Instagram comedian, 34 others nabbed for Internet fraud

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Dennis Naku An Instagram comedian and social media influencer, Nwagbo Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud.Chidera was arrested alongside 34 others at the James Court in the Lekki area of Lagos State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in computer-related […]

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Ogun trader laments as driver, motor boy abscond with N16m goods

Deji Lambo A driver, Eban-Prince Bekom, and his motor boy, Abiola Okon, are on the run after allegedly diverting goods worth over N16m belonging to their boss, Lateef Taofik.PUNCH Metro gathered that Taofik assigned the duo to convey confectionaries from FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, to his warehouses in […]

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Woman stabs Bayelsa JSS1 student to death

Daniels Igoni A woman in Bayelsa State on Tuesday stabbed a 14-year-old Junior Secondary School 1 student to death.It was gathered that the tragic incident happened in the Okaka area of the state capital, Yenagoa. The woman allegedly went berserk and stabbed the Government Science and Technical College student on Tuesday morning.The deceased identified by […]

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Ritualists murdered man six days to wedding, collect ransom, dismember victim

Tunde Oyekola, Ilorin A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo, said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at the National Health Insurance Scheme unit of the University […]

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NDLEA seizes 834kg drugs, traffickers excrete 191 wraps of cocaine

Friday Olokor, Abuja Two suspected drug traffickers have excreted 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.The incidents were said to have taken place on April 10 and 16 after the suspected traffickers were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, MMIA […]

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Undergraduate nabbed for shooting Bayelsa varsity student dead during lecture

Deji Lambo and Daniels Igoni The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 300-level Accounting undergraduate of the Niger Delta University, African Innocent, for allegedly shooting to death of a fellow student of the institution, James Okunmakpeye, by a lecture hall on Wednesday.It was gathered that the victim was shot in the head at close […]

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Gunmen emerge from hiding, shoot Zamfara poly workers dead

Maiharaji Altine5:44 am TWO employees of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, were shot dead in their residents by gunmen.The affected workers were Usman Nazifi, 37; and Bashiru Muhammad, 39, who were residing at the low cost housing estate in Kaura-Namoda.A resident of the area, Alhaji Ibrahim Kaura, said the gunmen stormed Nazifi’s house […]

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Forex trader remanded for defrauding investors of N17.4m, $6,300

A self-acclaimed foreign exchange trader, Nanpan Yaniyang, has been remanded by the Lagos State High Court for allegedly defrauding investors of N17,449,000 and $6,300.It was gathered that Yaniyang collected the said sums from one Valerie Okoli and other investors on the pretext of helping them to incorporate a company and invest the money in forex.Yaniyang […]

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