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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 …

The Delta Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Isaac for falsely accusing some police officers of stealing his phone (Samsung fold 4) while conducting their stop and search duties.   In a video shared on social media, the Delta state Police Public Relations officer, Bright Edafe, on Thursday, October 24, said an incident involving a man named …

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with the alleged m8rder of a 46-year old man, Comrade Adebayo Olanrewaju Mathew, in Ilorin.     It was gathered that the deceased, a graduate of the University of Ilorin, was allegedly macheted to d@ath  in the Ita-Elepa area of Ilorin West LGA during a heated argument between him …

Two businessmen identified as Ihejirika Okechukwu Emmanuel and Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory as well as a Canada-based nurse Usman Grace Khadijat Olami, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for attempting to import and export cocaine pellets and parcels of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis …