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Indian Police Arrest Three Nigerians With Cocaine

3Jul

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Indian Police Arrest Three Nigerians With Cocaine

Three Nigerians have been arrested with narcotic drugs, among which was cocaine valued at Rs 25 lakh at Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Friday. A release said officials of the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police while acting on an intelligence raided a flat in Hatkesh area of Kashimira on Wednesday. It added that about 100 gms of cocaine and 655 gms of ganja were seized from three Nigerians residing in the flat. Read Also: BREAKING: Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, Evan’s Co-defendant Chiemeka Arinze, Dies In Custody The trio was arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it added, without giving the accused persons' names. Police were probing where they got the drugs from, Times of India reports. Source: SaharaReporters

Why We’ve Not Taken Super TV CEO’s Suspected Killer to Court – Police

1Jul

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Why We’ve Not Taken Super TV CEO’s Suspected Killer to Court – Police

The Lagos State Police Command has explained why it has not taken Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to court. The University of Lagos undergraduate. and Ataga reportedly lodged in a service apartment in the Lekki area of the state and the corpse of the latter was discovered in the room the following day. The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told one of our correspondents on Wednesday that Chidinma would be taken to court after the police had concluded their investigation. “We will take her to court when we finish the investigation; we are still investigating,” he stated. However, a Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Jiti Ogunye, urged the police to get a remand order to justif...

Armed Robbers Attack Corpers Lodge, Injure Six

28Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Youths

Armed Robbers Attack Corpers Lodge, Injure Six

No fewer than six serving corps members were injured as armed robbers attacked their lodge and cart away valuables in Osun State. The Nation gathered that the incident happened on Saturday around 4am at the Nigeria Christian Corpers Fellowship (NCCF) lodge at Dada Estate in Osogbo where corps members are residing. A source told our correspondent that the armed robbers numbering about eight forcefully entered the lodge and threatened to kill anyone who refuses to lay down his or her valuables. Speaking with one of the victims; Ofure Ehizogie explained that, “We were attacked and those armed robbers stole all our valuables. They took laptops, phones, money and other valuables. During the attack, about six to seven of us were injured and we were taken to the hospi...

Super TV CEO: Why Police Released Suspect’s Father —Lagos CP

26Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Super TV CEO: Why Police Released Suspect’s Father —Lagos CP

The Lagos State Police Command has released the father of a 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, told newsmen that the suspect’s father and one Nkechi Mogbo, have been released on bail. It was learnt that Chidinma Ojukwu’s father was arrested for hindering his daughter’s arrest at their residence in the Alagomeji area of the state. Until Chidinma’s arrest, Mogbo had been in police custody after an investigation showed that she operated the service apartment where the University of Lagos undergraduate allegedly killed Ataga. The suspect, while being paraded at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday, confessed to have com...

Super TV CEO: Suspect’s Father Arrested, Lecturers, Classmates Shocked, UNILAG Silent

25Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Super TV CEO: Suspect’s Father Arrested, Lecturers, Classmates Shocked, UNILAG Silent

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the father Chidinma Ojukwu, who allegedly stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death. A top police source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, told PUNCH Metro that the suspect and her father were arrested at their residence, No. 57 Akinwunmi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, on Wednesday. The source said the father was arrested for resisting Chidinma’s arrest and for becoming violent with policemen, who went to apprehend her. The source added that the man did not believe that his daughter committed any crime until she confessed on Thursday, adding that he was being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba. “She (Chidinma) s...

Corps Member Jailed Two Years for Sex Scam

22Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Youths

Corps Member Jailed Two Years for Sex Scam

A High Court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, yesterday sentenced a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Oyeyemi Caleb to two years in prison. Oyeyemi, serving in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was jailed for sex scam. Officials of Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Oyeyemi (21) on March 16, 2020 based on intelligence reports. Oyeyemi allegedly posed as a white lady, an online sex worker, to defraud one Wilson (a white man) of $100 in order to offer him sex. He was arraigned on November 26, 2020, and pleaded guilty when the counts were read to him. Justice Adenike Akinpelu sentenced him to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N200,000 on each count.

BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi

17Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Violence

BREAKING: Bandits Abduct Female Students in Kebbi

Gunmen have abducted several female students of Federal Government Girls College Yawuri in Kebbi State. The bandits broke into the school premises on Thursday afternoon in police mufti, The Nation learnt. “They pointed a gun at the school guards and asked them for the girls’ hostels. “Before you know what was happening the bandits invaded the school and started abducting female students,” a source confided. Details shortly…

Robbers Attack Commercial Banks, Police Station in Osun State

3Jun

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Security

Robbers Attack Commercial Banks, Police Station in Osun State

Two commercial banks and police stations were on Wednesday attacked by armed robbers in Apomu and Ikire towns in Osun state. During the attack, it was learnt many people were shot dead by the robbers, even though the state police command said the number of casualty was not available. The robbers were said to have entered Apomu and Ikire through Ikoyi town, and divided themselves into different groups before they launched attacks on the police stations and the affected banks. An eyewitness living in Apomu, who declined to be named, said he heard sporadic shootings around 5.30pm near the premises of a commercial bank located in Oke-Ola Area. According to another resident of Ikire, identified simply as Oloruntoyin, the robbers attacked a bank near Akire’s palace, as well as the Ay...

Yahoo Boy Kills Twin Brother in Oleh, Delta State

26May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria

Yahoo Boy Kills Twin Brother in Oleh, Delta State

An individual suspected to be into cybercrime, popularly known as Yahoo boy, has reportedly murdered his twin brother at Oleh, headquarters of the Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State. Operatives of the Nigeria police force have arrested the alleged perpetrator. Reports say the suspect killed his twin brother for ritual purposes, though it could not be verified at the point of filing this report. The suspect, it was gathered, was found with a dog and the decomposing body of the deceased in their apartment at Old Olomoro Road, Monday, after neighbours perceived an offensive smell emanating from the flat. “The house was locked for some days and after some time, the people living in the compound began to perceive foul smell that attracted flies around the apartment. “...

Gov Abiodun Suspends Aide Arrested in US Over Alleged Fraud

18May

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Employment, News, Nigeria

Gov Abiodun Suspends Aide Arrested in US Over Alleged Fraud

Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun has suspended his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Special Duties, Abidemi Rufai, following his arrest in New York by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over alleged involvement in $350m unemployment benefits fraud in respect of COVID – 19 pandemic. Reacting through his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, Abiodun said the news of his aide’s involvement in fraud is disturbing. He however said the “Governor cannot be held responsible for the actions of a full-grown adult.” According to him: “We received the very disturbing news of the arrest of one of the governor’s political appointees, Mr Abidemi Rufai in New York over alleged unemployment benefits and fraud in the United States, this morning. “While the Governor cannot be held responsible for t...