Category: Crime

  The Zonal Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Zone 16, has taken action by arresting and detaining four police personnel involved in an alleged abduction and extortion case in Bayelsa State. The incident occurred when two suspected internet fraudsters, commonly referred to as Yahoo boys, were targeted by the accused policemen. According to reports,…

Map of Anambra State Some suspects who allegedly banished a widow from the Umunankwo community in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State have been arrested and arraigned before the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Magistrates’ Court in Awka, the state capital. The suspects and defendants identified as Lazarus Uzor, Anozie Uzor and Valentine…

  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned Saadatu Ramalan-Yaro, a businesswoman, for the second time in Lagos State, two weeks after her first arraignment. The businesswoman was brought before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of money laundering amounting to over N140 billion. She is accused of…

By Tope Alabi The Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers — Idris Abdullahi, Tukur Yusuf and Ilyasu Aminu — for attempting to kidnap a man and his son in Yarimawa village, Tofa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Usaini Gumel, who spoke to journalists, on Tuesday, said…

  France’s border police this week busted an illegal immigration ring leasing out real French passports to migrants from sub-Saharan Africa so they could enter the country, a police source has said. The scam first came to light in November, when border agents at the main Paris airport stopped a man who had travelled from…

Kwara: Police arrest 16 suspended kidnappers, cultists By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Three out of five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the operatives of the Kwara state Police Command in conjunction with local vigilantes at the Banni forest in Ilorin, the state capital. According to the spokesman of the Kwara state Police Command, SP…

Man, 35, jailed for raping minor in Kwara By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin   A 35-year-old man, Hussain Kamilu, has been arrested by the Kaiama Division of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly raping an under aged girl, Mariam Suleiman, aged 15 years, at Adogo village in Kaiama local government area…

42-year-old man in NSCDC net for impersonation in Kwara   By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin A 42-year-old man, Abdulsalam Ajibola, has been arrested by the Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly impersonating a soldier to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians. The suspect, according to a statement by the Command’s…

**DSS MOVE AGAINST SUSPECTED CRIMINAL*   INTERCEPT ARMS MEANT TO CAUSE MISCHIEF ACROSS NIGERIA     In apparent response to reported threats to National security, the Department of State Services (DSS) the has carried out a joint operation with sister security agencies with successes in Kogi and other states.   Spokesman of the department, Peter…

Kwara; Cleric, 27 others in EFCC net for alleged yahoo business By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin   Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 28 persons suspected to be ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys’ in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital.   The arrest, which was effected on Thursday at…