Category: Crime

Blind Student In Federal Government College Impregnated

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…another found with N1m in her account The management of Federal Government College, Ijanikin, Lagos State, has given details of how a blind female student of the school was impregnated by an unknown partner. According to the Principal, Mrs Tofunmi Akamo, while clarifying recent obscene developments bordering on sexcapade by some of the teenage students, who lodged their classmates in an hotel for sex romp, the case of the blind student was discovered after pregnancy test was carried out on her. She noted that it was the only case of…

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Nigerian Shot In Guyana Over Attempt To Assassinate President

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Guyana’s Government said Thursday it has asked world police agency Interpol to help it investigate the background of a Nigerian national who earlier in the day tried to illegally enter the residence of President Irfaan Ali and ended up trading gunfire with guards, wounding one seriously. Ali, 42, was at home at the time with his family when a man identified as Bethel Ikenna Chimezie approached guards at the official residence near the British embassy and demanded an audience with Guyana’s president. After arguing with guards, he stabbed one of…

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Aisha Buhari Withdraws Case Against Social Media Critic

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The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has withdrawn the case against a final year student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Aminu Mohammed. The case was withdrawn by the prosecution counsel Fidelis Ogbobe, before Justice Yusuf Hall of the FCT High Court. Ogbobe said the First Lady, being the mother of the nation, decided to withdraw the case, following the intervention of “well-meaning Nigerians”. Moving a motion for the withdrawal of the case, Ogbobe cited section 108 subsection 2(a) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. Justice Halilu commended Hajia…

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Anambra-Born Billionaire Found Dead In Hotel Room

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An Anambra state-born billionaire businessman, Chukwunonso John Chukwujekwu, has been found dead in a hotel room in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi state. The deceased, 37, hailed from Anambra East Local Government Area but was a resident of Boi Village in Bogoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State where he majored in provision business. Chukwujekwu was reportedly found dead in a hotel room on Thursday, December 1, 2022, two days after he was declared missing. The cause of his death remains unknown as no one could give a clue as…

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7 Killed As Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy

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About seven persons have been reportedly killed after gunmen attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman along the Auchi-Warrake Road, Edo State on Friday. Suleman, who had just returned from a foreign trip, was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen opened fire on his convoy, allegedly killing three of his police orderlies and four other yet-to-be-identified persons. Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, also confirmed the attack, saying the cleric just returned from a programme in Tanzania. He noted that Suleman escaped death by the whiskers. He said,…

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‘Court Video Confession: How I Killed Ataga All By Myself -Chidinma

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The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) has watched the chilling footage of Chidinma Ojukwu confessing to stabbing to death the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Michael Ataga, alone. It also viewed the grim footage of Ataga’s lifeless body recorded shortly after he was found in a Lagos short-let apartment serviced apartment. Recall that Ojukwu, a 300-level, Mass Communication student at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), is the prime suspect in Ataga’s murder. She is standing trial for the alleged offence alongside her sister…

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German Customs Seize, Destroy Snails, Rotting Meat From Nigeria

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German customs officials say a trail of slime led them to a stash of almost 100 giant African land snails and other items hidden inside bags at Duesseldorf Airport this month. In a statement Friday, authorities said officials stumbled over one of the snails on a baggage truck and initially thought it was a toy until it started moving. By following the trail left by the 20-centimeter (8-inch) snail, they found a bag with a hole, with another snail already peeping out of it — possibly preparing a dash for…

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ASUU: UNIBEN Staff Hangs Self Due To Alleged Financial Constraints

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A member staff of the University of Benin, Prince Carter Oshodin, committed suicide on Friday over his dire financial situation. Oshodin, who had not been paid his salary for months due to the strike action embarked by university unions, was a data entry personnel at the university. It was gathered that the Non-Academic Staff Union which the deceased belonged to has called off its strike recently, but the members had yet to be paid their salaries. Oshodin’s Facebook confirmed his job description at UNIBEN. A professor in the University, who…

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Two Homeless Fulanis Arrested With Pistol

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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspects of Fulani extraction, Isah Mohammed, 20, and Inuwa Ibrahim 20, both of no fixed addresses, who fled on sighting the Police around PAMO University of Medicine in Oyigbo LGA. According to the Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, “upon search, one locally made revolver pistol was recovered from them.  “Also recovered was a Toyota Corolla saloon car with registration No. Bayelsa, NEM 881 GK, where it was abandoned by hoodlums who fled on sighting the team. “Investigation is ongoing with…

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Court Freezes Another Sh400.6m Belonging To Flutterwave

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The High Court of Kenya has allowed the freezing of a further Sh400.6 million belonging to Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave after the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) linked the money to card fraud and money laundering. For the good part of this year, Flutterwave has been in constant contest with Kenyan authorities over money held in different banks alleged to have been obtained illegally. This is the second time the company in less than six months that the company’s accounts have been frozen on grounds of fraud and money laundering. In…

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