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A commercial motorcyclist, who allegedly r@ped his female passenger said that she acted as if she needed him for the night when she asked for a place to stay.  The suspect, identified simply as Kazeem, was among the suspects paraded by the Oyo State Police Command.  The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, who addressed journalists on behalf of …

A Nigerian national wanted in the United States for cyber fraud was arrested in Quezon City, in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said in a statement on Monday, October 28, 2024.    Immigration Commissioner, Joel Anthony Viado stated that the BI fugitive search unit (FSU) nabbed Ahmed Kamilu Alex, 35, along Panay Avenue in Barangay Paligsahan on October …

The Orji Police Divisional Headquarters have arrested Jesse Chidebere, 17yrs, a student of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, for faking her own abduction and de@th. This hoax caused significant distress to her family and the university community.   On October 26, 2024, at approximately 10pm, police received a distress call from concerned citizens reporting Chidebere missing. A message sent …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, raided a shrine used to store illicit drugs and arrested two suspects, Gbenga Abiodun and Sunday Abiodun in Lagos.    The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 27, 2024, said  jumbo bags of Ghanaian Loud and a strain of cannabis were recovered …

A 24-year-old woman from Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb, Zimbabwe, Bridget Chiedza, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after admitting to stealing money from Bethel Church.    Chiedza, a church member, confessed to taking US$118 and R431 from the church’s coffers, citing financial hardship and her mother’s illness as the reasons for her actions.   According to reports from …

The Borno State Police Command has arrested six members of a notorious syndicate that specialised in kidnapping, armed robbery and extortion in Magumeri and Konduga Local Government Areas of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, October 26, 2024, said the said N2,637,000 was recovered from …

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested one Mubarak Haladu, 21, for the kidnap and m8rder of his brother’s 7-year-old son, Haruna Bello in Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, ASP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 25, 2024, said the suspect abducted Haruna and demanded …

A South African woman has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating the m8rder of her husband, Raymond Themba Mathebula.      Mathebula, a teacher, was taken into custody during proceedings at Nkowankowa Magistrate’s Court on Friday, October 25, 2024.      Raymond was discovered dead following an incident involving an unidentified burned body in a vehicle on June 15, 2024, at …

  Popular Chicago rapper Lil Durk has been arrested in South Florida and charged with murder-for-hire.   The rapper whose real name is Durk Banks,  is being held without bond in Broward County Jail.   Lil Durk’s arrest is grounded in an extensive federal investigation that links him to a conspiracy charge around a murder-for-hire scheme.   According to police …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued a six-year old girl who was stolen from her parents in 2018 in Akwa Ibom State.     The Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, who made this known on Thursday, October 24, 2024, said the agency achieved the feat in partnership with the Foundation …