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Wasiu Akinwande, Notorious Lagos Hitman, Arraigned Over Murder, Felony Charges

Wasiu Akinwande, a man identified by police as a notorious contract killer, is being arraigned on 11 counts at the Ogba Magistrate Court....

Police arrest sisters, couple over staged kidnapping in Abuja

Four suspects, including two sisters, have been apprehended in Abuja over a staged kidnapping scheme aimed at extorting N5 million from their father....

Pregnant Nurse Murdered, Body Parts Sold in Anambra, Woman Suspect Nabbed

The Umueri community in Ogbunike, Anambra State, has been rocked by the brutal murder of a pregnant professional nurse and the subsequent sale...

Lagos Airport Bust: NDLEA Arrests Chinese Businessman with 26kg of ‘Loud’

In a major blow to international drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted Liang Tak You, a...

Abuja Police Move to Rid City of Cultists, 19 Suspects Arrested

The FCT Police Command has dealt a blow against cultism, busting a group of cultists terrorizing residents of Bakassi Yimitu Village in the...

Otudeko, Others Walk Free as N12.3bln Fraud Case Settled Out of Court

Relief came today for Honeywell Group Chairman Oba Otudeko and three co-accused as a Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the N12.3...

Woman Alleges ex-Husband of Child Sexual Abuse, Bolts to US with Children

A Lagos High Court has ordered the arrest of Rahmat Omolara Animashaun after she allegedly accused her estranged husband of sexually assaulting their...

N50m Ransom: Ogun Police Neutralize 2 Kidnappers, Rescue 3 Victims in Daring Operation

In a daring gun duel, anti-kidnapping police operatives in Ogun State have successfully neutralized two suspected kidnappers in the Owode-Egba area, leading to...

Mystery as Prime Suspect in Two Ondo Varsity Students’ Murder Case Dies

Investigation into the brutal murder of two Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) undergraduates, Andrew Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba, has taken a shocking...

Landlord-mastermind of kidnap, murder of two Ondo varsity students in police net

Heartbreaking details have emerged about the tragic deaths of Friday Abah, 25, and Eloho Okah, 19, the two Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University,...

EFCC Cracks Down on CBEX Operators, Remanded Two People Over N88m Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned two men, Awerusuo Otorudo and Chukwuebuka Ehirim, before Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal...

NDLEA Foils Attempt to Smuggle Cocaine to UK, Saudi Arabia in Lipsticks, Documents

In a major blow to international drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized cocaine shipments hidden inside lipsticks and...

$4.2m COVID-19 fraud: US court jails Nigerian pastor, Osun monarch forfeits property

A United States District Court has sentenced Edward Oluwasanmi, a Nigerian pastor, to 27 months in prison for his involvement in a $4.2...

FCT Police Report Significant Crime Reduction in May, June, Nab 82 Suspects

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Ajao Adewale, announced Friday that the command achieved a notable reduction in crime during May and June...

FCT Police crack down on kidnappers, arrest three

In a significant stride towards ridding the nation’s capital of criminal elements, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command successfully apprehended three notorious...

74 Internet Fraud Suspects Nabbed in EFCC’s Abuja Hotel Sting Operation

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has achieved another significant breakthrough in its fight against internet fraud, apprehending 74 suspected cyber scammers...