Category: Crime
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Fake car dealer docked for allegedly defrauding customer of N1. 5m
Ikeja, Nov. 22, 2018 (NAN) A 34-year-old fake car dealer, Oke Oladipupo, who allegedly defrauded swindled a man of N1. 5 million, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused, who lives in Block 12, Flat 6, County Estate, Iju Road in Lagos, is charged with two counts of fraud and…
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Man docked for allegedly beating up ex- wife
The police on Thursday arraigned a 50- year-old public servant, Tijani Aliyu in a Kubwa Grade I Area Court for allegedly beating his ex-wife. The police charged the defendant on three counts of criminal trespass, assault and intimidation. The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun told the court that one Hannatu Jimoh, the ex-wife of the defendant reported…
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Jobless man faces trial over alleged theft of motorcle
Ikorodu (Lagos State), Nov. 22, 2018 (NAN) A 40-year-old unemployed, Okechukwu Okpara, who allegedly stole a motorcycle worth N250, 000.00, was on Thursday docked at an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State. Okpara, whose address is not known, was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt John Iberedem,…
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Herdsmen Kill 11 In Nasarawa Attacks
Eleven people, including three operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, SARS and eight farmers are feared killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Maraba Udege community of Nasarawa State. National Trail correspondent reports that, many houses belonging to farmers in nearby villages of Aisa and Aguma have…
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FG Debunks Rise In Boko Haram Activities
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Federal Government has debunked insinuations in some quarters of the rise in the Boko Haram activities due to some recent tragic events. Minister of Information and Culture,Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke with journalists on Friday in his country home, Oro, in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state, hailed God…
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Buratai: A Patriot “Numero Uno”
I thought deeply about a suitable caption to appropriately capture my elations when I reflected on the Nigerian army and the anti-terrorism campaigns in the last two years. After much thought, in the light of another heroic celebration of the Army boss, I was also careful enough to adopt a choice that would fairly represent…
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Police Nab Two Kidnappers Terrorising FUT, Minna students
BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna The Police in Niger state paraded two suspects who are members of a four man kidnapping syndicate that specialized in kidnapping students of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna and also rescued three students already in the kidnappers’ den. The suspects said to have been terrorizing students of the citadel in…
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Borno, Boko Haram and A Failed State
Social psychologists have established that massive youth unemployment and the failure of leadership at any level to secure a prosperous future for its upcoming generation of youths is largely the main recipe for insecurity anywhere in the world. When youngsters have not been prepared to be productive or to eke a decent livelihood as responsible…
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Boko Haram: A Business Empire Demystified?
By Richards Murphy Let me ask Nigerians these pertinent questions. When security agents arrest suspected Boko Haram terrorists and find in their possession dangerous and high-caliber guns and bombs, does it strike anything in anybody? Or what do people think each time soldiers raid terrorists hideouts /caves and recover materials for the manufacture of lethal…
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Money Laundering: Justice Ngwuta Claims Innocent
By Aaron Ossai A Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Sylvester Ngwuta, who is being prosecuted before a Federal High Court, in Abuja, on money laundering and passport fraud charges has declared that he was innocent of the charges proffered against him claiming that he was anxious to defend himself. The senior…