CRIME Archives - Page 13 of 29

Aug

21

2025

Anambra Dismisses Eight Operatives Over Attack On Corps Member, Orders Prosecution

CRIME#AnambraSecurityOperativeAttackCorpMember, #CorperAssaultedinanambraState

Anambra Dismisses Eight Operatives Over Attack On Corps Member, Orders Prosecution The Government of Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, has brushed off eight operatives of the Agunechemba security outfit over the fiscal assault of a female corps member in the state. This was disclosed yesterday, Wednesday, at the agency's headquarters in Awka, the state's capital, by the Special Adviser to Governor on Community Security, Ken Emeakayi. Emeakayi, said that any officer of the outfit found guilty of misconduct would face immediate dismissal and prosecution. According to Emeakayi, the government took the action after receiving reports of the ugly incident,…

Aug

11

2025

By Famous Reporters

BREAKING NEWS: Man Who Beheaded Ex-Imo Council Boss, Ohizu Confesses After 2yrs

CRIME#ChristopherOhizu, #GovernorHopeUzodimma, #GunmenbeheadHonChristopherOhizu, #IdeatoNorth, #Murder, #MurderInImo

BREAKING NEWS: Man Who Beheaded Ex-Imo Council Boss, Ohizu Confesses After 2yrs Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma says the hoodlum who brutally murdered and beheaded the former council chairman in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Christopher Ohizu has finally been apprehended, after two years of intensive search. According to the Governor, the suspect has also confessed to the heinous crime. This was disclosed by the governor in a video shared by Channels Television while addressing the prolonged search for the perpetrators behind the terrific killing which occurred in the year 2023. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo…

Aug

06

2025

By Famous Reporters

Court convicts 21 foreigners, orders deportation over cybercrime

CRIME#9f.com, #c2.top, #Cybercrime, #CybercrimeActs, #Deportation, #Fraudulent, #NigerianCourtConvicts21foreignersOverCybrrcrime, 8pg.top

Court convicts 21 foreigners, orders deportation over cybercrime An Abuja federal high court has convicted not fewer than 21 foreign nationals for cybercrime-related offences and ordered each of them to pay a fine of N1 million. The presiding judge, Ekerete Akpan delivered the ruling on Monday after the defendants entered a plea bargain agreement with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), which is prosecuting the case. The 21 convicts are among 109 foreign nationals being tried for offences, including cybercrime, money laundering, and threats to national security. The judge who ordered their deportation within six working days, directed that all electronic…

Jul

11

2025

By Famous Reporters

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation

CRIME, METRO#Arraignment, #QueensCriminalCourt, #Rape, #VirgilioTaveras

Goosebumps , As Man, 63 rapes 14-year-old boy, gifts him $50 bill compensation Authorities have expressed worries over a sad incident involving a sick man who may have victimised more minors after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old boy and gave him a $50 cash as a compensation for the upsetting encounter. According to the criminal complaint, Virgilio Taveras, 63, enticed the adolescent into his car and $•£•×•ually att@cked him near the intersection of 175th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, at approximately 1 p.m…. The sick man who was identified as Virgilio Taveras, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting…

Jul

08

2025

By Famous Reporters

I’ve killed many, can’t count all, says suspected notorious Cultist

CRIME#Cultism, #Cultist, #Investigation, #WasiuAkinwande

I've killed many, can't count all, says suspected notorious Cultist A suspected cultist Wasiu Akinwande, has made a terrific confession, leaving authorities dazed. The suspect, popularly known as Olori Eso, said he had committed a staggering number of murders, stating he had “killed too many to remember them all.” He made this chilling confession to a team of homicide detectives from the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) in Panti, Yaba. Akinwande was arrested by detectives from the Lagos State Police Command on June 20, 2025. Police investigators were reportedly chilled by the cult member’s nonchalant demeanor and lack of…

Jul

08

2025

By Famous Reporters

How UNN student allegedly murdered female colleague in Nsukka hotel over #15k increase for sex

CRIME, METRO#EmmanuelGambo, #UNN

How UNN student allegedly murdered female colleague in Nsukka hotel over #15k increase for sex A female student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, who was allegedly murdered in cold blood by her colleague in a hotel last week, over N15,000 additional payment for the second round of sex after the initial payment of N5,000. The police in Enugu have arrested a student of material and metallurgical engineering at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), for the alleged murder of a female colleague. Daniel Ndukwe, the Enugu police spokesman, addressed the press on Monday. Ndukwe said that the command,…

Jul

07

2025

By Famous Reporters

How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice

CRIME, METRO#13EbonyiyouthskilledinAnambra, #FENRAD, #Humanity, #Investigation, #NnannaNwafor

How 13 Ebonyi youths got murdered in Anambra, FENRAD demands investigation, justice By Charity Uwakwe A clarion call has been made to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Director of State Security Services, and other relevant law enforcement agencies, to conduct a transparent, and independent investigation into the killings recent gruesome killing of 13 Ebonyi youths in Anambra state. The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), a leading human rights and environmental justice organization in a press statement made available to Famousreporters.com, Sunday, July 6, insisting that the perpetrators of the dastardly act be brought…

Jul

02

2025

By Famous Reporters

How Hadi Sirika ‘paid’ N1.3bn to daughter’s firm for unexecuted aviation contract- EFCC witness

CRIME, NATIONAL NEWS#AlBuraqGlobal InvestmentLtd, #EFCC, #HadiSirika

How Hadi Sirika ‘paid’ N1.3bn to daughter’s firm for unexecuted aviation contract- EFCC witness A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has narrated how Hadi Sirika, former minister of aviation, awarded contracts to his relatives when he was a cabinet member. It would be recalled that te EFCC had, on May 9, arraigned Sirika alongside his daughter, Fatima, and her husband, Jalal Sule Hamma, as well as their company, Al Buraq Global Investment Ltd, at the federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Maitama. The ex-minister is accused of abusing his office by awarding contracts to a…

Jun

27

2025

By Famous Reporters

CHARS-Africa Condemns MenacingMisconduct In Rape Cases In Abia

CRIME#Chars-Africa, #DomesticViolence, #Rape

CHARS-Africa Condemns MenacingMisconduct In Rape Cases In Abia The African Centre for Human Advancement and Resource Support (CHARS-Africa) has vehemently condemned the alleged extant yielding to the request of the victim of rape or their parents or guardians to undermine the powers of the court on the basis of “lack of interest” or “request for out of court settlement” instead of prosecuting the offender until justice is dispensed. This is contained in a statement signed byAmaka Biachi, Esq., Executive Director of CHARS-Africa and made available to famousreporters.com, today, Friday, June 27, 2025. The release read in detail: MISCONDUCT IN RAPE…

Jun

20

2025

By Famous Reporters

(UPDATE) Assaulted 5yrs Abia girl, Chidera cries for justice, says ‘Ikemefuna does it to me everyday’

CRIME, METRO#Umule-NsoAfugiri

(UPDATE) Assaulted 5yrs Abia girl, Chidera cries for justice, says Ikemefuna does it to me everyday By Charity Uwakwe Miss Chidera, the five years old girl who reportedly suffered incessant sexual abuse from her uncle, Ikemefuna Igwe, in Umule-Nso, Afugiri Ohuhu, in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, has cried for justice. Chidera told famousreporters.com in an interview that she wanted her abuser arrested so he could face the wrath of the law thus paying for the emotional, mental and psychological pain he had put her through. "I am angry because of Ikemefuna. I want the police to…