Crimes

By Didimoko A. Didimoko Two suspects arrested in connection with the death of Hon Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha I constituency of Anambra State of Assembly have escaped from police custody. The Anambra State Police Command confirmed the sordid development on Tuesday. Naija Daily News recalls that Hon. Azuka,…

By our reporter A 23-year-old man, Solomon Fabiyi, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for an alleged failed plot to use his seven-year-old nephew for a money ritual. The suspect’s plan was derailed when the herbalist, whom he contacted for the rites, snitched on him and alerted…

By Agency Report The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday, arraigned Adam Yusuf, a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), over alleged N1.1 billion money laundering offences. Yusuf was arraigned alongside a company, Ummays Hummayd Energy Ltd, allegedly operated by…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigeria Police Force has neutralized seven terrorists and recovered 23 firearms, along with assorted ammunition, in recent operations across the country. In a statement issued on Sunday via X, the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the operations were part of efforts to dismantle…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal command have arraigned another 11 Chinese nationals and a company before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos for fraud. In a statement shared via the anti-graft agency’s X handle on…

By Deborah Nnamdi An Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos State, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of a 56-year-old policeman Owolabi Akinlolu at the Maximum Correctional Centre Kirikiri for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in his office. Owolabi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Ogudu Police Station in Lagos, allegedly…

Photo: Enugu Police Commission, Mr Kanayo Ezuegbu The Enugu State Police Command and the relatives of Nnaemeka Ugwu, a patent medicine dealer, are bickering over his death at the Nsukka Area Command while attempting to secure the release of his wife. Their disagreement arose over the cause of his death,…

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have arrested an officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, with several arms and ammunition in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The officer, whose identity is yet to be released by the police, is believed to be ferrying the weapons to suspected terrorists or…

Photo: Rufai Hassan, a drug suspect The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted two drug kingpins’ audacious plans to smuggle heroin into Nigeria through Port Harcourt and Lagos airports. One of the suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, 30, was caught at Port Harcourt airport while travelling under the false…

A Warri-based traditional titleholder and contractor to an oil community development agency, Chief Adawilliams Koma Oritserenojo has gone into hiding after allegedly molesting a teenage boy who visited him for help. The incident, according to various sources, occurred, on Thursday when the unsuspecting child visited the flamboyant Itsekiri chief in…