April 28, 2024

April 28, 2024

LASTMA Nabs Fake Traffic Official In Lekki

A fake traffic official in Lekki area of Lagos state was on Wednesday, December 14, nabbed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, while on fake duty and kitted in the agency’s uniform.   The Director, Public Affairs Department of LASTMA Mr. Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA General Manager, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, confirmed that the suspect was nabbed […]

Enugu Police Arrest Four Criminal Suspects, Recover AK-47 Rifle, Firearms

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspects for various criminal offences including unlawful possession of firearms.   The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement on Thursday, December 15, 2022, said that police operatives recovered one AK-47 rifle with 51 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, three locally-fabricated Beretta pistols, one Pump Action gun, butt […]

Indian Police Apprehend Fake Nigerian Doctor For Duping Woman Of N15m

The Crime Branch of Odisha Police in India has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 28.67 lakh through cyberfraud.   The accused, identified as  Patrick Chizorom Orajaka, 35,was arrested by a team of CID CB from an apartment in Dwarka area of New Delhi and brought on transit remand to […]

Court Sentences Couple To 13 Years In Prison For Using Hot Iron On 10-Year-Old Maid

Justice A. C. Ogbuabor of an Enugu State High Court has sentenced an employee of the Central Bank of Nigeria Jude Ozuogu and his wife, Ifeoma Ozuogu to 13 years imprisonment for child abuse.     The state police had in July 2020 arrested the couple for maltreating their 10-year-old maid, Nneoma Nnadi. Neighbours alleged that the […]

Gunmen Storm Kaduna, Kill Four, Injure Others

The attacks by unknown gunmen in Southern Kaduna continued leaving four persons dead in Kamuru, Ikulu, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State in two different attacks on Monday and Tuesday; 12th and 13th December 2022, respectively. The gunmen were said to have attacked the community at 10 pm on Monday and struck the […]

Seven Suspected Burglars Nabbed By Police In Ekiti

Ekiti State Police Command has paraded seven suspected burglars after breaking into a warehouse in Ado Ekiti. A statement by the spokesman for the command, DSP Sunday Abutu said, “The Command received a credible information that a warehouse at Km 4, Iworoko road, Ado-Ekiti was being burgled by unknown thieves “Upon receipt of the report, […]