Category: Crime

Abayomi Oladire, a legal practitioner has reportedly been stabbed by the husband of his client, Kunle Kuteyi, for preparing a divorce suit for his wife against him, in Ondo town, Ondo state. He was alleged to have used broken bottle to stab the lawyer, while performing his legal duty to the suspect’s wife. It was gathered that the victim was on his way to a ceremony when the suspect stopped him and accused him of having an affair with his wife to the extent of helping her file for divorce…

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25 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by the Delta State Police in the Ugheli area of the state. The Delta State command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated this on Thursday in Asaba, the state capital. He said, “On June 15, 2024, acting on credible information received by the command on the activities of one Chinyere (surname unknown) who specialised in trafficking women from the South-East and brought them to Ughelli, Delta State for prostitution, intelligence further revealed that she lured them by telling them that they were coming…

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The Chief Executive Officer of Blord group of companies, Linus Williams, has been arrested by police following suspicion of terrorism funding, cryptocurrency fraud, and aiding internet fraud. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement titled, “Alleged Fraud,, Violation of CBN Act: Police Interrogates CEO Blord Group of Companies, Linus Williams.” He said, “The FCID (NPF-NCCC) is currently investigating complaints lodged against BLORD GROUP, BLORD REAL ESTATE LTD, BLORD JETPAYE LIMITED, and BILLPOINT TECHNOLOGY.  “These offences include allegations bothering on crypto-currency fraud, aiding internet…

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A couple (name withheld) attempting to sell their two-year-old son to travel to Canada have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the couple, aged 28 and 22, were apprehended on Tuesday while trying to sell their child off. He stated that around 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday, the Isolo Divisional Police Officer received information that the couple went to Isolo General Hospital and expressed their intention to sell their baby boy. “Upon…

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Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja have arrested a woman identified as Precious Yusuf while attempting to smuggle drugs to an inmate. The suspect was said to have disguised as a visitor to one of the inmates but was apprehended during a search by the correctional service officials. Yusuf, according to a statement on Wednesday by the FCT command spokesperson of the service, Adamu Duza, concealed the drugs in food packs. He said the woman confessed that she was sent to deliver the drugs…

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Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, on Wednesday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly looted by him and his co-defendant. Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 counts of money laundering to the tune of N1.6bn. They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants were accused of committing to the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and…

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Zakariyya Muhammad, a 22-year-old suspected kidnapper of Sabuwar Gandu Kwarin Barka Quarters, Kano State, has been arrested by police sixteen hours after the kidnap incident. Confirming the arrest in a press statement, on Tuesday, the Police Command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said: “On 04/07/2024 at about 4 pm, a report was received from a resident of Sabuwar Gandu Kwarin Barka Quarters, Kano that he received a phone call from an unknown person, who claimed to have kidnapped his 2½-year-old daughter, Amina and demanded N2m ransom for her release.” “On…

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A notorious drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu and his associate in his mansion tucked in his Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State. The cartel with operational bases in Imo and Rivers state became a target of the Agency following intelligence indicating it is responsible for the…

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