Crimes
Taraba ‘Kidnap Kingpin’ Nabbed by Special Force
By Deborah Nnamdi Troops from the 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, have disclosed the arrest of a popular kidnapper in Taraba State. The suspect, who was identified as Suleiman Ahmad, was arrested at the weekend in Bomanda village of Lau Local Government Council of…
Read More »NDLEA Nabs 60yr Man with 564kg, GUO Driver with 50,000 Tramadol Pills
By Deborah Nnamdi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have recovered a total of 563.74 kilograms of psychoactive substance from a 60-year-old suspect, Anthony Anakabi. Anakabi was arrested at Iyalode, Iyana Church area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The agency also nabbed the driver of a…
Read More »Navy Rescues 7 Trafficked Girls in Badagry
Photo: NAPTIP DG, Fatima Waziri-Azi By Deborah Nnamdi The Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, Lagos State, has rescued seven suspected victims of human trafficking in Badagry. Lieutenant Bunmi Awodeyi, the Base Information Officer, revealed the development in a statement he issued on Saturday in Badagry. Awodeyi said…
Read More »Gunmen Kill former LG Councillor in Ogun
By Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen suspected to be cultists on Friday evening killed Mutiu Akinbami, a former councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Akinbami, popularly known as Egor, was reportedly attacked at the Brewery area of Abeokuta around 6:00 p.m. and shot in the head while riding…
Read More »Man, 28, Arrested for Defiling, Impregnating 14yo
By Deborah Nnamdi Alleged Rapist, Samuel Ani at the Ogun state Police Command A 28-year-old man identified as Samuel Ani has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 14-year-old girl (name withheld) in the Sagamu area of the state. Ani was…
Read More »Robbery Suspect Steals Policeman’s Phone inside Patrol Van
A 23-year-old serial robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, has shocked policemen in the Osun State command after robbing their colleague of his telephone set while being conveyed from the scene of his arrest to the station. The suspect, while confessing to the theft after being caught, explained that he stole the…
Read More »Man, 40, Jailed for Molesting Minor
By Deborah Nnamdi A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State on Wednesday sentenced 40-year-old old Musbahu Muhamud, to seven years imprisonment for sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl. The Prosecutor, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano State Zonal Commander, Abdullahi Babale, told the court that…
Read More »Court Remands Man, 54, others over Murder, Robbery
By Deborah Nnamdi An Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, ordered the remand in the correctional facility of a 54-year-old man, Nathaniel Adedokun, and three others for alleged armed robbery and murder. Others are Moshood Adesanmi, 38, Abiodun Akinboye, 30, and Tiamiyu Sarafa, 45. The defendants, whose addresses…
Read More »NDLEA Seizes 709.9kg of Illicit Drugs in Kano
By Deborah Nnamdi The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it seized 709.979kg of illicit substances in October in the state. This is contained in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. The statement also disclosed that the command…
Read More »EFCC Nabs 11 Suspected Currency Racketeers, Internet Fraudsters in Rivers
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers and internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The EFCC disclosed this in their official X handle on Wednesday. They were arrested on Tuesday, November 12, around Apara Street,…
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