Category: Crime

Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid
December 3, 2020 No Responses

Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid

The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti State last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the...
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EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud
November 10, 2020 No Responses

EFCC Re-Arraigns Ex-NIMASA D-G For Alleged N156.4m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Haruna Jauro, in a Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged N156.4 million money laundering...
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Man Admits killing 14 Women
November 3, 2020 No Responses

Man Admits killing 14 Women

Lee Chun-jae, the suspect in one of South Korea’s most notorious serial killings, admitted he murdered 14 women and girls three decades earlier, including a 13-year-old girl in 1988.  Lee admitted to the crime on Monday in court while attending...
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#EndSARS: Lagos To Prosecute 229 Suspects For Arson, Murder, Others
October 25, 2020 No Responses

#EndSARS: Lagos To Prosecute 229 Suspects For Arson, Murder, Others

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice is to prosecute 229 suspects arrested by the police for allegedly using the #EndSARS protest to destroy and loot public and private properties in the state.  A statement issued on Saturday by the Ministry’s...
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Union Bank Staff In Court Over Alleged Theft Of N25m From Customers Accounts
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Union Bank Staff In Court Over Alleged Theft Of N25m From Customers Accounts

A 32-year-old banker with Union Bank Plc, Benjamin Musa, on Tuesday appeared in a Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over alleged theft of N25 million.   Musa, whose residential address was not given, is charged with three counts...
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Customs Intercepts Passenger With 2,886 ATM Cards
September 10, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts Passenger With 2,886 ATM Cards

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command on Thursday handed over a suspect with 2,886 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Deputy Controller, MMIA comm...
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Joint Border Drill Impounds 134,042 Bags Of Rice, 1,791 Vehicles, Others
September 1, 2020 No Responses

Joint Border Drill Impounds 134,042 Bags Of Rice, 1,791 Vehicles, Others

The Joint Border Drill codenamed ‘Exercise Swift Response’ has made seizures valued at about N11 billion in the last one year.    A statement issued by Public Relations Officer of the Drill, Mr Joseph Attah explained on Tuesday that the...
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GTBank Staff In Court Over Alleged N3.8m Theft
August 28, 2020 No Responses

GTBank Staff In Court Over Alleged N3.8m Theft

A 34-year-old banker, Temidayo Fabumoye, on Friday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with stealing N3.8 million from his employer.   Fabumoye, whose residential address was not given, pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft p...
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Olukoya Decries Link With Fraud, Clarifies Allegation On UK Church
August 22, 2020 No Responses

Olukoya Decries Link With Fraud, Clarifies Allegation On UK Church

General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, has denied involvement in any fraudulent activities as being portrayed in some sections of the media, which he accused of being bent on churning out malicious...
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Customs Intercepts 34 Smuggled Vehicles
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 34 Smuggled Vehicles

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10billion.   In a press statement by the Public Relations Officer of the unit, Peter...
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Man Drowns At Lotus Garden Hotel
August 16, 2020 No Responses

Man Drowns At Lotus Garden Hotel

The Police Command in Anambra State has identified the man who drowned at Lotus Garden hotel pool in Onitsha as 42-year old Izuchukwu Achusim, a businessman, who allegedly went to catch fun with a female companion.   Spokesman of the...
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Antipiracy War: Nigeria Secures Premier Conviction under SPOMO ACT
August 12, 2020 No Responses

Antipiracy War: Nigeria Secures Premier Conviction under SPOMO ACT

The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has convicted three persons accused of involvement in the hijack of an Equatorial Guinean flagged vessel named, MV ELOBEY VI, off Equatorial Guinea’s coast on March 21.   Delivering judgement, Justice Mohammed Sa...
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Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South
August 6, 2020 No Responses

Army Impounds 342,000 Litres Of AGO In South-South

The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops of Operation Delta Safe, discovered and deactivated 25 illegal refineries and impounded 342,000 litres of illegally refined AGO in the South-South in the last two weeks.   The Coordinator, Defence Media Operati...
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Boat Accident: LASWA Hands Over Captain, Passengers To Police
July 29, 2020 No Responses

Boat Accident: LASWA Hands Over Captain, Passengers To Police

The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has handed over the captain and passengers rescued from the Tuesday evening boat accident  to the marine police for further investigations and sanctions. Speaking during an interview with the News Agency of Nige...
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