Category: Crime

A Lagos socialite, Farida Abdulkabir, popularly known as Farida Sobowale, has seek forgiveness from her children over her attempt to plunge into the Lagos lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge. In a video clip that went viral on Thursday evening, the owner of Phreedah Body Care and Spa in Surulere, Lagos, was seen being pacified by several men with her black-coloured Sport Utility vehicle parked beside her. The rescuers in the footage could be seen holding the entrepreneur, persuading her not to take her life. City Round gathered that Abdulkabir…

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Bishop Timothy Otu, the General Overseer of Agape Evangelical Ministeries (City of Miracles)Located in Obikabia Junction Aba, Abia State has been arrested by the Police after a married female Evangelist and mother of five identified as “Evangelist Happiness”who lodged in with him at Jubilee Guest House Ovom, Ogborhill was found dead in the hotel room. The incident reportedly happened around 11pm on Saturday 12th August 2023 after the Bishop who booked the room with her absconded after deceiving the receptionist that he was going to buy food at that time…

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There is a fresh plot by terrorists (bandits) to attack the Abuja-Kaduna train link anytime from now, the Department of State Services, DSS, has said. This was contained in a security alert report by the Services on Wednesday. Recall that on 28 March 2022, an Abuja–Kaduna train was attacked in Katari, Kaduna State, Nigeria. In response, the Nigeria Railway Corporation briefly halted operations along the route. But in this fresh development, the DSS has issued a security alert cautioning train passengers to be extra careful in a memo sent to…

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Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba has urged urged citizens to be wary of propaganda by terrorists and remain patriotic. The defence spokesman made the call in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the reported ambush of military men by suspected bandits in Zungeru area of Niger state. He said 36 officers were killed in an ambush by suspected bandits in Nigeria’s North-Central state of Niger State. Insurgents reportedly ambushed troops in the Zungeru area of the state which led to the death of troops of the Nigerian Army.…

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Men of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intensified their anti-drug operations last week and over the weekend with the clampdown on some drug kingpins in Lagos State, recovering multi-billion naira worth of drugs. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. According to the statement, a female head of one of the syndicates, Ebele Nwankwo, was arrested last Wednesday at her residence, House 6, C Close, 3rd Avenue, in the Festac area of…

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The man who jumped into the lagoon at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge area of Lagos on Tuesday has been identified as Buka Abana. This is just as rescue workers succeeded in retrieving Abana’s corpse on Thursday after days of searching. PUNCH Metro learnt that the 30-year-old, believed to be a drug addict, had left his Lekki Phase I residence about two days before the incident. It was further learnt that his family members who had formed a search party for him later received information that he was sighted around the…

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The Katsina State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it arrested over 100 drug suspects in the state between July 10 and August 10. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the agency’s new state commander, Hassan Sani-Abubakar, disclosed this at a press conference on Thursday in Katsina. Sani-Abubakar said after the investigation, the suspects would be charged in court. According to him, from his assumption of office on July 10, the command has also seized about 70 kg of different exhibits across the state. Sani-Abubakar, a…

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The body of a young nurse was discovered without a womb after a night outing in Ibadan. The nurse, Omoniyi Boluwatife, was found dead and evacuated by the Police in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Boluwatife, a graduate of Lead City University was on Tuesday inducted into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, according to reports. She had reportedly gone to celebrate her recent induction into the nursing profession at a nightclub on Tuesday night before she died. In a recent viral video, the body of Boluwatife was seen…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives attached to courier companies in Lagos state, have intercepted various quantities of illicit drugs concealed in an MP3 player. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the drugs were mixed with heroin, methamphetamine, dimethyl sulfone, and cannabis and concealed in different objects bound for Europe. The NDLEA spokesperson said 272 grams of dextromethorphan, mixed with heroin and going to Greece, were recovered from white neck beads, adding that 665 grams of cannabis being shipped to Hong Kong, were hidden in bars of…

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Ondo State Police Command says it has arrested a 45-year-old man, Bankole Oginni following the death of a woman who was said to be his ex-lover. According to the police, the 45-year-old woman, (whose identity had not been revealed by the police) was found dead in the house of the suspect while some parts of her body had been removed. The police added that it was the daughter of the deceased that reported the matter, after seeing the lifeless body of her mother tied down with a rope and some…

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Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday morning. He said the lifeless body of Sanni was found with gunshot wounds dumped at Toyota bus stop in the Oshodi area of Lagos State. Odunaro said the deceased had earlier called his wife to request the details of his vehicle papers when he was stopped by security operatives at…

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The Ondo State Police Command on Friday said it had begun the trial of a man, identified as Bode, for killing one Tunde Akinmoyewa with a dane gun at Laoso Village in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the 27-year-old man, who was described as an ex-convict, was shot dead by his friend while testing a new locally-made gun last Tuesday. However, a source stated that the deceased was shot dead by his friend while testing a bulletproof charm at the village. The source…

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have thwarted plans to smuggle over five million pills of Tramadol said to be worth N3.7bn into the country. The agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists. Babafemi said the feat was achieved through the collaboration of men of the Nigeria Customs Service and others working at the airport’s DHL cargo warehouse. He, however, did not disclose when the pills were intercepted.

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A 24-year-old graduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (name withheld) has alleged that a suspect already in police custody robbed and raped her at gunpoint at a hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on July 11, 2023. The victim also identified her phone among the phones recovered from the suspect when she came to lodge a complaint at the Force Headquarters in Awka on Tuesday. The suspect, who gave his name as Akuchieani Echezona, a male resident of Ifite Awka, was disarmed and arrested at a popular hotel…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a female lawyer, Ebikpolade Helen, who specialised in production and distribution of skuchies, a mixture of cannabis, opioids and black currant. A statement issued by the Director, Media and Advocacy (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said the woman lives in Lekki area of Lagos. Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested in a follow up operation in Awka, Anambra, following an earlier seizure of 5kg cannabis and 12 bottles of prepared skuchies in her apartment at Lekki. He…

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A businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who was accused of circulating nude photos of his former lovers was on Wednesday arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ogba, Lagos. Kennedy was arraigned on six counts charge of provocation, unlawful conversion of funds and publication of nudes on social media without the consent of the persons. The charge read in part, “That you, Amarah Kennedy, sometime in September 2022, in a hotel, at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, insulted, annoyed, disgraced and/or provoke one (names withheld) without her consent did…

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Yusuf Isah, a 32-year-old suspect who was arrested in connection with the October 2022 attack on the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman admitted that the attack on the cleric was meant to assassinate him. Gunmen attacked the convoy of the cleric along the Benin-Auchi Road in Edo State and killed six persons, including three policemen. Police authorities, on Thursday, in Abuja paraded Isah alongside other 20 suspects arrested for offences including conspiracy, attempted murder, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and possession of illicit drugs among others.…

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The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa has ordered a nationwide clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise know as ‘laughing gas’. The order is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Tuesday in Abuja. Marwa directed all NDLEA commands and formations to immediately clampdown on ‘laughing gas.’ He explained that the directive was sequel to the abuse of the substance by people who use it for recreational purposes. The News Agency of…

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command has arraigned Joseph Uduaghan and Precious Ojo before Justice F. A. Olubanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State. Ojo and Uduaghan were arraigned on 10 and three count charges respectively for offences bordering on fraudulent impersonation, obtaining by false pretence and money laundering. Ojo, aka obago, allegedly impersonated one Peter Gabriel, an American medical doctor purportedly working in Syria to defraud his unsuspecting victim, Agata Harasimowicz, an American lady, of the aggregate sum $268,0000 (Two Hundred and…

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Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State have raided and dismantled a Skuchies factory and arrested a suspect, Adekunle Adekola, around Ajaka in the Sagamu local government area of Ogun State. The state commander of the NDLEA, Ibiba Odili, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The commander said the operatives busted the factory on Thursday and seized some gallons of Skuchies, cannabis Sativa and Codeine among others. Skuchies is a potent and addictive drug, which is a concoction with different types of drugs. The NDLEA commander…

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Lagos bizman’s family condemns nude posts, sister disowns suspect Ebere, the sibling of a Lagos-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, who allegedly circulated the nude photos of two single mothers he dated, has condemned his action. The woman, who lives abroad, said Kennedy had disgraced their family and urged law enforcement agencies in the state to track down his location and arrest him. While denying having a hand in the ordeals of the victims, she said she publicly disowned him due to his alleged criminal actions. Our correspondent had been following the…

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail at N50million to suspended DCP Abba Kyari in a charge in which he and two of his siblings are accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and his two siblings – Mohammed Baba Kyari and Ali Kyari – in respect of which they were arraigned last month. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice James Omotosho granted conditional bail to Abba Kyari at the…

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The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has disbanded the team of seven officers who ran over a civilian, Success Ehimare, with their car in Edo State. An eyewitness early this month captured a disturbing video of police officers running over Ehimare for about 15 seconds. Police spokesman CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, announced the disciplinary action by the IGP. “In a bold move to address the unprofessional conduct of some Police Officers attached to the Edo State Police Command who were responsible for running over a citizen…

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