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Police Demote Three Officers,Dismiss One For N29.8m Theft.

“The dismissed officer, along with five others were members of an armed robbery gang responsible for the robbery of the sum of N29.8 million from a victim in Gwagwalada.” Police authorities have dismissed an officer Inspector Adabo Mohammed for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery/kidnapping, and corrupt practice. A statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Police […]

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Adamawa police arrest stepmother for inflicting burns on children

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old stepmother, Rachel Geoffrey, for allegedly inflicting severe burns on her 7-year-old and 3-year-old stepchildren. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje on X.com on Saturday. According to the police statement, the stepmother intentionally set fire […]

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Edo Police Arrest Man For Posting Obscene Photos Of His 4Years Old Daughter On Instagram

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a father who uses his 4-year-old daughter for adult contents. This follows an alert from Nigerians on social media who drew the attention of relevant authorities to the obscene photos of the minor posted on an Instagram account handled by the suspect. Others photos were taken at hotels […]

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FCMB- Former Bank Manager Jailed 121Years For N112m Fraud

Former First City Monument Bank manager, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been sentenced to 121 years in prison by Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha, Anambra state. Placidus was found guilty of diverting N112,100,000 of a customer’s fixed deposit funds for his own personal use. Placidus was arraigned on Tuesday, March […]

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Police Arrest 35 Cultists During Initiation In Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested 35 suspected cultists in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who revealed this in a statement shared on the command’s X.com handle on Tuesday, said the cultists were arrested following an intelligence report that some students […]

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Give me a second chance to use my platform to inform and educate my followers about spraying money- Bobrisky pleads with judge

Bobrisky has been convicted by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ikeja after he pleaded guilty to abuse of the naira. While being arraigned in the court this afternoon, Bobrisky pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy as he was not aware of the law on abusing the Naira. He promised […]

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Journalists demand justice for brutalised colleague by DSS officers in Oyo

Journalists in Oyo State rally to demand justice for their colleague, Mr. Tony Babatunde Daniel, who was brutally assaulted by DSS officers on Friday in Ibadan. The incident, which occured at the NNPC filling station near the State NUJ Press Centre in Iyaganku GRA, has sparked condemnation from the media community, prompting urgent calls for […]

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Nigeria Woman who stole friend’s nine-month-old baby confesses

An elderly woman who reportedly stole her friend’s nine-month-old baby in Lagos and absconded to Anambra State where she was later apprehended by the police, has confessed following interrogation. It was reported that the Lagos State Police Command had on Tuesday paraded the suspect who was arrested in Okija, Anambra State four days after stealing […]

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21 Year Old Suspected Criminal Arrested Over Child Trafficking

Suspected child trafficker arrested while attempting to abduct a one year three months old girl from her parent’s house in Enugu Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command serving in the Igbo-Eze North Police Division working with the Neighborhood Watch Group has smashed a child stealing syndicate and arrested one Ifeanyi Omeke, 21, at Igogoro […]

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Rivers state police command confirm m!rder of UNIPORT student by her boyfriend

The police in Rivers state have confirmed reports of the m¥rder of a 300 level student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene, by Demain Okoligwe, a 400 level student of the same institution who is said to be her boyfriend. Parading the suspect before newsmen today October 26, the state Commissioner of Police, […]

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Court sentences Lagos doctor, Olufemi Olaleye to life imprisonment for r@ping his wife’s teenage niece

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja has sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the d£filement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Olaleye on Tuesday, October 24, 2023, after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and […]

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Rivers police arrest woman who poured h0t cooking oil on her husband in his sleep

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a woman, Hope Nwala, who allegedly poured hot cooking oil on her husband, Ekelediri Nwankwo in his sleep following a disagreement in Okehi, Etche Local Government Area of the state. LIB reported that the suspect, who hails from the Obite community in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA, had fled Okehi after […]

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Police arrest three suspected fraudsters in Idumota

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested three fraudsters in Idumota, Lagos, while they were holding an uncooperative victim hostage. The victim, a 23-year-old lady (name withheld), was heading to Iyana Oworo from Gerard Road Ikoyi. She boarded the suspects’ Volkswagen Vento salon car with the registration number BDG 513 EJ but was […]

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IDP Stabs Man To De!th For Allegedly Enticing His Wife In Borno

The Borno State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Umar Goni Abubakar, for st@bbing one Zarami Modu to d£ath at Water Board IDP Camp in Monguno Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Yusufu, disclosed this during a briefing with journalists in Maiduguri on Monday, October 9, 2023, […]

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Nigerian man bags eight years imprisonment for dealing drugs in the UK

Nigerian man identified as Olusegun Babalola, was arrested on Friday, May 19, 2023, after police raided his home in Whitsed Street, Eastfield, as part of an operation into drug dealing and exploitation in Peterborough. Following months of intelligence gathering, police evidenced Babalola had been involved in supplying crack cocaine and heroin in the city as […]

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NDLEA Seizes Illicit Drug Consignment, Intercepts Five Pregnant Teenage Girls

Fresh attempts to export various quantities of methamphetamine and skunk by drug traffickers through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja and courier companies in Lagos have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who intercepted the illicit drug consignments concealed in different items. This was revealed in a statement signed by […]

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Pregnant Lady Shot De@d By Her Man In Front Of Commuters In South Africa

A 36-year-old pregnant woman was shot d£ad allegedly by her boyfriend in full view of the public in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The incident occurred in Samora Machel Street, near Buscor’s bus terminals in Mbombela on Wednesday morning, September 6, 2023.  According to some eyewitnesses, the woman was shot after getting out of a taxi. Two […]

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Police arrest criminals who specialize in cloning bank websites to facilitate high-yield investment scams and money laundering

In response to the escalating cyber threats aimed at the Banking and Financial sector, as well as unsuspecting members of the public falling victim to High-yield Investment Fraud (HYIF), the Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) recently convened a crucial symposium. The primary focus of this event, which was attended by Compliant and […]

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Police Foil Attempted Robbery On Lagos Bank

The Lagos State Police Command has foiled an attempted robbery on a bank opposite Maplewood Estate, Oko Oba,  Lagos.  The suspects were breaking the security doors to gain entry when men of the state police command stormed the scene to restore order. The robbery was averted and a suspect was arrested. The Lagos State Public Relations […]

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Former Adamawa Civil servant arrested for allegedly ki!ling his wife for denying him access to her bed

The police in Adamawa state have apprehended a former staff of Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Aminu Mahdi, 63, for allegedly beating up his 43 year old wife, Hadiza Zubuchi, to d€ath.  When interrogated, the suspect who hails from Yelwa ward in Mubi North Local government area, said that he returned home at 9:00pm […]

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