Category: Crime

A septuagenarian, David Jackson, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, for defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The judge sentenced the 72-year-old security guard after she held that the prosecution had proved the three ingredients of defilement against him beyond reasonable doubt. Delivering her judgment, Soladoye held that the victim was seven years old as of the time of the incident but was eight years old when she testified before the court…

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Francis Ogwu, a 65-year-old cleric, has been handed over to the police for allegedly defiling his seven-year-old domestic help. The suspect, Ogwu, was arrested following an alarm raised by concerned residents of the town. The media aide to Anambra Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Miss Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, said this in a statement to newsmen in Awka on Thursday. The suspect, a pastor and general overseer of Jesus House of Joy Church, Awka hails from Imo State. He has lived in Anambra, with his wife and children, for over…

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Nick Imudia, former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, has reportedly committed suicide. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State on the evening of Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Before his death, the businessman reportedly made a call to his United States-based brother to give him instructions on how to distribute his wealth and also called his young daughter to inform her that he would always be there for her. According…

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Armed terrorists operating in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State have reportedly commenced the collection of taxes and levies from residents of Torough and nearby communities. It was gathered, yesterday, from a resident of the community, who spoke on condition of anonymity that the gangs introduced a levy of N20 million as monthly tax to be paid by each household. He said they had already started gathering the levy after allocating each household their share of the tax since they had no option but to comply. He pointed out…

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A pregnant woman, Rahemat Lateef, who claimed to have been abducted by some unknown gunmen while going to the state hospital at Ijaiye, Abeokuta for child delivery, is a case of fake kidnap. This was made known by the Ogun State Police Command on Monday. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this on her X handle on Monday. Odutola said the woman having found out that she had suffered another miscarriage decided to fake her kidnap to avoid the wrath of her husband who was…

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A 27-year-old cleaner, Saviour Udoh, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday, for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl on a church premises. Justice Ramon Oshodi held that the prosecution was able to prove the offence of defilement against the convict without reasonable doubt, stating that the defendant’s action was reprehensible and deserving of the maximum punishment under the law. Udoh was arraigned on February 5, 2020, on a count of sexual assault by penetration preferred against him by the state,…

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Ifunanya Miracle, aka Bliss, a fresh graduate of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, has lost her life during an attempt to escape a yet-to-be-identified prankster’s robbery on the premises of the school in the Awka area of Anambra State. Ifunanya’s friend, identified simply as Peace, a student in the Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, who was also involved in the robbery, sustained varying degrees of injury and was said to have been rushed to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital for treatment. It was gathered…

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A middle-aged man simply identified as Yunusa has been murdered in Bauchi over allegation of blasphemy in Ningi local government area. Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil confirmed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. “The Bauchi State Police Command is deeply saddened by the unfortunate incident in Nasaru Village on the 19th of June, 2024. It has come to our attention that an individual named Usman was involved in sharing information about a new religious movement known as the Fera Movement.…

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Six persons were reportedly killed while many others were abducted as armed men suspected to be terrorists attacked a village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Sallah day (yesterday). The gunmen were said to have stormed Tudun Doki village at about 1:30 am on Sallah day. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Sokoto, Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed the attack. He said six bodies have been retrieved so far, but the police have yet to ascertain the number of abducted persons. Sokoto is one of several…

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