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Mar

2024

Hardship: Hoodlums Break Into Govt Warehouse In Abuja, Loot Food Items

Hoodlums Break Into Govt Warehouse In Abuja, Loot Food Items Hoodlums broke into a government storage facility in Gwagwa town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday, and looted stored food items. Some residents, who spoke to Daily Trust, said youths in their number broke into the warehouse located around Tasha area of the community around 7 am, looting bags of maize and grain. A resident, Jaafar Aminu, said the looting continued unhindered till 9 am when he spoke to our reporter. He said some residents as well as persons from neighboring Jiwa and Karmo town trooped towards the…

Mar

2024

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Trader In Abuja Caught Repacking Local Rice Into Foreign Rice Bags

Abuja, Crime, News Flash

Abuja Trader Caught Repackaging Local Rice Into Foreign Rice Bags A 39-year-old trader, identified as Nonso Nwobodo has been arrested by the Nigerian police for repackaging local rice into foreign rice bags to make more profits in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The incident happened on Saturday at about 4;15pm at Plot 740 centenary credentials Durumi area of the FCT. A government source said that Nonso was allegedly packing locally made rice to printed foreign bags of rice, to deceive the public to believe that it was foreign rice, adding that 160 bags of different sizes of rice ranging from 5kg…

Mar

2024

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Angry Mob Beat 2 Policemen To Death, Injured 2 Others

Crime, News Flash, Security

Mob Beat Two Policemen To Death, Injured Two Others Two riot policemen have been beaten to death, and two others injured by a mob at Ikpeshi in Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo state. According to The Nation, the mob action following an incident involving a Toyota Hilux vehicle belonging to escort-duty policemen in the convoy of former Edo House of Assembly member Emmanuel Agbaje, which hit a motorcycle, resulting in the tragic deaths of the rider, a woman, and her child. Ikpeshi youths, according to sources, besieged the office of Edo State Security Vigilance Network, where the two policemen…

Mar

2024

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Nigerian Navy Intercepts Ghanaian Vessel With Stolen Oil, Arrests 13

Crime, News Flash, Oil & Gas, Security

Navy Intercepts Ghanaian Vessel With Stolen Oil, Arrests 13 The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Operation Delta Sanity, has arrested a Ghana-owned motor tanker, SWEET MIRI involved in suspected crude oil theft The vessel was arrested 174 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria, approximately 320 kilometres, heading to Benin Republic. According to a statement on Saturday by the NNS Base Information Officer, Lieutenant H Ibrahim, the motor tanker, SWEET MIRI vessel had 13 crew; one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians, onboard at the time of arrest. The Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral MB Hassan, was quoted in the…

Mar

2024

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Miyetti Allah Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Sunday Igboho

Crime, News Flash, Security

Miyetti Allah Calls For Immediate Arrest Of Sunday Igboho, Gives Reason The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Sunday Igboho, a prominent figure in the South West, following his recent inflammatory statements demanding the expulsion of Fulani cattle breeders from Yoruba land. In a press release signed by MACBAN’s national president, Baba Othman Ngelzarma, the association described Igboho’s statements as unlawful and akin to treason, as he advocated for the actualization of the Oduduwa nation. MACBAN urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and relevant security agencies to take swift action…

Mar

2024

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NAPTIP Arrests 2 Suspects For Allegedly Selling 3-Month-Old Baby For N2 Million

Crime, Human Rights, News Flash

NAPTIP Arrests Two Suspects For Allegedly Selling 3-Month-Old Baby For N2 Million The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested two women in connection with the alleged sale of a 3-month-old baby for N2 million in Ekiti State. Following a tip-off, the arrests were made in collaboration with the Ekiti State Liaison Office. The suspects were identified as Ifeoma Ejide, who allegedly sold the baby, and Mrs Funmilayo Ibitoye, who was suspected of buying the baby for N2 million. The operation was carried out by NAPTIP operatives, led by Mr. Emuze John from NAPTIP Headquarters,…

Mar

2024

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“Through Hookup App, I got 7 Women We Killed For Rituals” – Man Confesses

Crime, Love & Life, News Flash

‘How I Got 7 Women We Killed For Rituals Through Hookup App’ – Man Confesses A suspected ritual killer, Adebayo Olamide Azeez, a member of a ritualist gang which specialised in killing women and selling their body parts for money ritual has narrated how he and his accomplices lured seven women to their deaths through MyChat a hookup app College girls need friendsAzeez, 32 spoke when he was paraded by the police command in Ogun. The Ogun State Police Command had earlier arrested and paraded some members of the gang. Azeez who had been on the run and was later…

Feb

2024

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RCCG Pastor Arraigned For Allegedly Raping Daughter

Crime, Love & Life, News Flash

RCCG Pastor Arraigned For Allegedly Raping Daughter A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The defendant is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. It was also gathered that the defendant in the process of having sexual intercourse with his daughter, allegedly impregnated her. The state’s prosecution counsel, Mrs Abimbola Abolade, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in 2017…

Feb

2024

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How Google Map Led Traveling Corps Members To Bandits’ Den In Sokoto – Shehu Sani

Crime, Mishap, News Flash, North Central, Security

How Google Map Led Travelling Corps Members To Bandits’ Den In Sokoto – Shehu Sani A former lawmaker and social activist, Senator Shehu Sani, has decried the connivance of certain elements in the increasing cases of kidnapping and banditry in Nigeria. Sani disclosed that a youth corps member, who recently escaped from the bandits den narrated how the Google Map they used while they were going to Sokoto State led them to the bandits enclave. The former lawmaker, who shared the revelation on his X (formerly Twitter) wrote: “One of the Youth Corpers who escaped from Bandits narrated that they…

Feb

2024

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EFCC Arrests 36 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abeokuta

Crime, News Flash

EFCC Arrests 36 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Abeokuta Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested thirty-six (36) suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun State. They were arrested on Monday, February 26, 2024, at Gbokoniyin and Yetedo areas of Abeokuta in Ogun State, following actionable intelligence gathered and worked upon by the Commission. Items recovered from them include nine exotic vehicles, fourteen (14) laptops, forty-nine (49) mobile phones and other incriminating documents. The suspects will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.