Crime

New accusations have been filed against the arrested socialite, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, claiming that he committed fraud and laundered more than $400,000 while in the US police custody. The new evidence was brought to the United States District Court of California on March 16th, 2022, indicting him …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old nanny, Chiamaka Odo, for strangling her mistress’ six-month-old baby to death to please the Ogoloma cult group in Enugu State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abiodun Alabi, disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing held at the Command …

It was the end of road, on Thursday, March 11, 2022 for one Osondu Victor Igwilo, who had been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, since 2018, when operatives of the EFCC, Lagos Command, swooped on him. Fifty-two year-old Igwilo, who is the alleged leader …

It’s heartbreaking. Bamise, a budding fashion designer, went missing on February 26th after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle from the Chevron area of Lekki on her way to Oshodi. Today, news filtered in that she was found dead. She was 22. When she was uncomfortable in the vehicle, …

The former head of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari, on Monday urged an Abuja Federal High Court not to remand him in prison custody. Kyari made the appeal through his lawyer, Kanu Agabi, who prayed the court to allow him to remain in the …

The Federal Government has approved the request by the United States of America to extradite the suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Government’s approval was made known by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) when he …

The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and two others, Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of …

A group of alleged armed robbers in Ibadan share group photos on the social media page of their victim after snatching phones at gunpoint.     An Instagram user identified simply as Adewunmi cried out for help after seeing activities on her social media page almost six months after being …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This formalizes the existing partnership between the agencies for the fight against corruption and economic crimes in Nigeria. NYSC Director-General, Maj.-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim met EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa …

A young man, name undisclosed, has been confirmed dead after checking into a hotel room with a lady along Ada-George axis of Port Harcourt in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that a guest in the hotel who pleaded anonymity said the lady who checked in …