Crime

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Muslim cleric (Alfa), Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for raping a 14 –year- old girl inside a mosque. Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentence on Monday after…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Managing Director of Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited, Akintoye Akindele. He was arrested over alleged misappropriation, money laundering and…
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The Ogun State Police Command has taken into custody 28-year-old Ogunlana Yemisi for allegedly assaulting her husband, Idowu Adebowale, 31, with a sharp object. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed…
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A man, Kadiri Yusuf, is on the run after allegedly beating and injuring his two children aged 11 and 13 in the Agege area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to…
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A Family Court in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, has sentenced a 47-year-old man, Ita Okon, to life imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl. The presiding judge, Justice Blessing Egwu, who found Okon guilty of the…
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The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old man, Wahaab Ibrahim, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on…
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a commercial sex worker, Joy Kelvin, for allegedly stabbing her client, a 48-year-old man, identified as Felix Okafor, to death in the Lekki area of the state. It was learnt that the sex…
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A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, remanded a 42-year-old man, Christopher Israel, in the correctional centre for raping his 22-year-old daughter. The police charged Israel…
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The Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, sentenced a 71-year-old man, Sule Adeola, to life imprisonment for raping his friend’s granddaughter. The 71-year-old man was arraigned…
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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Monday, September 30, 2024, sentenced an 80-year-old man, Ya’u Abdullahi, to seven years imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl at Layin Gidan Mai Unguwar in Nassarawa Local Government Area…
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