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Fleeing ‘robber’ loses wrist as police arrest five ‘accomplices’

NewsDeskNgJan 22, 2023January 22, 20230

A suspected armed robber at the weekend had his wrist chopped off while evading arrest at Ijora Badia area of Lagos. Also, the police operatives attached to Badia division arrested five of the suspect’s alleged accomplices at Ajeromi Primary School, where they were said to have hibernated after attacking their...

Convict Falls In Love With Victim During Robbery Mission

NewsDeskNgJan 20, 2023January 20, 20230

A member of an armed gang of robbers, Kevin Matundura, who botched a mission because he fell in love with his victim during their eight-hour operation at a house in Bahati, Nakuru County, Kenya, has been jailed. According to Kenyans.co.ke on Thursday, the gang were apprehended and charged for the...

Government worker arraigned for performing ‘juju’ on daughter in Abuja

NewsDeskNgJan 19, 2023January 19, 20230

A civil servant, Moses Saka, faces trial in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada in Abuja for allegedly using ‘juju’ on his daughter. The police charged 36-year-old Saka and an accomplice Joseph (at large), with criminal conspiracy and unlawful juju. Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko told the court that the complainant Labaran...

Customs intercepts cannabis worth N516m in Lagos

NewsDeskNgJan 19, 2023January 19, 20230

The Customs Strike Force, Team A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 5,124 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, along the coast of Lekki, Lagos. The Customs Comptroller in charge of the team, Sani Yusuf, said this on Wednesday, in Lagos during a media briefing. Yusuf said the contraband, with...

Jilted Man Burns Wrong House In Attempt To Murder Wife

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

A man, Boaz Wanjala, who set fire to a house, killing a family of seven in Ngimari village in Embu County, Kenya, has been arrested. According to Track News, a magistrate court in Runyejes, Embu County, Kenya, authorised police to detain him on Monday. On October 2, 2022, Wanjala, who...

Man Kills Wife After Failed Food Poisoning Attempt

NewsDeskNgJan 15, 2023January 15, 20230

A commercial bus driver in Ghana simply identified as Abeiku has killed his wife in Koforidua, the Eastern Region of the country. According to GHPage on Saturday, the suspect had attempted to poison his wife’s food before now, Fortunately, the woman found out and didn’t eat the food. There are...

Two Access Bank Staff Jailed For Stealing N9.4m From Customer’s Account

NewsDeskNgJan 13, 2023January 13, 20230

Two Access Bank Staff have been convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for conspiracy, aiding, and abetting fraud to the tune of N9.4 million. Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced the two former staff of Access Bank, Agbo John Agama and...

Police confirm kidnap of two farmers in Osun

NewsDeskNgJan 13, 2023January 13, 20230

The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of two farmers, Samuel Oladotun and Fashola Tobiloba. Both farmers, were kidnapped by some unidentified men in Ile-Ogbo, Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area of the State on Thursday. Yemisi Opalola, the Command spokesperson revealed that the police were already working on the...

Eight remanded in custody over armed robbery in Benue

NewsDeskNgJan 11, 2023January 11, 20230

A Markudi Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded eight men at the Federal Maximum Correctional Centre, Makurdi, over alleged armed robbery and conspiracy. The Magistrate, Mrs Kadoom Gbasha, who did not take the pleas of the defendants when the case was mentioned, ordered the remand of the men in the correctional...

Police Want Man Teaching Baby To Smoke In Viral Video

NewsDeskNgJan 10, 2023January 10, 20230

The police have asked for more information about a man who was recorded teaching a baby how to smoke. The Force Spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this via his Twitter handle on Tuesday after he was tagged to the viral video. Adejobi said, “Everyone of us can see this again. How...