A Singaporean woman who was recruited by a Malaysia-based Nigerian love scammer, Awolola Oladayo Opeyemi, has been sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for her role in the scam.
32-year-old Suhaili Suparjo fell in love with Opeyemi and had a daughter with him. Persuaded by him and "blinded by love", she acted...
The United States Central District Court in California has convicted and sentenced popular Nigerian internet sensation, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi to 11 years in jail.
Hushpuppi was convicted for fraud and money laundering.
He will however spend only nine years in prison as he has already spent two years...
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a female drug dealer with seventy-eight bags of cannabis sativa.
The Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 9, 2022.
Babafemi said that the suspect, Peace Ayuba, was arrested...
$100 million in cryptocurrency have been stolen from Binance by scammers.
The scammers stole from Binance, the world’s biggest exchange for cryptoassets. The firm made this known on Friday.
Company chief Changpeng Zhao wrote on Twitter that “an exploit” in the system led to extra production of the exchange’s dedicated currency,...
The United States government has urged the District Court in Central California to sentence a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, to 135 months in jail for fraud.
According to Premium Times, the US govt gave its reasons for proposing the equivalent of 11 years and three...
Suspected kidnap kingpin behind a series of high profile kidnap incidents in Bayelsa State has been arrested by operatives of Operation Puff Adder in Abuja and the police have revealed his real identity.
As against the name Lyon John that trended on social media, the suspect’s real name is John...
A 47-year-old Chinese national in Kano State, identified as Geng Quangrong, has disclosed why he stabbed his girlfriend, Ummu Kulthum, to death in Kabuga Quarters, Dorayi Babba area of the State.
Naija News reports that the suspect, who was arrested after he attacked and killed his 23-year-old girlfriend in her home...
A Nigerian national identified as Akne Benjamin and his female accomplice have been arrested in India for allegedly duping people after befriending them on social media.
32-year-old Benjamin and Fatima Lyngdoh (42), a resident of Khasi Hill district of Meghalaya, were arrested from Delhi by Rajasthan police on Monday, September...
Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has arrested a cleaner, Ohiagu Sunday, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
The agency disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, through its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi....
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, arraigned Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, a manager with Cubana Group, alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an offence bordering...
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court has upheld the life sentence given by the municipal court to two Nigerian men, a Filipina and Cambodian woman, in connection with smuggling of more than 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil to Cambodia in 2014.
Presiding Judge Ky Rithy said, “After having a clear...
Police in India has arrested a 27-year-old Nigerian woman who allegedly tried to smuggle drugs valued at Rs. 15,10,000, to Goa by concealing the consignment in her sandals.
Superintendent of Police (SP), Nidhin Valsan, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, August 21, said the accused, Damilola Janet Odula, was nabbed...
The Anti Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested a 31-year-old Nigerian national who is alleged to be a major supplier of high quality cocaine to affluent consumers in Mumbai.
The ANC apprehended the accused identified as Chukwuma Nwaeke on Tuesday, July 5 and recovered cocaine worth Rs 24...
Delhi Police has arrested a Nigerian man allegedly involved in supplying fake passports and visas to foreign nationals for illegal activities.
The accused identified as Onwumelu Luke Chike,42, who is living in India on a forged passport and visa, was arrested on Saturday, July 2.
According to DCP Crime Rohit Meena, on...
A 43-year-old Nigerian man and his 41-year-old Malaysian wife have been arrested in Kuala Lumpur in connection with an email scam involving RM3.9mil in losses.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) Comm Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said police believed the suspects were responsible for the scam, better known...
One Pastor Kelechi Vitalis Anozie has been arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Command.
Anozie was arraigned before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, alongside three others who are currently at large, including (Mr. Azubuike Ifeanyi Bright, Mrs. Amarachi Blessing Iro...
37 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The suspects were arrested at Corner, Obosi Street and Owerri Street in Enugu State on Thursday May 26, following intelligence reports on their alleged involvement in cybercrimes and related activities.
They've been...
Three Nigerian nationals were arrested for allegedly cheating over 1,000 people of several crores of rupees in the last eight years via matrimonial sites and social media platforms, Delhi Police said on Monday, May 30, 2022.
The accused have been identified as Paul Onyeji Atuh, Samuel Aniagor and Charles Pous...
Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Livinus Imoesi Oshioke, alias Alexander Lutz, to six months imprisonment for internet-related fraud.
He was jailed on Thursday, May 26, 2022, after pleading guilty to three-count amended charges bordering on cybercrime, upon being arraigned by...
Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo state after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Two...
A foster mother who killed a baby she was hoping to adopt has been jailed for 18 years.
Laura Castle, 38, was found guilty of murdering 13-month-old Leiland-James Corkill whom she battered to death.
The child was placed in the care of Castle and her husband, Scott, 35, in August 2020.
But...
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, May 23, 2022 convicted a certain fraudster, Ajewole Oluseyi David, based in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for offences bordering on internet fraud.
The judge also ordered the forfeiture of a duplex situated at Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area...
A 39-year-old Nigerian man, Chibundu Joseph Anuebunwa, has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States for allegedly participating in business email compromise scam that targeted thousands of victims around the world.
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the...
Payton Gendron, the young man responsible for killing 10 people at a Buffalo grocery store had hateful messages on the gun he used in the attack.
On Saturday afternoon, May 14, Payton drove more than three hours from his hometown of Conklin in New York State, to the Tops Friendly Market in a Black...
The alleged backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs in Delta and adjourning states has been smashed following the arrest of a wanted drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka, a.k.a Mama, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi in a...
Fresh bids by drug cartels to export Tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA and Cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who also seized 203, 879 tablets of various...
Two Iowa teenagers accused of killing their Spanish teacher will be tried as adults.
A judge rejected their requests to move their cases to juvenile court this week.
Jeremy Goodale and Willard Miller will each face a first-degree murder charge for allegedly beating to death Fairfield High School teacher Noheme Graber, 66,...
A manhunt is underway after a man strangled a woman to death on a city bus, Pheonix police said.
Police are searching for 26-year-old Joshua Bagley in connection with the murder of 41-year-old Diane Craig, who was found unresponsive on a bus around 8 a.m. Friday morning, May 6, KPNX reported.
Craig...
Two pregnant women are among drug traffickers arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs through the airport in the last week.
Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh have arrested 11 Nigerians over their involvement in a Facebook scam, a Bangladeshi online newspaper, bdnews24, reports.
The Nigerians were arrested alongside one Bangladeshi on charges of obtaining money from people under the false pretence of exchanging their Bangladeshi Taka into US dollar.
The police,...
A 36-year-old married Nigerian man, Enuka Arinsi Efena, has been arrested in India for duping a woman to the tune of N5.4m on false promise of marriage.
The suspected online fraudster was arrested from Greater Noida by officers of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) and brought to Alappuzha in Kerala following an adventurous chase...
The FBI has blamed hackers associated with the North Korean government for stealing more than $600 million in cryptocurrency last month from a video gaming company.
The hack is the latest in a string of audacious cyber heists tied to the North Korean government who have for years avoided sanctions...
Gunmen have killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State.
The official identified as Nwokorie Anthony was shot dead during the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.
Two other staff involved in the registration exercise at the polling...
Haryana Police has arrested a Nigerian national wanted for allegedly smuggling 280 gram heroin worth over N1.2m.
The accused identified simply as Nnamdi was arrested from Delhi on Tuesday, April 12.
Fatehabad SP Surender Singh Bhoria said the Anti-Narcotic Cell had recently arrested two youths Sanjay and Akshay from Tohana town...
The Narcotic Squad, West District in India busted an international drug cartel and arrested a 34-year-old Nigerian national with over 600 gm of heroin worth Rs 3 crore in his possession.
The accused identified as Prince Emeka Lath, from Anambra state was arrested on Friday, April 8, in Tilak Nagar, Delhi.
According to the...
The Hyderabad City Police in India has arrested a Nigerian national said to be one of the masterminds of what is considered among the most sophisticated financial frauds busted in the State in recent times.
The accused identified as Ikpa Stephen Orji, was arrested on Wednesday, March 29, at Mehdipatnam, Noida.
Orji...
Two drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro, 53 and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for ingesting the illicit drug.
Director, Media &...
A 52-year-old father of four children who claims to be a businessman, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu has been arrested with black liquid cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that its operatives have arrested Osondu Igwilo, an alleged leader of a criminal network who has been on the wanted list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018.
The anti-graft agency, in a statement on Monday, said Igwilo was apprehended...
Moscow’s actions in Ukraine will be met with such a strong international response that the Russians may end up needing humanitarian corridors themselves, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“The Ukrainian military ensured there was a ceasefire so that humanitarian corridors would work. If the occupiers start shooting again...
The Thiruvananthapuram city cyber-crime police in Kerala, India has arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly swindling a school teacher of Rs 14 lakh (N7.5m) in the name of Director General of Police, DGP, Anil Kant.
The Nigerian identified as Romanus Chibochi was arrested from Anand Vihar, Uttam Nagar, in New Delhi on...
A 50-year-old alleged Nigerian drug dealer and a South African woman appeared before the Polokwane Magistrate's Court on Monday morning, March 6.
Collins Emeka Akona and the 24-year old South African woman, Mahlatse Maseko were arrested at Thornhill Estate in Polokwane for possession of heroin and Crystal meth drugs worth R4.2 million.
The duo were arrested...
A 38-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested by the Ernakulam Rural police in connection with the seizure of 168 grams of ecstasy drug from four youths in Bengaluru.
Police said the suspect identified as Remijus Eze Chinedu was arrested from a flat in Bengaluru on Sunday, February 27.
Chinedu is said...
The Pakistani-American son of a wealthy property tycoon has been sentenced to death for raping and beheading his girlfriend after she rejected his marriage proposal at his Islamabad home.
Recall that in July last year, Zahir Jaffer, 30, kidnapped his childhood friend Noor Mukadam, 27, then tortured her for 3 days before...
The Anti-Narcotic Cell of Mumbai crime branch has arrested a 34-year-old Nigerian businessman and seized 192 grams of cocaine worth Rs 57 lakh from him.
The accused has been identified as Okeke Chinonso Goodluck, 34, and currently a resident of Khairani Road in Marol.
According to the police, the accused used...
Yet to be identified Nigerian woman was arrested after being caught with 600 grams of heroine at Alghero Airport, Sardinia, Italy.
According to Sahara Reporter, the unnamed lady was said to be at the airport’s arrival lounge having just disembarked from a flight from Bologna, Northern Italy, when she was...
A charming fraudster has been jailed for over four years after conning a millionaire he met on Tinder out of £150,000.
Richard Dexter, 38, was handed four years and six months after fraudulently claiming he was a 'successful businessman' on the verge of the a 'big windfall' to swindle his...
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto state.
A statement released by...
Three trans-border drug traffickers have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to smuggle 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol through Mubi, Adamawa state to Cameroon Republic, just as over 1,500 kilograms of imported Loud and other illicit substances have been intercepted in...
bodies of kidnap victims are hidden there
A mortuary where bodies of kidnap victims are reportedly kept has been uncovered inside Elele-Alimini General Hospital in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The hospital, where the ‘illegal’ mortuary is located is said to have been abandoned for years.
The chairman of the local...
The suspects, Chukwujekwu Reuben who currently resides in Nalasopara, Thane district and his accomplice Mohammad Musavi,38, a resident of Padamji Park, New Nana Peth, were arrested by officials from Lashkar police station, Pune city police.
Musavi, a social media fitness influencer has a base of several thousand followers on social media platforms and...
Three teenagers including two brothers are facing charges in the death of a 42-year-old man accused of sexually abusing the sister of two of the teens in a Texas trailer park home.
Brothers Alexandro and Christian Trevino, 18 and 17 years old, have been arrested for beating their stepfather, Gabriel Quintanilla,...
A Nigerian man, Sunday Osemeahon, was sentenced to 32-year imprisonment by Jury after he was found guilty of the murder of another Nigerian, Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale.
The accused person, Osemeahon had allegedly killed the victim, a family friend who had given him a lift after withdrawing a high sum of...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided a relaxation centre, popularly called Garden in Abuja and arrested six persons for selling drug cookies and noodles.
Following credible intelligence, operatives raided the garden at Wuse Zone 5 behind Shoprite, where a lady Rachael Famiyesun, 29, who deals...
In a major breakthrough, the North Zone Task Force of Hyderabad City Police have arrested a Nigerian national, Chukwu Ogbonna David, the kingpin of one of the major international drug rackets.
Ogbonna, alias Tony Abia Marsha alias Tony, is one of the most wanted drug peddlers, police said.
Ogbonna, who has...
Italian police have arrested four suspected members of Nigerian mafia after a young sex trafficking victim spoke out against them.
The men, who allegedly belong to Black Axe, were arrested during operations conducted in the Sicilian regional capital Palermo and Puglian regional capital Taranto in the early hours of Tuesday, January 18.
“The...
