Category: Crime

The Managing Director of Fouani Company, which represents LG and Hisense, alongside three Lebanese have been abducted by armed men on Friday, while travelling by boat in Lagos. Although the names of the victims have not been ascertained, it was learnt that they were abducted around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island. A source familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the kidnappers had reached out, demanding ransom. “Yesterday (Friday) evening, the Managing Director of Fouani company (LG and Hisense) and three…

A police inspector, Ubi Ebri, has been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba on Tuesday on a murder charge. The court presided over by Justice C. D. Diai convicted and sentenced the Inspector to death for killing a phone dealer, Mr Onyeka Ibeh, in Asaba. Ibeh, a popular phone dealer in Asaba, along with his wife was driving from Ugbolu to Asaba on April 5, 2023, when they were flagged down by the police team for a search. The deceased was said to have…

Police in Ondo State have arrested a man, Yusuf Adenoyin, for being in possession of eight human skulls in Isua, the headquarters of the Akoko South-East Local Government. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, on Wednesday, explained that the police personnel attached to the Police Safer Highway Patrol at the Isua/Epinmi checkpoint arrested the suspect while performing their lawful duty. Odunlami said, “On June 10, 2024, at about 0800hrs, personnel attached to the Police Safer Highway Patrol at Isua/Epinmi checkpoint while performing their lawful duty flagged down…

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday headed by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik has ordered the final forfeiture of every asset of NOK University Gwasmyen Water Factory, Gwasmyen Event Centre and Gwasmyen International Hotel in Kaduna State. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had through its counsel Ekele Iheanacho filed an order of final forfeiture of the said properties pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and Section 44(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.…

An American citizen attempting suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos yesterday, was rescued by Lagos state police officers. This was made known in a statement by the police command shared on X.com on Monday. According to the statement the American, whose name has not been disclosed, was driven to the bridge by his baby mama at approximately 1:23 p.m. The statement revealed that the American, who is in his early 30s, had directed his baby mama to park her vehicle while he walked to a spot on the…

No fewer than 175,000 bottles of codeine shipment from India en route to Enugu State has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Friday, barely one week after it seized a similar shipment in Rivers State. This is just as the anti-narcotics agency arrested a Nigerian for concealing drugs in pesticide tanks and 19 others in multiple raids across the country. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, added that the NDLEA Directorate of Operations and General Investigation…

A groom-to-be and his friends who were at one of the clubs in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have been arrested alongside 127 other persons suspected to be internet fraudsters, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives at the weekend. Security personnel raided two nightclubs in the metropolis, arresting the groom alongside other suspected fraudsters who were there for a bachelor’s eve. Vehicles, telephones, and laptops belonging to the fun-seekers were reportedly confiscated during the early morning sting operation. Some protesters stormed major streets in Akure metropolis, expressing…

Suspects preparing to ingest 200 wraps of cocaine have been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday in a hotel. The operation, based on intelligence, targeted individuals attempting to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia for the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared the information via his X account on Thursday, along with a video showing the intercepted contraband. Sharing a video, he wrote, “Caught in the Act: They were preparing to swallow 200 wraps of cocaine ahead of…