Crimes

File Photo: Ibekie as seen in a 2018 post on his Facebook page Two Nigerians, Anthony Emeka Ibekie (59-year-old) and Samuel Aniukwu (50), living in Chicago, Illinois, USA, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for online frauds, including inheritance and love scams. A U.S. District Judge Steven C. Seeger…

By Deborah Nnamdi A 41-year-old notorious kidnapper and armed robber, Godstime Ajugba, has been arrested by Operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team, CP-SAT, in Delta State. He was nabbed in the Mosogar community, Ethiope-West Local Government Area of Delta State. Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe,…

Photo: Elimani and his ill-fated bride, Blessing in their pre-wedding photo What was to be a celebration of love turned into mourning in Umusam, Kwale in Ndokwa Local Government Area of Delta State last weekend when the groom, Justice Onyekachukwu Elimani, and a friend were gruesomely murdered just hours before…

By Deborah Nnamdi Officers of the Quick Intervention Unit of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old woman over alleged child trafficking. In a press statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Henry Okoye, The operatives also rescued two children suspected to have…

Photo: Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State By Deborah Nnamdi An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Friday ordered the remand of 25-year-old Babuga Muhammadu at a correctional facility over alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, and kidnapping. The Prosecutor, Inspector Toyin Ibrahim told the court that…

By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested 33-year-old Ikechukwu Okoye and his 39-year-old girlfriend, Juliet Ogbodo, both of Onuorie-Obuno in Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area, over the alleged kidnap and murder of a 70-year-old woman. The suspects allegedly kidnapped, murdered, and buried their…

The Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has been arrested by the Finland Government on charges of alleged terrorism. Ekpa, who is blamed for the numerous carnages in the Southeast and the unknown gunmen atrocities, as well as the action of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, could…

Photo: Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the Ebonyi State Police Command shot one person dead and injured three others in an alleged case of accidental discharge during a clash between policemen and a soldier. Ebonyi State Police Commissioner, Mrs Adaku Uche-Anya, while confirming the…

Photo: A suspect recently arrested by NDLEA Operatives By Deborah Nnamdi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has secured 9,034 convictions in the last three years. The Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Buba Marwa, disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday during the Island Club Business luncheon.…

By Deborah Nnamdi A notorious kidnap suspect who had been terrorising Ogoni and other parts of Rivers State, Gbarani Bume (aka Pelele) has been killed by the Rivers State Police Command. Bume, a native of Bere Community in Khana Local Government Area of the state, was a member of the…