Crimes

By Deborah Nnamdi A High Court sitting in Akwukwu-Igbo Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has sentenced one Obinna Eze to death for killing a six-month-old boy, Chimaobi Igwe. Eze was arraigned before the court on a three-count charge bordering on attempted murder, murder, and causing grievous bodily…

By Deborah Nnamdi A US court has sentenced a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, to a combined 40 years imprisonment for masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation. This was contained in a statement on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office,…

By Deborah Nnamdi A 40-year-old Nigerian woman, Roseline Oluchi Ikeoha, has been arrested in connection with a major drug trafficking case in Bengaluru, India. The Anti-Narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) recovered 12 kilograms of MDMA, a potent synthetic narcotic, from her possession, marking one of the largest…

By Deborah Nnamdi A Lagos businesswoman, Oluremi Phillips, was on Thursday sentenced to 17 years in prison for defrauding an indigenous oil and gas firm, AYM Shafa Limited, of N57,690,000. Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja passed the judgment after finding the convict and…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ogun State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed a six-hectare hemp farmland in Alaka village, Ogun State. The agency’s state commandant, Mr Tijani Rabe, disclosed this at a news conference in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Thursday while presenting the agency’s…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command have arrested a fake Navy personnel, Agugu Joshua, who specializes in defrauding members of the public. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday said it is another…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of Delta State Police Command hasparaded over 30 suspects involved in crimes such as robbery, kidnapping, cultism, and murder, among others, recovering 150 arms, including 32 AK-47 rifles. The State Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the Command’s headquarters…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have nabbed a mother, Blessing Ibuku, for killing her 10-month-old baby, Prevail Jonathan, in Delta State. The state Commissioner of Police, Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Asaba. According to CP. Olufemi,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Enugu State Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two bankers before a Federal High Court sitting in Independence Layout, Enugu State for allegedly selling newly minted N500,000 to customers. According to a statement by EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, the defendants…

Photo: Some of the 792 suspects arrested by the EFCC The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested nearly 800 fraudsters in a major raid on a crypto crime ring operating from the exurb corporate set-up in Victoria Island, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State. EFCC Chairman, Ola…