Crime

Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians

Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians

Report Policemen Who Forcefully Collect Your Phone – FPRO Advises Nigerians The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has advised Nigerians to report any policeman who forcefully collects or searches their phones. Adejobi made this known on his X page on Tuesday. He wrote, “Report any policeman who forcefully collects and searches your phones or electronic equipment. It’s not proper, not professional. “They can only scrutinise your phone when such is subject to an investigation and already marked exhibit, and such is not done on the road. “So, any policeman who searches the phone on the road is deviant and…
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Abuja High Court Grants Bail To The Detained Governor Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria

Abuja High Court Grants Bail To The Detained Governor Of The Central Bank Of Nigeria

An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama on Wednesday granted bail to the detained Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele. The court, in a ruling by Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, ordered that he should be released to his lawyers. “There must be an end to detention without trial,” the judge held, stressing that it was the refusal of the Economic and Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, to comply with the order the court made on November 2, that led to the ruling. Besides, the court held that it could not allow Emefiele to remain in custody owing to…
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Reactions As Singer Davido Arrest Businessman Abu Salami Over Alleged Debt

Reactions As Singer Davido Arrest Businessman Abu Salami Over Alleged Debt

Reactions As Singer Davido Arrest Businessman Abu Salami Over Alleged Debt Award winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido has taken the step of arresting Nigerian photographer and businessman Abu Salami, who accused him of unpaid debt. Last month, Abu Salami publicly called out Davido for failing to fulfill a contract after claiming to have paid him N218 million for a football project for kids that Davido never showed up for. Davido not only refused to refund the money but also allegedly sent thugs to bully Abu Salami. In response to these accusations, Davido ordered Abu Salami’s arrest…
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Mohbad: Sam Larry And Naira Marley Granted Bail On Strict Terms

Mohbad: Sam Larry And Naira Marley Granted Bail On Strict Terms

BREAKING (Mohbad): Sam Larry And Naira Marley Granted Bail Music industry figures Sam Larry and Naira Marley have been granted bail, each required to provide three sureties with a substantial sum of 20 million naira. As part of their bail conditions, the court asked them to surrender their international passports and make weekly appearances at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Adding a unique warning, the magistrate overseeing the case sternly cautioned that any attempts to contact her directly would be recorded and potentially disclosed in open court proceedings. The duo were arrested on their return to Nigeria after they…
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Three Blind Men Arrested By NDLEA For Drugs Peddling

Three Blind Men Arrested By NDLEA For Drugs Peddling

NDLEA Arrests Three Blind Men Peddling Drugs Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano. The NDLEA disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s Facebook page Sunday. Babafemi said the lid was blown off the group following the arrest of a blind suspect, Adamu Hassan, 40, along Gwagwalada expressway Abuja with 12kgs of skunk on his way from Lagos to Kano on Saturday 28th, October. Investigations, however, established that he was totally…
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Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman In Broad Day Light.

Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman In Broad Day Light.

Kidnappers Abduct Two Wives Of LG Chairman Two wives of Alhaji Nasiru Ahmad, the chairman of Kiyawa local government in Jigawa state, were reportedly abducted by unknown individuals suspected to be kidnappers. Reports from the state indicate that the criminals invaded Kiyawa town, the headquarters of the Kiyawa local government area, forcibly gaining entrance to the chairman’s residence and then kidnapping the two wives. The suspected abductors allegedly fired shots into the air, causing panic and confusion in the town as everyone scrambled for safety. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Lawal Shisu Adam, stated…
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Leader Of A Vigilante Arrested For Armed Robbery, Names Police Inspector As Guns Supplier For All Their Operations

Leader Of A Vigilante Arrested For Armed Robbery, Names Police Inspector As Guns Supplier For All Their Operations

Vigilante Leader Arrested For Armed Robbery, Names Police Officer Who Supplies Guns For Operations Owonikoko John, a 36-year-old Unit Commandant of the Vigi­lante Group of Nigeria (VGN), has been arrested in Ogun state over his alleged involvement in the supply of arms and robberies. The Ogun police com­mand said John was the mastermind of several nefarious crimes at Obalen­de and other areas of the state. It was learnt that John was arrested along the Sagamu-Ijebu- Ode-Benin highway during an operation led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Omosanyi Adeniyi, the Area Commander, Ijebu-Ode. Upon his arrest, John was found…
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Just-In: Court Orders Unconditional Release Of Ex-CBN Governor Emefiele

Just-In: Court Orders Unconditional Release Of Ex-CBN Governor Emefiele

Court orders unconditional release of ex-CBN gov Emefiele The Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the unconditional and immediate release of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice O.A. Adeniyi made the order following an ex-parte motion filed by Emefiele. In the motion, the ex-CBN governor was seeking his release from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending the hearing and determination of the originating motion. After hearing the motion, the judge ordered Emefiele’s release. Emefiele named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), the Executive…
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This Life: Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Bathing Girlfriend Who Rejected Marriage Proposal With Acid

This Life: Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Bathing Girlfriend Who Rejected Marriage Proposal With Acid

Court Sentences Man To Life Imprisonment For Bathing Girlfriend With Acid After Rejecting Marriage Proposal A High Court sitting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital and presided over by Justice Blessing Egwu has sentenced one Jide Afolabi Sunday to life imprisonment for bathing his girlfriend with acid after she refused to accept his marriage proposal. 33-year-old Sunday was charged with attempted murder on his lover, Glory Sylvester Ita, whom he poured acid on, CrossRiverWatch reports. He was in police custody for months after being arrested for the crime that affected Glory’s abdomen; an ear and breast were cut off…
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OAU Raid: EFCC Bans Sting Operations At Night, Reviews Arrest, Bail Procedures

OAU Raid: EFCC Bans Sting Operations At Night, Reviews Arrest, Bail Procedures

OAU Raid: EFCC Bans Sting Operations At Night, Reviews Arrest, Bail Procedures The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has directed its operatives to stop sting operations at night. Ola Olukoyede, the commission’s chairman, announced the new directive on Wednesday in Abuja. According to a statement by Dele Oyewale, EFCC’s spokesperson, the order was given in reaction to the raid of off-campus hostels of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife by operatives of EFCC About 69 suspects were arrested during the raid for fraud-related offences. A source told TheCable that the officials broke into the hostels with hammers. The…
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