Category: Crime Watch
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Vigilante arrested for setting suspected thief ablaze
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a Vigilante personnel for allegedly killing a suspect handed over to him by a community person who arrested the suspect.
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Police nab fake soldier allegedly involved in robbery, extortion in Kaduna
Police in Kaduna State have arrested a fake soldier allegedly involved in robbery and extortion. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement he issued on Monday in Kaduna.
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NDLEA alerts public on new scam
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, wishes to alert members of the public especially those who have loved ones abroad to a new scheme by scammers who impersonate NDLEA officers and call unsuspecting citizens to inform them of the arrest of their relatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja Lagos or any other…
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Police arrest suspected kidnappers terrorising Lekki-Ajah
The Lagos Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine members of a suspected kidnapping gang, terrorising Lekki-Ajah axis of Lagos State.
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Instagram ‘big boy’ jailed for impersonation
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, sentenced a man, Ndifreka Edem (a.k.a BNH Nguyen) to 12 months imprisonment for impersonation on Instagram.
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Man sentenced to death by hanging for killing wife’s lover
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old Ayodeji Alomoge to death by hanging for killing his wife’s lover.
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20-year-old charged with stealing pot of soup in Ekiti
The police on Wednesday brought a 20-year-old man, Monday Ojo, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged housebreaking and stealing of a pot of soup and other items.
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Hair stylist, dispatch rider arrested for selling drug-laced chin-chin to students, parties
A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state.
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Police arrest woman who “kidnapped” herself, 52 others
Police in Akwa Ibom rescued four kidnap victims in the last one month. One of them is a woman who faked her own kidnap. They also arrested 52 suspects for various crimes.
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Police arrest armed robber who disguises as lunatic in Lagos
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says its operatives in Lagos State have arrested one Olaseinde Ojo, who disguises as a lunatic to get close to his victims and rob or kidnap them.