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Oct

25

2023

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Tension In Market As Lady’s ‘Bre@st’ Allegedly Got Missing

Crime, News Flash

Tension In Market As Lady’s ‘Bre@st’ Allegedly Goes Missing A video rocking online has captured a shocking moment a young lady’s chest suddenly went missing in Keffi market, Nasarawa state. It appeared that the lady have visited the market to make some purchase when she suddenly noticed its absence. Traders and customers were seen gathered round her, enquiring to know what had happened but the lady appeared to be too overwhelmed to speak. While the truth behind the claim remains uncertain, some online users suggest that it was her own money that had disappeared. Netizens flooded comment section to share…

Oct

23

2023

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Man Arrested After Faking Heart Attacks In 20 Restaurants To Avoid Paying Bills

Crime, International

Man Arrested After Faking Heart Attacks In 20 Restaurant To Avoid Paying Bills A 50-year-old man who scammed restaurants after faking heart attacks to avoid footing his bill has finally been charged and jailed. The Lithuanian man, identified only as Aidas J., has attempted to scam eateries at least 20 times in the last year in Alicante, Spain, according to Spanish newspaper El Pais and EFE. Aidas would pose as a Russian tourist while ordering multiple items on the menu. Dressed in designer clothes, the scammer would begin his meals with a Russian salad, numerous glasses of whiskey and a…

Oct

21

2023

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Sacked EFCC Chairman, Bawa Coughs Out N580 Million

FGN, Crime

N580 Million Recovered From Sacked EFCC Chairman, Bawa Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), has reportedly recovered over N580 million from former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa. Bawa has been in DSS custody since June 2023 following his removal from office by President Bola Tinubu. Sources say that the former EFCC chairman has coughed up over N580 million illegally acquired during his time as the head of the agency. “Over N580 million has been retrieved from the incarcerated former chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC,” one of the sources told SaharaReporters.…

Oct

18

2023

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News Update: Gunmen Kill Imo State Labour Party Governorship Candidate’s Direct Cousin

Crime, Politics, Security

News Update: Gunmen Kill Labour Party Governorship Candidate’s Cousin There is palpable tension in the Ezeala/Ezike autonomous community in Umuezeala, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State following the killing of a deputy registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State, Innocent Obi. The late Obi was a direct cousin of the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Imo State, Senator Athan Achonu. Obi was reportedly killed by gunmen operating under the guise of Biafra agitators. The deceased, popularly known by villagers as Onye Army, was said to have retired from the military before…

Oct

12

2023

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Wanted Kidnap, Idris Amedu Arrested With International Passports, ATM Cards, Others In Edo

Crime, Security

Wanted Kidnap Kingpin, Idris Amedu Arrested With International Passports, ATM Cards, Others In Edo Operatives of Edo State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old Fulani herdsman, Idris Amedu, over his alleged involvement in a series of bloody kidnappings in the Niger Delta region. The suspect popularly known as Dogo, was alleged to be the head of a notorious kidnapping syndicate which allegedly killed some policemen during their recent operations. Dogo who was previously declared wanted by the police, was arrested at Ahor Community near Benin City, when he emerged from a bush with a bag containing items allegedly belonging to…

Oct

08

2023

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Nigerian Actress Arraigned For Participating In #JusticeForMohbad Rally

Crime, Entertainment, Judiciary

Nigerian Actress Arraigned For Participating In #JusticeForMohBad Rally A fast-rising Nigerian actress, Obikoya Funke, who was wrongly arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command, for participating in the #JusticeForMohbad rally in September and thereafter charged with a felony, has cried out over the unfair treatment.Recall that following the death of Afrobeat star, MohBad, there have been controversies and protests in demand of justice for him as his death was believed to have been orchestrated. Narrating her ordeal to SaharaReporters, Funke said, “I saw my friend’s post about “Justice for Mohbad”, and I joined my friend, and…

Oct

08

2023

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This Life: Blind Herbalist Defraud 86 Year-Old Woman Of N19m, Sleeps With Her Daughter And Granddaughter

Crime

THIS LIFE: Blind Herbalist Defrauds 86-Year-Old Woman Of N19m, Sleeps With Her Daughter, Granddaughter An 86-year-old woman is currently battling to retrieve N19 million from a blind herbalist who allegedly defrauded her under the pretext of healing her child and making money rituals for her. The desperate attempt of an aged woman to prevent death from snatching her children has landed her in trouble. The 86-year-old woman identified simply as Madam Alimot had 15 children, but they were snatched by death one after the other until she was left with only three. When one of the remaining children was also…

Oct

07

2023

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Just-In: NDLEA Reacts To Police Address On Mohbad’s Death, Releases Evidence

Crime, Lagos

JUST-IN: NDLEA Reacts To Police Address On Mohbad’s Death, Releases Evidence The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has denied ever arresting and detaining the late singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as MohBad nor ever giving him any substance to drink as being alleged.AttNews on Friday reported that the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command said that the NDLEA was being investigated over the death of Mohbad. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, who made this known on Friday, said that the NDLEA was being investigated to see if the agency was complicit based on MohBad’s video…

Oct

04

2023

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MohBad’s Death: Police PRO Confirms Arrest Of Naira Marley

Lagos, Crime, Entertainment

Police Arrests Naira Marley Over Mohbad’s Death News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Lagos police have arrested the Nigerian Singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola popular known as Naira Marley over the death of late Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba ‘Mohbad’. The Marlians record label boss reportedly returned to Nigeria last night and has been taken into custody, the Lagos Police PRO confirmed the development. Details later….

Oct

04

2023

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Infantile Defilement: Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Defiling 4-Year-Old Girl In Church

Crime, Lagos

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Defiling 4-Year-Old Girl In Church Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Ifeanyi Ndieze to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old in a church. The judge held on Tuesday that the prosecution sufficiently proved the charge of sexual assault by penetration against Ndieze in line with Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The judge said that the child identified the defendant as the man who carried her during a church programme and sexually assaulted her by inserting his finger into her private parts.…