Crime
Page: 4
A 41-year-old Canadian lady Adrienne Munju has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos for importing large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis. The suspect was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on KLM airline flight from […]
The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of two siblings, Samuel Adedeji Adeboye and Charles Adedamola Adeboye and thirty-three (33) others for internet fraud before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Bayo Taiwo and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan. The 33 convicts are: […]
A 29 year old man, suspected of being responsible for cases of missing persons within and outside Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, is now in the Police net. The suspected kidnapper and serial killer, Phillips Ogunnaike has also led the police to 3 locations where the remains of his victims were exhumed from the bushes […]
Justice Maryanne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT in Maitama, Abuja on October 3, 2024, has issued a public summon against former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Adoza Bello following his absence in a fresh arraignment on 16-count charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Bello, Shuabu Oricha and […]
The details of the 15 charges brought by the EFCC against former governor Darius Ishaku were presented in a federal high court in Abuja on Thursday. In counts one and two, it is alleged that Ishaku and a former Permanent Secretary of the Taraba State Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bello Yero […]
Oba Muideen Azeez, the Elegbedi of Egbedi in Osun State and four others have been remanded at the Ife Correctional Centre for alleged arson, destruction of farm and crops worth N200m. The five people were remanded after failing to meet up with the deadline for the perfection of their bail conditions giving to them by […]
A Kwara State High Court has sentenced five suspects involved in the notorious 2018 Offa robbery case to death by hanging. The ruling was delivered by Justice Haleema Salman on Thursday afternoon, following the prosecution’s successful presentation of evidence against the defendants. The court convicted the suspects on three charges: illegal possession of […]
The Southwest Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in Ondo State has arrested twenty-seven suspected criminals including three young farmers who kidnapped a traveller. The three farmers nabbed for kidnapping are Obanobi Temitayo, 19years; Ogundele ojo, 20years and Pelemo Samuel, 19year-old. Parading the suspects, the State Commander of Amotekun corps, Chief Adetunji […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of Twenty-Five Million (25,000,000.00) pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand (350,000) bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The seizures were made on Tuesday 17th and Friday 20th September […]
In yet another comprehensive operation, police operatives conducted synchronized raids on identified black spots on September 20, 2024, at approximately 1900hrs. The well-coordinated effort led to the arrest of two key suspects, who are members of the PDP, Emotingham Godspower (25) and Farawei Isaac (27), both from Ufunama community, Ovia South West LGA, Edo state. […]
