help With Razor Blade, Stick Over Meat
A mother of four, Mrs Opeyemi Omoyemi has been arraigned in court for inflicting multiple body injuries on her 12-year-old house help, Joel Sunday in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Omoyemi, a widow was docked before a Magistrate Court sitting in the Ondo State capital on five-count charge bothering on attempted murder, child abuse,…
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Four Teenagers Who Beheaded Girlfriend For Money Rituals In Ogun Appear In Court
Ogun State Police Command, Thursday, arraigned, before a State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, the four young boys who beheaded a 20-year-old lady, Sofiat Okeowo, last Saturday, in the City. The four suspects; Balogun Mustakeem, Majekodunmi Soliudeen, Abdul Gafar Lukman and Majekodunmi Oladeinde, were brought before Chief Magistrate…
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Court in US shifts sentencing of Hushpuppi, silent on Abba Kyari
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California has postponed the sentencing of alleged international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi by five months. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, in response to an email inquiry by The PUNCH late Thursday, said the date which was initially scheduled for…
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Gov. Diri dethrones Otuokpoti Paramount ruler, sacks CDC Chairman, Youth President over Commissioner’s Kidnap
… As Police declares 4 persons wanted Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri on Tuesday announced the dethronement of the Paramount Ruler of Otuokpoti community, in Ogbia Local Government Area, Chief A. C. T. Wongo while the Chairman of the Chiefs Council, Chief Rescue Abe, has been appointed Acting Paramount Ruler. Also, the Chairman of…
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Court remands Mompha in EFCC custody over alleged N6bn fraud
Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja has remanded social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, pending the hearing of his bail application in the N6 billion fraud charge filed against him. The EFCC, on Wednesday, arraigned Mompha and his company, Ismalob, before Justice…
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POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED CULTIST IN EDO FOR ‘DEHUMANIZING’ LADY IN VIRAL VIDEO
Officers of the Nigerian Police Force, Edo State command has arrested three suspected cultists who were involved in the alleged “assault and déshumanisation” of à Tik Tok user simply identified as Olivia. In a Press statement on Friday, the Command’s spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, said the suspects were arrested after a video of the assault…
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KABBA PRISON ATTACK: GOV BELLO READS RIOT ACT TO ASSAILANTS, CONDOLES WITH FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES ON ATTACK
KABBA PRISON ATTACK: GOV BELLO READS RIOT ACT TO ASSAILANTS, CONDOLES WITH FAMILIES OF FALLEN HEROES ON ATTACK • Seeks an Improved Management Systems for Federal Correctional Facilities in the Country Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has reassured of his administration’s commitments to forestall a reoccurrence of crime in whatever form, following the recent…