Tag Archives: Crime

A woman, identified as Mrs. Ifeyinwa Udeh, from the Abakpa-Nike area of Enugu, has died in a hotel room where she reportedly lodged with an alleged lover. The incident occurred on June 2, 2017 at a hotel in the Trans Ekulu area of Enugu. Spokesman, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said the woman checked into …

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A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death during an argument over housekeeping money. Abdullahi Garba, 30, was among 13 suspects paraded yesterday in Lokoja by the Kogi state police command. The murder was said to have committed at Ihima in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi state. Abdulahi Garuba, who claimed to have been married …

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The House of Representatives insisted on Monday that crude oil worth $15bn was missing in the report of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for its 2011 to 2014 transactions. An ad hoc committee of the House is investigating the alleged theft of $17bn crude oil and gas resources from the country within the period. The committee is chaired by a …

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Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested an alleged member of a five-man gang that specializes in stealing tricycle, popularly known as ‘keke Napep’, and motorcycles in the Lagos metropolis. The suspect, Ekene Chukwuan, 21-year-old, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday June 1, his 5man- gang broke into an apartment at 49, …

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A 25-year-old woman, Sandra Ishaku, was on Tuesday arraigned at a Jos Upper Area Court for allegedly selling her four-month-old baby for N100,000. Ishaku, along with three others – Amechi Emmanuel, Jones Osim (a lawyer) and Gladys Chukwuma – were charged with conspiracy, cruelty, and child abandonment. According to the prosecutor, Mr. L. O. Ocho, Ishaku, on May 10, 2017, …

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Tragedy struck in the ancient city of Kano on Monday when a newly wedded woman set her husband and herself ablaze in Kano over alleged infidelity. The woman was said to have lit a petrol keg in their No 54 Middle Road residence in the Sabon Gari area of the city, which exploded, engulfing herself and the husband. The husband, …

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Amidst wide-spread rumour of another military coup in the country, the Nigeria Customs Seavice on Monday intercepted a 40 feet container ladden with 440 pieces of pump action rifles at the Tin Can Island Port in Apapa. The guns which were concealed in the container packed full with Plaster of Paris (POP) powder were allegedly imported from Turkey although were …

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Folake Sokoya Tragedy struck on Saturday, during a festival in Ibeju_Lekki area, where a police Inspector and two others were killed. It was gathered that the clash started when some youths from Ilagbo community and Oriyanrin town fought at Kilajolu festival at Ilagbo. According to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, the clash stared at a masquerade festival between …

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Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced one Stephen Lengshak, 30, to five months imprisonment for repeatedly threatening and intimidating his older siblings. The judge, Mr Hassan Ishaq, sentenced the defendant after he pleaded guilty to the offence of criminal intimidation levelled against him. The offence contravened the provisions of Section 397 (b) of the Penal code. Ishaq, …

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50-year-old man, Muritala Olaniyan, on Friday pleaded guilty to stealing his neighbour’s mobile phone while buying goods from his shop. Olaniyan admitted before a Surulere Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos that he stole the Samsung phone from Mr Godwin Enoch at 9a.m. on May 12 at Sari Iganmu, Lagos. The prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko, had told the court that the …

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