Crime

Police arrest three suspected of swapping ATM cards, recover 54 cards

Emeka Udeh - August 30, 2024

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have recently made significant progress in tackling the growing problem of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraud in the state. They have successfully arrested and detained three individuals suspected of being involved in...

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“Five Kidnapped Corps Members Released in Ondo”

Emeka Udeh - July 23, 2024

On Friday, July 18, 2024, five National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were kidnapped in Ondo State, Nigeria. After a tense and harrowing period, the corps members have been released and are now back with their families. The release...

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FCT Police Thwart Another Kidnapping Attempt

Mfon Ekanem - July 18, 2024

In the early hours of yesterday, chaos erupted at the El-Rufai Estate in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) when a group of kidnappers invaded the estate and shot one of the residents. The assailants, numbering over...

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Court Denies Ex-Kogi Governor Bello’s Request to Halt Trial

Emeka Udeh - July 18, 2024

The Abuja division of the Federal High Court yesterday declined the request by the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to stay further proceedings in the money laundering charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial...

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Navy Captures Stowaways, Prevents Sea Robbery Human Trafficking Ring Uncovered, Eight Women Rescued

Emeka Udeh - July 17, 2024

The Nigerian Navy recently announced a series of significant operations that led to the arrest of eight stowaways, the rescue of eight female victims of human trafficking, and the rescue of two drowning fishermen in Nigerian waterways. These operations,...

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“Police Arrest Crypto Billionaire Blord on Charges of Terrorism Links and Fraud”

Emeka Udeh - July 16, 2024

Crypto billionaire Linus Williams, widely known as Blord, was recently apprehended by Nigeria Police Force operatives in Abuja. According to a report from Punch, Blord faces serious allegations including terrorism funding, cryptocurrency fraud, and assisting internet fraud through his...

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“NLC’s Ex-President Shamang Abducted in Kaduna”

Mfon Ekanem - July 15, 2024

Mr. Takai Shamang, a former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has reportedly been kidnapped from his hometown of Biniki in Kaduna State's Kaura Local Government Area. According to his daughter, Mrs. Grace Abbin, the 78-year-old Shamang was taken...

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NDLEA Seizes Cocaine and Opioids Bound for the US, UK, and Europe, Hidden in Shoe Soles and Clothing

Mfon Ekanem - July 15, 2024

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced that it intercepted various quantities of cocaine and opioids such as tramadol, pentazocine injection, morphine sulphate, and ketamine injection, among other substances. These drugs were concealed in soles of shoes, clothes,...

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Former Convict Fatally Shot Outside Father’s Home in Ogun

Emeka Udeh - July 7, 2024

Tragedy struck in the early hours of Wednesday in Abule Oke, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. A 28-year-old ex-convict, Adeniji Ibrahim, was brutally killed in front of his father’s house. The news of this unfortunate incident...

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American Victim Takes the Stand Against Nigerian Fraudster in Abuja Court

Emeka Udeh - July 7, 2024

An American lawyer, Nicole Kierulff Sayers, has testified against a Nigerian man, Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, accused of defrauding her of $370,000 in a romance scam. Sayers told the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja that she met Kingsley on...

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