Crime

A 37-year-old man, Kelechukwu Chukwuanugo, accused of killing his girlfriend, on Tuesday told a Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere that he fled the crime scene to save his life. Chukwuanugo, who is facing murder charge, said this while been cross-examined by the Lagos State Prosecutor, Mr Tunde Sunmonu. The …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, raided a nightclub at Osogbo, the Osun State capital, where suspected internet fraudsters where having a part to celebrate their loots. In a release made available to Newsmen, the spokesman to the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, said “The wee-hour operation was …

Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Office, have arrested a 34-year-old suspected Internet fraud kingpin, Akegor Omamuyorwi, in Ughelli, Delta State. According to the EFCC, the arrest of the man, who is a titled chief in Agbaro community, was triggered by a petition from a bank …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has proposes five years jail term for “Sex for marks lecturers” in a bill he reintroduced to the 9th Assembly. Omo-Agege, who had earlier in the 8th Assembly introduced the “Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Institution Prohibition Bill”, call on Nigerians to …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized not less than 19 cartons of fake Majesty wine,10 cartons of St Henry,9 bottles of Ciroc and 10 cartons of Black Train drink without registration number in Edo. The Director, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, NAFDAC, Kingsley Ejiotor, …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Friday that it arrested 42 suspected drug offenders in Oyo State between July and September. Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, the Public Relations Officer of the NDLEA in the state, made this known in a statement in Ibadan. Okuwobi also said that drugs …

Gunmen suspected to be cultist have killed two persons at Iyara in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta-State. Around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, the gunmen shot dead a young man simply identified as Kebi and his girlfriend (yet to be identified) at the popular Akara junction in Iyara Area, …

The Department of State Services has confirmed the arrest of the fugitive ex-Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Andulrasheed Maina. In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Dr. Peter Afunnaya, in Abuja, on Wednesday, the Service said the feat was made possible by renewed inter-agency cooperation. The …

The police on Friday arraigned three fake prophets who allegedly defrauded an applicant of N100,000, in a Magistrates’ Court in Asaba. The police charged John Ifeokochukwu, 25; Uchena Obinna, 36, Mr Ifeanyi Udenwoke, 31, with fraud. READ MORE: Flood: Delta Govt sends relief materials to affected oil community The Prosecution Counsel, …

Unscrupulous people, described as crude oil thieves have set fire on an oil pipeline, belonging to Italian oil giant Agip at Ubeta community in the Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the field is operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company, a …