Category: Crime

Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in France for setting up wife for mass rape

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72-year-old Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison for drugging his ex-wife, Gisèle and inviting 50 other men to rape her. Dominique was on trial with 50 other men, the majority of whom denied charges of rape. Among them are firefighters, lorry drivers, soldiers, security guards, a journalist and a DJ. Here is a list of the men convicted: 1. Dominique Pelicot: Guilty of aggravated rape on his ex-wife, Gisèle. Also guilty of the attempted aggravated rape of the wife of one of the…

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792 cryptocurrency investment, romance fraud suspects arrested by EFCC in Lagos

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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the Commission arrested 792 suspects in a groundbreaking operation targeting cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams. The suspects were apprehended on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, during a surprise raid on a seven-storey building, known as Big Leaf Building, located at No. 7, Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. The operation followed actionable intelligence received by the EFCC. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, December 16, 2024, at the Lagos Zonal Directorate, Olukoyede disclosed…

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Governor intervenes as court reportedly sentences man to death for stealing fowl

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Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed concern over the reported death sentence of a young man in the state for stealing a fowl. In a statement shared on X.com on Tuesday, Adeleke directed the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to thoroughly investigate the matter and initiate steps to grant the man a prerogative of mercy. He wrote: “I have received the report of a case of a young man reportedly sentenced to death by hanging in Osun State for stealing a fowl. “Consequently, I have directed…

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Pope Francis escaped two assassination attempts in Iraq in one year

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Pope Francis narrowly escaped two assassination attempts during his historic visit to Iraq in March 2021, according to excerpts from his forthcoming autobiography, Hope, published Tuesday by Italian media. In the book, set for release in January across over 80 countries, the pontiff revealed that his Vatican security team received an urgent warning from British intelligence about two imminent threats. “A young suicide bomber, a woman armed with explosives, was on her way to Mosul to detonate during the papal visit,” Pope Francis wrote. “Additionally, a van sped off with…

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Police arrest mother for throwing child into Delta river

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The Delta State Police Command paraded over 30 suspects on Tuesday, including a young woman, Ms. Blessing Ibuku, who was arrested for allegedly killing her 10-month-old baby, Prevail Jonathan. The crimes for which the suspects were paraded include robbery, kidnapping, cultism, and murder. The police also recovered 150 arms, including 32 AK-47 rifles. While addressing journalists at the command headquarters in Asaba, the state Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed that Ibuku confessed to throwing her baby into a community river due to mockery from friends who taunted her about…

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Two Zenith Bank staff arraigned by EFCC for selling N500,000 new notes

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Two staff of Zenith Bank Plc situated at 18, Okpara Avenue in Enugu State have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly selling newly-minted N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira). The suspects are Ekpe Anayaoha Okoronkwo and Umeonuoha Onyinye. The Enugu Zonal Directorate of EFCC arraigned the suspects on Thursday, December 12, 2024, before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State. They were arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on currency racketeering to the tune of N500,000 (Five…

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Mayor, three others found dead inside vehicle in Mexico

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A mayor in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, Jesús Eduardo Franco, a member of the ruling Morena party, was fatally shot on Sunday along with three others, local authorities confirmed. The victims, including Franco, who was the mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality, were discovered dead inside a vehicle, according to a statement from the state prosecutor’s office. “We deeply regret the death of our colleague Eduardo Franco, municipal president of Tancanhuitz,” Morena party president Rita Rodríguez wrote on X. She urged authorities to thoroughly investigate the killings and bring those…

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Three arrested as NDLEA seizes 83kg drugs from Canada

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Three businessmen, Emeka Nwanolue, Friday Ogbe, and Isaac Onwumere, have been arrested following the seizure of methamphetamine and Loud shipments worth billions of naira. The drugs, weighing 83.301 kilograms, were intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Tin Can Seaport in Lagos. The drugs, concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada, were intended for distribution during the Christmas and New Year festive season. According to the NDLEA, the operation was the result of months of intelligence tracking across three continents. The agency disclosed…

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Hisbah confiscates over 200 cartons of alcoholic drinks in Sokoto

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    Religious police force in Sokoto State, Hisbah board have intercepted and confiscated over two hundred cartons of liquid substances suspected to be alcoholic drinks at the Sokoto central motor park. Addressing journalists at the Hisbah office Sokoto on Wednesday, the state Hisbah Commander, Usman Jatau, who paraded the items also gave some rules and regulations expected of residents to abide with within the metropolis. He said nobody has come out to claimed the confiscated suspected alcoholic drinks and the Hisbah would consult the state Commissioner for Justice and…

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Taraba State governor’s sister dies after accidental discharge

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Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas has lost his younger sister to gunshot injuries, sustained in accidental discharge from a security operative attached to her. Reports say, Atsi Kefas was in transit from Wukari Local Government Area alongside the Governor’s mother, when there was attempt to attack their vehicle by suspected bandits, and in an effort to repel the attack, the security operative attached to the duo accidentally shot her. The incident is reported to have happened between the Wukari-Kente Road in Wukari LGA. Since the event which happened on…

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