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A man was arrested in Southern France for allegedly planning an attack on a football stadium to be used in the upcoming Olympic Games. On May 22, authorities detained the suspect in Saint-Etienne after uncovering evidence suggesting an Islamist-inspired attack. Interior Minister Gérard Darmanin lauded the intelligence agencies for their successful interception of the potential…
Zambia’s former first lady has been arrested on money laundering charges, her lawyer said Friday, days after her husband claimed he was being targeted as part of a political vendetta. Esther Lungu, 66, was held Thursday evening alongside her two daughters, after being quizzed for hours about properties the family holds in the capital, Lusaka,…
Bandits have attacked the residence of the Chairman of the Zamfara State Haji Commission, ZSHC, Alhaji Musa Malaha in Gusau, the state capital, killing one of his sons, Abdulmunaf, and his gateman. It was gathered that the hoodlums also abducted another of his sons, Mu’awiyya Lawali and attempted to kidnap the ZHSC chairman but failed….
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command, have arrested a 24-year-old bricklayer, Adedapo Ayobami for allegedly breaking into the house of a dead herbalist where he stole some electronic appliances and kitchen utensils. The suspect, a resident of Oja Oba, Osogbo, was arrested by operatives around Osunjela community…
A businesswoman, Faith Mwikali Ndiwa, has been charged for allegedly using the name of a Kenya opposition leader, Raila Odinga to defraud a Nigerian investor of Ksh 25 million. Ndiwa appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi on Monday, May 27, 2024. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (ODPP) told the court that…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has arrested the owner of Precious Jewel Int’l Nigeria Limited, Kingsley Awuh for revalidating expired cosmetics in Lagos State. Precious Jewel Int’l Nigeria Limited was found altering expiration dates on cosmetics, NAFDAC revealed this on his X handle on Tuesday. The agency uncovered the illegal…
A 24-year-old man, Stanley Okoruwa, arrested for defaming businessman, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-money, has claimed that he did it to gain followers. Last week, the suspect was arrested for making a video where he alleged that the E-money had a secret relationship with the widow of late actor, Junior Pope. While being paraded,…
A 27-year-old woman, Khanyisile Vanessa Mndayi, is in a coma and fighting for her life after she was stabbed more than 20 times by her boyfriend in front of their children in South Africa. The incident happened on Sunday, 26 May 2024. It is alleged that the boyfriend stabbed Khanysisile multiple times in their home in…
Recent killings in some higher institutions have been condemned by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, saying campuses should not be turned to butchers’ shops. The association, in a statement by the Universal President, Comrade Lucky Emonefe, on Monday, said such killings posed threats to education and the safety of students on campuses. “The…
Professor Amechi Enyi of Ebonyi State University, Abakiliki has denied having a hand in the death of Miss Favour Ugwuka who committed suicide. Enyi, a lecturer in the Department of English Language claimed he was threatened by the deceased relatives severally before the incident. According to Enyi, the question paper for the last examination of…
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the interim forfeiture of $4,719,054 and N830,875,611, along with various properties, linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro issued the order on May 23, 2024, following an ex-parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
The Nigeria Customs Service’s Joint Border Patrol Team, Sector 4, Northwest zone, has seized Cannabis Sativa (Indian Hemp) and D5 drugs valued at over N25 million in Kangiwa, Bachaka, and Argungu, Kebbi State. The contraband was subsequently handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. Comptroller Aminu Abubakar Danmusa, the…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division has sentenced two men Benjamin Joseph,32, and Stephen Orban, 25, to death by hanging for robbing two persons of cash and valuable items. The convicts were arraigned on December 30, 2022, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge read, “On…
A policeman has died and five others were injured on Wednesday, May 22, in Jos, Plateau State. Recall that the Plateau State Government, through Executive Order Number 3, banned the indiscriminate display of wares and goods within the business area to ensure a free flow of traffic. On Wednesday, officials of the Jos…
Police Operatives serving in the Nsukka Sector of the Enugu State Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, have arrested a ‘’masquerade” popularly called Oriokpa, caught on tape physically assaulting a female victim at Ugwuoye Junction, Nsukka. The man behind the masquerade costume was later identified as Ugwuoke Ebube “m”, aged 22, of Enugu Road, Nsukka. …
Police have arrested one Miracle for allegedly defiling his 8-year-old nephew and 4-year-old niece in Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. Activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who confirmed the incident on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, said the suspect confessed to the crime, saying that he was taught homosexual acts in primary school….
Investigators of the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a woman, Janty Emmanuel for allegedly abusing the Nigerian currency. She was arrested on Monday, May 20, 2024 following intelligence that spotted her spraying Naira notes at a social event . Upon arrest, the suspect was shown the video…
The Lagos State Police Command says it arrested one Chimereze Chinedu for allegedly defrauding a Thai national to the tune of $216,000 and N30m respectively. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement made available on X.com on Tuesday, disclosed that the suspect allegedly promised to supply his victim with 37 tricycles which…
Atiku Abubaka, the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has urged the Kano State government to take steps and investigate the explosion at Larabar Abasawa in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. Atiku disclosed this in a statement via his verified X(Twitter) handle on Tuesday. Recall that a 38-year-old- man, Shafi’u Abubakar,…
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced one Daniel Walter Anga to prison for internet fraud. He was prosecuted by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge of impersonation and using false identities in Gmail and Facebook for…
Human right activists and men of the Abia State Police Command have rescued an 11-year-old girl from her allegedly abusive ‘uncle’ in Aba. The Abia State Director of Behind Bars Initiative, Ochiegbu Marvelous, who disclosed this on Saturday, May 18, 2024, said the girl works as a maid for the suspect and they are not…
A stepmother, Rachel Geoffrey, 23, has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for setting the hands of her two stepchildren on fire. The suspect who resides in Federal Housing Estate, Girei Local Government Area was arrested for setting fire to the hands of her stepchildren, Genesis Geoffrey, 7, and Idadai, 3. …
The young woman who was brutally murdered by her boyfriend in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has been identified as Edima, an auxiliary nurse. The suspect, simply identified as Elisha killed the victim and allegedly chopped her body. The incident happened in a house along Atiku Abubakar Way in the Uyo metropolis. The spokesperson of…
Two senior staff of the National Assembly were in the early hours of Friday brutalized by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, for allegedly not properly identifying themselves at the second gate of the Complex. The staff, Chris Odoh, a Deputy Director, and John Nnadi, of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), ran…
A 10-year-old boy with “big plans for the future” has taken his own life. Sammy Teusch, from Greenfield, Indiana, died by suicide on May 5 and, according to his family, he was being bullied up until the night he passed away. The boy had been bullied again and again at school over his teeth…
The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended singer Habeeb Okikiola, widely known as Portable, due to his failure to settle a debt accumulated from the purchase of a G-Wagon from a state auto dealer. According to sources, Portable allegedly only paid N13 million of the N27 million car transaction, neglecting the remaining N14 million owed…
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Monday, April 14, sentenced a 47-year-old secondary school teacher, Ojo Ezekiel, to life imprisonment for raping a seven-year-old girl. Ojo Ezekiel, who was first arraigned on July 1, 2022, was convicted on a sole count of rape contrary to section 3 (1) and punishable under…
A Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication has been jailed for life in the United Kingdom. Vanguard reported that Abodunde, 48, a resident of Exning Road, in Newmarket, Suffolk killed his wife on 28 November, 2023. He admitted to killing Taiwo,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is preparing to arraign Godwin Emefiele, the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, on Wednesday. Emefiele faces charges related to authorizing the printing of N684.5 million at the rate of N18.96 billion. Initially scheduled for April 30, 2024, the arraignment was rescheduled following consultations with the involved…
A landlord, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, have flown their Temidire community home in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State after allegedly disposing of their tenant’s body in a canal. Our correspondent learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024, led the state…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has dismantled an illegal alcohol factory in Badagry, Lagos State in a bid to rid the country of fake and substandard products. In a statement on Sunday in Lagos by NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, the agency said its enforcement team was aided…
