Category: Crime

Ex-beauty queen declared wanted, surrenders to NDLEA

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A former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has turned herself in at the Lagos command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency accused the ex-beauty queen who was the Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture in 2015/2016 of hiding after she was declared wanted eight months ago. A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that Aderinoye was declared wanted after she escaped when operatives raided her apartment in Lekki on January 24, 2024. Babafemi stated that 606 grammes of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an…

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Buttock enlargement: Doctor declared wanted as client dies during surgery

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A medical doctor, identified as Idara Bassey, has been declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the death of a 36-year-old lady simply identified as Abiola, who passed away during a buttocks enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki Phase 1 area of the state. The state police command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Thursday. The deceased was said to have visited the clinic for a buttocks enlargement procedure, which took a fatal turn after a nurse (name withheld), allegedly acting on Bassey’s orders,…

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Navy officer arrested over alleged killing of ex-Chief of Naval Staff son

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A Naval Personnel, Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed, who was a Guard at the home of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Iko Ibrahim, has been arrested by Police in Abuja for the murder of the son of the ex-naval Chief. FCT Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh said the Navy Rating had two Sundays ago, August 18, 2024, robbed Aminu Ibrahim, the son of the former CNS at Maitama, of the SUV and subsequently opened fire on him, killing him instantly. Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed who is 30 years…

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Nigerians seek arrest of Canada-based woman inciting violence online

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The arrest of a Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, and her accomplices have been demanded by concerned Nigerians for calling for the death of other Nigerians during a social media engagement. It was observed on Wednesday that Nigerians from all walks of life took to social media in shock and outrage after a viral TikTok video surfaced, showing the woman and other Nigerians calling for the poisoning of Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin descent. The Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, weighed in on the issue…

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Nigerian pilot faces five years imprisonment over statements falsification in US

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Olukayode Ojo, a 36-year-old Nigerian, is facing a five-year jail term in Texas, United States, after being found guilty of making false statements to obtain a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. It was learnt on Wednesday that after the guilty verdict, US District Judge Jodi Dishman ordered the detention of the Nigerian pilot until his sentencing. US Attorney Robert Troester, announced Ojo’s conviction on Monday through a statement on the FAA’s official website, revealing that Ojo had been attempting to obtain a medical certificate necessary for piloting a commercial…

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UK jails four Nigerians for forging over 2,000 marriage documents

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After forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates to help people live in the United Kingdom illegally, four Nigerians have been imprisoned. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Tuesday. The Home Office said the four were part of an organised criminal group that made fraudulent EU Settlement Scheme applications for Nigerian nationals between 2019 and 2023. They were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday. They carried out the…

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Man arrested for allegedly killing neighbour’s four-year-old daughter in Enugu

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A 30-year-old man has been arrested by police in Enugu State for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday. ”On August 18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad hastened to a compound on Orba Road in Nsukka Local Government Area, upon receiving a distress call alleging the murder of a four-year-old girl. ”The lifeless body of the child was taken to the hospital, she…

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West African cybercrime mafia, Black Axe busted by Interpol

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More than 300 people with links to one of West Africa’s most feared criminal networks, Black Axe, and other affiliated groups have been busted by the International Criminal Police Organisation. In a series of covert missions, tagged, “Operation Jackal III” in 21 countries between April and July 2024, Interpol said the highly-coordinated cybercrime group was responsible for some of the world’s cyber-enabled financial fraud and many other serious crimes. While the police labelled the operation as a “major blow” to the Nigerian crime network, it equally warned of its worldwide…

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Police: How Lagos monarch’s son was killed at Lekki area

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The Lagos State Police Command, through it’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin has confirmed the killing of Demola, the first son of Ojomu of Ajiran land, Tijani Akinloye. It was gathered that the killing which took place on Monday along Chevron Drive, Lekki area of Lagos State created an atmosphere of fear in the community following which the area became deserted. A notice from the management of an estate in the community urged residents to avoid the Chevron, Agungi, and Ajiran areas. The statement read, “This is to notify all residents…

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NDLEA intercepts N2.2bn codeine bottles at Lagos port

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Two containers with no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319, 200 bottles of the opioid worth N2.234bn in street value has been intercepted by the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Tin Can seaport in Lagos. The Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that the agency’s operatives at the Tin Can seaport in Lagos, on Friday, intercepted two containers that came from the Mundra port in India with no fewer than 1,596 cartons of codeine-based syrup containing 319, 200…

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