Fake doctor with forged OAU certificate arrested after treating 200 patients

A fake medical doctor practising in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has been arrested by operatives of the state Police Command, with a forged certificate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. According to a video posted on Tuesday, the police said they discovered about 200 patient cards with the fake medical practitioner, Tayo Shakirudeeen, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Shakirudeen said he had treated malaria, typhoid, infections and performed operations on children suffering from appendix, after he learnt it where he worked as a Nursing Assistant at…

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Man arrested for killing sugar mummy over N100,000

The Delta state police has arrested a suspect, Akpoveta School, in connection with the murder of a lady, Glory Akpaku, in Delta State, by stabbing her multiple times. According to an interrogation video shared on X.com by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, on Monday, the suspect disclosed that the victim was his sugar mummy before her demise. It was gathered from the video that things went sour between Akpoveta and the late Akpaku over the sum of N100,000 he allegedly kept with the deceased for safekeeping,…

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Kidnappers arrested while sleeping after abducting pastor’s wife, others in Ondo

Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by police detectives, while sleeping after abducting a pastor’s wife and two other persons. The suspects reportedly slept off after taking hard drugs. It was gathered that the three victims escaped after their abductors slept off. The suspects include Garuba Mumuni, 27; Yusuf Tale, 21; Kabiru Muhammed, 16, Shaibu Umar and Adamu Mohammed, 22. Police source said the suspects were arrested by men of the Ofosu Division after the victims identified one of them. According to the police, “A case of kidnapping was reported…

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4,752kg cannabis concealed in Abuja gas tanker seized by NDLEA

511 jumbo sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 4,752kg concealed in the gas tank compartment of a truck has been seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency along the Abuja-Abaji highway. The agency in a statement on Sunday by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the operatives on a stop-and-search operation along the highway on Wednesday, May 1, intercepted the 40-ft gas tanker marked RBC 77XG and upon a thorough search discovered the sacks. Babafemi added that four suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure. The statement read…

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Minors rescued from child traffickers in FCT

Five minors have been rescued from the clutches of suspected traffickers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. According to a statement by SP Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, the operatives arrested two female suspects, Kulu Dogonyaro and Elizabeth Ojah, on April 27, 2024, at around 8:00 p.m. at Kagini Junction, Abuja. The suspects were intercepted while attempting to convey the five children into the Federal Capital Territory. “The suspects, who initially attempted to escape arrest from Sokoto police operatives, were finally apprehended by our eagle-eyed officers…

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EFCC chairman’s account hacked by 17-year-old hacker with impressive IT skills

Ola Olukoyede, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has narrated an incident where a 17-year-old successfully hacked into his personal computer and bank account while being interrogated at his office in Lagos. The anti-graft agency chairman made this known at the EFCC Headquarters, Jabi, Abuja, last Tuesday. Olukoyede recounted inviting the 17-year-old for questioning at his own office, only to witness the young hacker effortlessly bypass the security measures of his locked computer right before his eyes. He said, “I brought into my Lagos office a seventeen-year-old boy…

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Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao jailed in US

Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, has been sentenced to four months in prison becoming the world’s richest prisoner with a personal fortune estimated at $43 billion. Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was sentenced by a Seattle court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to violations of United States anti-money laundering and sanctions laws last year. A US judge handed down the four-month sentence despite prosecutors pushing for a three-year term, as the court took into account the “positive nature of Mr Zhao’s past behaviour. His prison sentence marked a stunning downfall for…

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Gunmen abduct four residents in Abuja community invasion

The Bmuko Community, in the Dutse Baupma axis of the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, was on Monday night invaded by gunmen who reportedly kidnapped four residents in the area. A resident of the community, Mr Isah, who spoke on Tuesday, said the gunmen arrived in the community at about 11:50 pm on Monday, at the house of one Engr Patrick, whose wife and brother were among the four abducted persons. The Area Council had in January been attacked when gunmen kidnapped 22 persons, and killed…

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FCMB manager jailed 121 years for stealing customer’s N112m

A former manager at First City Monument Bank in Onitsha, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been handed a total of 121 years in prison for fraudulent activities. The court found him guilty of diverting N112.1m from a customer’s fixed deposit funds for personal gain. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Saturday indicated that Placidus was arraigned before Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. He faced 16 charges, including forgery, stealing, obtaining by false pretence, and uttering. The case stemmed…

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85-yr-old traditional ruler arrested for attempting to kill son for rituals

10 members of suspected criminals who specialize in exhuming body parts from cemeteries and killing human beings for rituals have been arrested by police in Lagos. Among the arrested suspects was an 85-year-old traditional ruler in Benin Republic, Yusuf Lawal Muse, the son of a pastor said to be the kingpin, Ademola Akinlosota, 33, an Ifa priest, Sunday Badonu, aka Osekure, 25, his father, Vijamiya Badonu, an idol priest and Osetura’s father, Dada Trival, 33, Bale of Akalekumo in Badagry, Hunsu Segun,35, Balogun in Ogboni fraternity, Badagry, Amodu Wahab, aka…

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