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Tag: Crime

Nigerian Man, Omotola Hassan Arrested With Cocaine In India
23Apr By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria

Nigerian Man, Omotola Hassan Arrested With Cocaine In India

The Pune police have arrested a Nigerian man for possession of cocaine valued at ₹4 lakh, in Kondhwan on Wednesday. The alleged peddler was identified as Shamsuddin Omotola Hassan, aged 48, SaharaReporters reports. Police say the Lagos State indigene intended to sell the drugs. Authorities valued the drugs in his possession at about ₹4,16,000. Along with the drugs, the police found five mobile phones worth ₹15,000; one Yamaha motorcycle worth ₹50,000; the cash of ₹20,000; and a weighing scale worth ₹1,000. The total seizure was estimated to be worth ₹5,02,000. The 48-year-old was found at the gate of Brookefield Society when the crime branch officials were patrolling the Kondhwa area at 2:50 am on Wednesday.
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Teenage Girl kills Brother During Fight in Ondo
21Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Crime, Life, News, Nigeria, Youths

Teenage Girl kills Brother During Fight in Ondo

A teenager identified as Idowu Biletiri Ruth has stabbed her elder brother to death for reportedly questioning her movement. The incident happened at Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Witnesses said Ruth, aged 18, was peeved after brother questioned her for sleeping outside the previous day. The witness said the suspect picked a kitchen knife after an argument and stabbed her brother. The brother was said to have died after a few minutes. Ondo Police spokesman, Tee-Leo Ikoro, who confirmed the incident, said the matter was reported to the Amotekun Corps. “I am aware of the case but it was reported to Amotekun. Find out more from the Amotekun.” Commander of the Ondo Amotekun Corps, Chief Chief Adetunji Adeleye, could not be reached for comme...
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Gunmen Injure Four Officers, Raze Imo Police Station
21Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Gunmen Injure Four Officers, Raze Imo Police Station

Gunmen caused pandemonium in Imo State as they razed the Isiala Mbano Police Divisional Headquarters situated at Umuelemai in Imo State on Saturday night. The assailants invaded the armoury and freed suspects in the detention facility and took away arms. Reports say the gunmen sealed off the divisional headquarters at Umueze Road and opened fire on arrival. The invaders sacked police officers on duty, freed suspects, invaded the facility's arms storage department before setting it ablaze, Punch reports. The gunmen inflicted gunshot injuries on four policemen while they stayed back to supervise the burning of the police station. "The gunmen came, condoned off the divisional headquarters and immediately opened fire on the policemen on duty. This was after they had freed all th...
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South-West Abuses Drug Most in Nigeria – NDLEA Boss
20Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

South-West Abuses Drug Most in Nigeria – NDLEA Boss

Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that the South-West and South-South rank top on the list of drug abuse cases in Nigeria. Marwa stated that there is a link between drug abuse and violent crimes such as insurgency, banditry and kidnapping, adding that these vices would persist until drug abuse was tackled. He disclosed this in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Friday during the inauguration of a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts named ‘Behavioural Action Centre’, built by a group known as Ogbomoso First Initiative. The new NDLEA helmsman said the rate of drug abuse in the South-West was 22.4 per cent, with the South-South and South-East following with 16.6 and 13.8 per cent, respectively, Punch reports. He added that ...
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Gunmen Kill Six in Osun
14Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Security, Violence

Gunmen Kill Six in Osun

Some yet to be identified gunmen killed six people in the wee hours of Sunday in a village near Wasinmi, a community along Ife/Ibadan way, Osun State. Though the identities of the killers could not be obtained at the point of filing this report, police operatives, men of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, and Hunters Group of Nigeria were said to have been deployed in the bush in the area. The incident was confirmed by the Osun Police Command spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, noting all the deceased were members of the same family, Punch reports. Opalola noted the state Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, had visited the scene of the incident.
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Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Ex-Plateau Gov Dariye’s 10-Year Jail Sentence
12Mar By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, Finance, Judiciary, Namibia, News

Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Ex-Plateau Gov Dariye’s 10-Year Jail Sentence

The Supreme Court has upheld a criminal breach of trust brought up against jailed former Governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye. The former governor has approached the court to overturn the November 16, 2018 judgement of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which found him culpable and sentenced him to 10 years for diverting public funds estimated at N1.162 billion while he was the Governor of Plateau. The apex court on Friday upheld the 10-year jail term imposed on Dariye upon his conviction on the charge of criminal breach of trust. It, however, set aside the charge that alleged misappropriation of fund, which prescribed a two-year sentence for Dariye.
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Sokoto Polytechnic Student hacks Roommate to Death
6Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Violence, Youths

Sokoto Polytechnic Student hacks Roommate to Death

Tragedy struck in the Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto, Sokoto State as a second year National Diploma (ND) student of the institution, Miss Zainab Bisola  Owoade, was allegedly stabbed to death by her course mate and roommate. The suspect, Nafeesat Yekini, reportedly ended the life of Owoade untimely by stabbing her with a knife during an argument in their hostel. The deceased was in the Public Administration Department of the institution until her death. According to eyewitness accounts, Owoade was rushed to a nearby hospital after she was stabbed. She was however pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. “She was stabbed while fighting with her roommate. She didn’t immediately seek medical help after the stabbing as the two continued their disagreement while Owoade was bleedi...
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Gunmen Kidnap 300 Girls in Zamfara School
26Feb By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, Education, News, Nigeria

Gunmen Kidnap 300 Girls in Zamfara School

Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata-Mafara Local Government of Zamfara State has been raided by gunmen suspected to be bandits and abducted about 300 schoolgirls in the early hours of Friday, 26th February, 2021. According to a staff of the school who spoke to Punch on the condition of anonymity, the gunmen arrived at the school around 1am on Friday with Hilux vehicles and motorcycles and forcefully took the schoolgirls. The source said some of the gunmen dressed in uniforms and pretended to be security personnel, before they broke into the students' hostels and kidnapped over 300 students. He said, “When they came into the school, we thought they were security personnel but to our utmost fear and dismay, they started putting the girls into Hilux vehicles and ...
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Gov Ugwuanyi Imposes Curfew
26Feb By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Crime, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Violence

Gov Ugwuanyi Imposes Curfew

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has imposed a curfew on the Oruku Community, in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the State. The action followed the crisis that greeted the murder of the traditional ruler of the Oruku community, HRH Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mba, on December 26, 2020, which is subject of an ongoing Judicial Commission of Injury, and the recent gruesome murder of the Vice-Chairman of Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Chief Samuel Ani. According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Nnayelugo Chidi Aroh, the curfew was imposed by Governor Ugwuanyi, pursuant to Executive Order No. 2: 2021, dated 25th February 2021. Aroh stated that the curfew, which is between the hours of 6pm to 6am daily, commences from 6pm, on Thursday, February ...
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