Category: Crime

One Jonathan James, 31, in Bagadaza Quarters, Gombe State, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his 65-year-old aunt, Ramatu Musa, to death with a sharp knife. The leader of the patrol team from Pantami Division, Girema Yahaya, disclosed that the incident occurred in the night. “We received a distress call at 2:15 a.m. and immediately responded to the scene. Unfortunately, the victim succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Specialist Hospital in Gombe,” he said. According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations…

A labourer, Sunday Emmanuel, has been remanded in prison custody by order of an Ondo State Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly killing his wife Linda. It was gathered that the defendant was arrested by the men of the state police command, for allegedly committing the crime at Ogbeni Camp in Ofosu, Idanre Local Government Area of the state in October. After Emmanuel allegedly macheted the wife to death, he also allegedly attempted to kill his three-year-old son by macheting him. The defendant, who is a farm labourer was alleged to…

A 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, was on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Lagos, for importing 35.20 kilogrammes of Canadian Loud (Cannabis Sativa) into Nigeria. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu who handed down the verdict also gave her an option of N100m fine on the two counts preferred against her by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The judge convicted and sentenced Munju following her plea of guilt on the two counts. Earlier when the convict was arraigned, the NDLEA prosecutor, Mr Abu…

A 42-year-old teacher, Gbolahan Osinusi, has been arrested by detectives from the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a student for five years since she was 12 years old. The teacher was also accused of forcing the girl to perform a series of abortions after he impregnated her. It was learnt that the nurse, who allegedly performed the abortion, identified as Mariam Fatolu, is now on the run. The police in FESTAC town, Lagos, have commenced a manhunt for the fleeing nurse. Lagos State Police spokesman,…

One Yemisi Ogunlana, a housewife, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police command for allegedly using a sharp object to severely injure her husband’s man organ, during a disagreement. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement she made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday night. She explained that the Divisional Police Officer of Ogijo Division, reported that one Idowu Adebowale, 31, from Oko Oba came to the station to report a case of attempted murder. The statement reads, “A 31-year-old man named Idowu…

Auwal Sankara, Commissioner for Special Duties in Jigawa, has been declared wanted by the Kano State Hisbah Board for alleged adultery. The Commander General of the board, Aminu Daurawa, disclosed this at a news briefing in Kano on Monday. Daurawa said that the commissioner was allegedly caught in an uncompleted building with a married woman. He said that this was made possible through intelligence tracking after receiving a series of complaints from the woman’s husband, Nasiru Bulama, accusing the commissioner of allegedly engaging in an illicit affair with his wife.…

Kolawole Muyiwa, a part-time lecturer of the Department of Primary Education and Early Childhood Development of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos, on Monday, appeared before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, presided over by Justice Ramon Oshodi, on trial for the alleged rape of a student. It was learnt that the Lagos State Government had on February 6, 2023, arraigned the lecturer over the alleged rape of the victim, to which he pleaded not guilty. Muyiwa, according to the prosecution counsel, B. T. Boye and I.…