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NDLEA Arrests 236 Drug Suspects in Anambra

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it arrested 236 suspects dealing in various drugs like cocaine, Heroin, Cannabis sativa and psychotropic substances in Anambra State in the last six months. The state Commander of the Agency, Mr. Sule Momodu who made the disclosure in Awka during a programme to mark this […]

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Rapper Ice-T’s Grandson Arrested for Killing Roommate

Ice-T’s grandson Elyjah Marrow has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after accidentally shooting and killing his roommate Tuesday (June 24), according to TMZ. The 19-year-old allegedly shot his roommate while handling a gun in his Georgia apartment, according to police. The firearm accidentally went off and killed his roommate Daryus Johnson, also 19. TMZ says […]

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Transgender Woman Discovered Burnt To Death Behind A Garbage Tank (Photos)

A 31 year old transgender woman has been found burned to death at Ford Myers, Florida and police are yet to find out what led to her death. The death of Yaz’min Shancez has been described by Fort Myers authorities as homicide but not as a hate crime. Police Lieutenant Jay Rodiguez tells Naples News that there are no indication […]

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Police Uncovers Training Ground for Kidnappers, arrest 37

Abia state police command Thursday said that it has taken proactive measures to checkmate resurgence of kidnapping in the state following the discovery of a compound in Umuokeyi village Obingwa local government where kidnappers were allegedly being trained. State commissioner of police, Mr. Adamu Ibrahim made this known at a press briefing on the achievements […]

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Fake GLO Ambassador bags 2 years jail term

Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe yesterday sentenced one Khalil Ahmed Bappa, 29, who claims to be a GLO Ambassador, to 24 months imprisonment for fraudulently exhorting goods and money worth N267, 000 from a female student of Bayero University, Kano, Yusra Ali Babakusa, with assurances of making her a Glo […]

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Man pushes lover to death during quarrel in Lagos

The Police in Lagos have arrested a man for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death during a scuffle in Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Monday. The deceased, identified simply as Kemi, 20, was said to have visited the suspect, one Muyiwa, an auto mechanic, at his workshop around Rufu area about noon. Eye witnesses told Vanguard that […]

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Why I buried ex-customs official, daughter alive ─ Suspect

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded a 64-year-old native doctor, Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, who confessed to have killed a retired customs officer, Mrs. Angela Kerry, and her 10-year-old adopted daughter, Obiagulum, on May 10, 2014. The decomposed bodies of the woman and her daughter were found in Azeez’s house in Ire Akari Crescent, […]

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Agent Reveals How He murdered ex-Customs officer, daughter over N375m property

Following the alleged confession of the suspected mastermind in the murder of a retired female Customs officer and her daughter in Ajuwon, Ifo local government area of Ogun State, detectives, yesterday, visited the crime scene. The suspected mastermind, being held alongside two others in connection with the murder, was said to be a property agent. […]

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How conmen murdered ex-Customs officer and her 10-year‑old daughter in Lagos.

Three persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 64-year‑old retired female Customs officer and her 10-year‑old daughter in Lagos. The victims were last seen on May 10, 2014. Surprisingly, the mastermind of the murder was discovered to be an agent, who reportedly told policemen that he killed both mother and child […]

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Man Sets Wife Ablaze for Giving Birth to Female Children Only

A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Monica Nwakpuke, barely escaped the cold hands of death when her husband, Paul, allegedly hired assassins to set her ablaze for giving birth to female children only. The culprit, Paul, a patent medicine dealer, who hails from Onuojgon Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was alleged to have hired assassins […]

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Teacher Gets 14 Years Jail for Raping 9-year Old Pupil

Mother of a nine-year old victim of rape has said that the 14 years prison sentence slammed on the convicted rapist by a high court in Delta State fell short of her expectation. She also accused the authorities of the school where the act was committed of utter insensitivity. The High Court sitting at Effurun […]

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Banks lose N40bn to Internet fraud – CBN

Nigerian banks lost N40bn to cyber-crimes in 2013, the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed on Wednesday. The Chief Information Security Officer, CBN, Mr. Taiwo Longe, made this disclosure at the first National Cyber Security Forum in Lagos. The forum was organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser. Speaking on the topic: ‘Ensuring information […]

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Soldier’s stabbing generates furore in Bayelsa

The stabbing of a Lance Corporal attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, by a commercial sex worker has generated furore in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The JTF in a statement signed by its Media Coordinator, Lt. Col. Mustapha Anka, claimed that none of its soldiers was stabbed by a prostitute. Anka in […]

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Woman Stabs Soldier to Death in Bayelsa

In a bizarre reversal of role, a prostitute in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital  Tuesday stabbed a randy soldier to death following a disagreement over payment for services rendered. The soldier (names withheld) was brutally stabbed twice in the stomach by the commercial sex worker at about 4.00am at the popular red light spot in […]

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Police arraign Ekiti commissioner, others for terrorism today

The police will on Wednesday (today) in Abuja arraign a serving commissioner in Ekiti State, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, along with 11 others for terrorism charges, following an assault on the convoy of Governor Kayode Fayemi, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on June 8. Afuye is the state Commissioner for Information. Punch correspondent confirmed […]

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Drug mafia kills 3 NDLEA operatives in Ogun

People suspected to be drug mafia on Sunday, killed three operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Owode-Yewa, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victims were officers attached to the state command of the agency. The gang, it was gathered unleashed terror of the anti-drug agents, who had gone […]

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Update on the abducted sisters in Abuja

Seven days after some suspected robbers kidnapped two sisters from their residence in Karmo, Abuja, family members say the kidnappers are still insisting on collecting N150m ransom to release the ladies. A relative, Mr. Amade Opaluwa, said the family had not left a stone unturned to make sure that the victims return home safe and […]

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Police Arraign Pastor For Raping Married Woman

Officers of the Edo State Police Command on Friday arraigned one pastor, Samson Odeyemi, before an Iguobazuwa Magistrate Court for raping a married woman. James, the police prosecutor told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 14 when he took the married woman to a river for spiritual cleansing. James said the […]

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