A team of detectives, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Ikeja Police Station, CSP Gbenga Ogunsaki, has arrested one Deborah Nwachukwu, 23, for stealing a Toyota jeep, cash and items worth N1 million. According to The Eagle Online, Patrick (the complainant) met Nwachukwu at Shoprite in Ikeja selling some cleaning products for a company around…
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The police have charged the wife of late billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, aka E-money, and four of his brothers with money laundering charges at the Federal High Court in Owerri, Imo State . Eleven counts were preferred against the defendants – Gift Ezenwa Emmanuel Okoronkwo, Uche Okoronkwo, Ikechukwu Onyekere and Franklin Anugba – by the…
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The police in Lagos on Sunday said they have uncovered a suspected baby factory and rescued 19 pregnant girls. The police stated that they acted on an intelligence report and swooped on the operators at their base on 14 Adisa Street, Ayanwale area of Ikotun. The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, said two suspects had been…
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The police in Kaduna on Thursday raided a home with over 300 people in Rigasa in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The cops freed about 300 people who were chained in the house, including children. They were said to be from Burkina Faso, Mali and other African countries, according to the force.…
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A 16 year-old boy murdered his single father after being asked to tidy up his bedroom, police say. Jeffrey Dale Wanca reportedly shot his father Chad Wanca, 43, dead and also struck his 12 year-old brother Hunter with another bullet. The horrific incident happened at the Wanca family home in Toney, Alabama, on Saturday, with…
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A 14-year-old JSS 3 pupil in Enugu State has confessed to the police that she was never kidnapped but willingly left home to see her boyfriend contrary to the alarm raised by the parents that she had been kidnapped. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement on Saturday in…
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly flogging and locking up a 10-year-old orphan in a kennel. The PUNCH learnt that the incident happened in the Surulere area of Lagos. There had been outrage on the social media after a video went viral showing the suspect beating the boy for an unstated…
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The police on Monday arrested Victor Ogungbenro, a video editor and cameraman with SaharaReporters and eight others at the RevolutionNow protest in Lagos State. According to SaharaReporters, the journalist and eight others were taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State. A colleague of Ogungbenro, who witnessed the arrest had told SaharaReporters that the video editor was not…
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The Ogun State police command have arrested a Daniel Elimuya, with 17 sacks of Indian hemp. His arrest preceded a tip-off to the police at the Ibafo Division, that a cannabis-laden Ford car was on its way coming from Delta State heading towards Lagos. During questioning, the suspect, Daniel attested to the fact that he…
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The police on Monday arraigned a security guard, Michael Nwaogwu, before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba for allegedly stealing from the offering box of a church. It was gathered that on July 17, 2019, Nwaogwu allegedly stole N2,385 from the offering box of the St. Dennis Catholic Church in the Akoka, Bariga…
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