by Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Police have raided a baby factory and arrested at least six pregnant women who are allegedly planning to sell their newborn babies after delivery in Delta State. The police said the arrest was made in Okwe community, Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state in Nigeria’s South-south region. They revealed that a victim, Blessing Aondoseer, had reported that her husband allegedly connived with some people to take away her two weeks old baby. The suspected baby factory syndicates were paraded on Saturday at the Police Headquarters in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The spokesman for the Command, Celestina Kalu, said the police recorded another breakthrough when they apprehended a 74-year-old man reported to have defiled a 14-year-old girl. The police mouthpiece said investigation was ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate who were at large. He noted that the rising incidences of baby factories had added to Nigeria’s human rights issues. Mr Kalu, however, said that the Nigeria Police was committed to ensuring that issues of child abuse and trafficking became a thing of the past. While some of the suspects spoke about their involvement in the crime, Aondoseer claimed that her baby was taken away by her husband after...
by Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Kaduna State Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized illicit drugs worth over 30 million Naira and arrested nine suspected drug addicts and peddlers in Zaria. Parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Kaduna, the state commander, Samuel Azige, said the suspects were arrested during a raid at their hideouts in Zaria where they stored the illicit drugs in a warehouse. According to him, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects stored in cartons banned tramadol drugs weighing over 500 grams. He explained that the drug apart from being banned by the World Health Organisation, (W.H.O) has also expired and therefore harmful for human consumption. The NDLEA Commander stated that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded. He said the command has made several seizures of illicit drugs amounting to over 20 tons as well as over 50 arrests since the beginning of this...
by Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A 55-year-old man who claims to be an Assistant Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service has been arrested by the police. The man arrested in Ogun State, police say, has duped unsuspecting Nigerians. Mr Ariyo Wasiu, a resident of Lagos island was said to have been dismissed six years ago from the mechanic department of the customs for an act of indiscipline. According to the police, the dismissed officer was arrested while allegedly perfecting his act at a company in Agbara area of Ogun State in south-west Nigeria The spokesman for the police in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, said investigation had begun to determine the culpability or otherwise of the fake Assistant Comptroller of Customs. He said charges would be filed after investigations. Upon interrogation, the suspect, however, claimed that he was lured into duping as a result of the current harsh economic reality. source: channels...
by Admin | Oct 28, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Nigeria Police Force has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling the upsurge in cases of cybercrime in Nigeria through forensic investigation. The technical adviser to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Tolu Ogunshakin, made the remarks on Monday at a training for officers of the force in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. He said that cybercrime has assumed a worrisome level globally and emphasised the need for scientific investigation of such crimes. He urged Nigerians to protect their identities, stressing that Nigeria has lost over 1.2 billion Naira to criminals who engage in identity theft. source: channels...
by Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday admitted 13 more exhibits tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the ongoing trial of former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh. Badeh is being prosecuted by the EFCC alongside his company, Iyalikam Nigeria Ltd., for an alleged N1.4bn fraud while in office. He denies the accusation. He is accused of stealing the dollar equivalent of the sum from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to buy property in choice areas of Abuja between January and December 2013. According to the commission, the offence, contravenes Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended, and punishable under Section 15(3) of the same Act. The court had admitted in evidence two documents showing payments allegedly made to contractors working for the defendant, on Oct. 11. The earlier exhibits were part of the testimony of the sixth prosecution witness, Air Commodore Mohammed Sinni, who is the Director of Finance and Accounts at the NAF headquarters. During Thursday’s hearing, counsel to the EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), led the seventh prosecution witness, Oluwatoyin Oke, a business woman, in evidence. The witness allegedly sold a choice property in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja to the defendant. Oke reportedly told the court that she used to own and live in No. 19, Kumasi Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja, until 2013 when she put it up for sale for N260m. She stated that thereafter, one Abba Maidama contacted and informed her of an interested buyer. A statement by EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said, “Upon inspection...
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