Crime

Married Woman Who Stages Own Kidnap, Demands N50 Million Ransom From Family Found In Hotel With Lover

Married Woman Who Stages Own Kidnap, Demands N50 Million Ransom From Family Found In Hotel With Lover

Married Woman Who Stages Own Kidnap, Demands N50 Million Ransom From Family Found In Hotel With Lover A married woman identified as Oluchi has been found in a hotel in Delta State after she faked her abduction and demanded N50 million from her family. Children of the woman, including her daughter in Canada, had pleaded with the public to help them raise money even as the kidnappers reduced the ransom to N20m. They had told the police that their mother was kidnapped at the Ikpoba Hill area of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. But the police investigation led…
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Gunmen Kidnap Redeemed Church Pastor In Ondo

Gunmen Kidnap Redeemed Church Pastor In Ondo

Gunmen Kidnap Redeemed Church Pastor In Ondo Suspected gunmen have abducted a cleric with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), identified as Pastor Gbenga Sanny, in Ondo State. It was gathered that Sanny was seized by three gunmen on Sunday evening in the presence of his children. Sources who confirmed the abduction to The Nation on Monday said the incident occurred at about 7.00 p.m in front of his residence located at Ilu-Abo community in Akure North Local Government. Sanny, who is also a staff of the Akure North Local Government Area of the state, was taken to an…
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Gunmen Abduct INEC Official During ADC Primary In Cross River

Gunmen Abduct INEC Official During ADC Primary In Cross River

Gunmen Abduct INEC Official During ADC Primary In Cross River An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was abducted after gunmen reportedly disrupted an African Democratic Congress (ADC) primary election in Yakurr LGA of Cross River state. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reported that security sources said the incident occurred around 11:15pm on May 22 at Wummy Hotel in Ekori community, where the party primary election held. According to the report, two groups of suspected kidnappers stormed the venue during the exercise. One of the groups reportedly abducted the INEC returning officer,…
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Justice For Wendy: Two Men Arrested For Raping And Killing Owerri Nursing Student

Justice For Wendy: Two Men Arrested For Raping And Killing Owerri Nursing Student

Justice For Wendy: Two Men Arrested For R@ping And K¡lling Owerri Nursing Student Two suspects have reportedly been arrested in connection with the tragic death of Wendy Achumba, a nursing student whose decapitated body was discovered in her hostel room in Umulogho Community, Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State. According to reports, the suspects confessed to repeatedly raping the victim before taking her life to prevent her from identifying or reporting them. Wendy, who hailed from Abia State, was a student of the College of Nursing in Umuadara village, Umulogho Community. She had reportedly completed her midwifery programme and…
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Abia Female Nursing Student Found Beheaded In Imo Apartment

Abia Female Nursing Student Found Beheaded In Imo Apartment

Abia Female Nursing Student Found Beheaded In Imo Apartment Panic has gripped the Umulogho community in the Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State following the gruesome killing of a female student of the College of Nursing, Umuadara Umulogho, identified as Wendy Achumba. The student was reportedly found beheaded in her room on Thursday evening after neighbours became worried when she neither came out nor responded to repeated calls. Sources in the community said the victim, who hailed from Ngwa in Abia State, had completed her midwifery programme and was undergoing post-basic training at the institution. A resident, who spoke…
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DSS Picks Up El-Rufai After Court Grants Bail, Family Complains

DSS Picks Up El-Rufai After Court Grants Bail, Family Complains

DSS Picks Up El-Rufai After Court Grants Bail; Family Kicks The family of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday, raised the alarm after the Department of State Services, DSS, officials allegedly took him into custody following a court sitting at the Federal High Court in Abuja. According to the family, the action was in apparent breach of existing court orders directing that he remain in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC. El-Rufai’s second wife, Hasiat, who addressed journalists outside the DSS facility, said the family was traumatized by the development…
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NDLEA Arrests Two Grandpas For Drug Trafficking In Abia, Ekiti

NDLEA Arrests Two Grandpas For Drug Trafficking In Abia, Ekiti

NDELA Arrests Two Grandpas For Drug Trafficking In Abia, Ekiti The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested an 83-year-old man, Pa John Ofiel, and a 78-year-old man, Ogunjobi Samuel, in separate operations linked to drug trafficking in Abia and Ekiti states. The arrests were disclosed in a statement on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. According to the statement, “Pa Ofiel was nabbed by NDLEA officers on Tuesday 28th April 2026 during a raid operation at Samek by Powerline, Aba, Abia state following credible intelligence that he was dealing in illicit substances.…
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Money Laundering Investigation: EFCC Made Me Cry Every Morning- Pastor Jerry Eze

Money Laundering Investigation: EFCC Made Me Cry Every Morning- Pastor Jerry Eze

Money Laundering Investigation: EFCC Made Me Cry Every Morning – Pastor Jerry Eze The lead Pastor of Streams of Joy International and convener of the New Season Prophetic Prayers, NSPPD, Jerry Eze, has reacted to his investigation for money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Eze recalled how he cried every morning while driving to conduct his daily NSPPD prayers due to the investigation. The Chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukayode, had disclosed that the anti-graft commission probed Eze for six months for money laundering. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday, the EFCC Czar noted that the pastor was…
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Seven Killed, 140 American Troops Injured In Just 10 Days Of Iran War

Seven Killed, 140 American Troops Injured In Just 10 Days Of Iran War

Seven Killed, 140 American Troops Injured In Just 10 Days Of Iran War The Pentagon admitted that at least 140 U.S. troops have been wounded after Reuters published reporting on American casualties on Tuesday, broadening the previously known toll of the war as Democratic lawmakers briefed on the fighting are warning that the Trump administration is moving toward a ground invasion. Reuters reported, citing two people familiar, that up to 150 American troops have been wounded in the first 10 days of the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran. The Pentagon’s top spokesperson said in a statement to the press…
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Ghana Immigration Arrests 93 Nigerians Over ‘Internet Fraud’ In Accra

Ghana Immigration Arrests 93 Nigerians Over ‘Internet Fraud’ In Accra

Ghana Immigration Arrests 93 Nigerians Over ‘Internet Fraud’ In Accra The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) says it has arrested 93 Nigerians over alleged involvement in internet fraud and violations of immigration laws. In a statement on Monday, the GIS said the arrest followed an intelligence–led raid on a suspected internet fraud network operating at Devtraco Estate in Accra. According to the statement issued by Maud Anima Quainoo, the suspects comprise 91 males and two females. Quainoo added that 73 victims who had reportedly endured severe abuse and torture at the hands of the suspects were also rescued during the raid.…
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