An Uber driver has allegedly been killed by passengers who ordered a ride in Ibeju community of Lagos state.
@Josh_IK alleged that these passengers ordered a ride, canceled it and then asked for an offline ride. They then reportedly slit the driver's throat and took his car.
Uber Support which has now reacted to...
A 25-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in india for allegedly duping a 62-year-old woman from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, of Rs 31.64 lakh (N16,048,923.81)
The accused, Wisdom Obinna, from Imo State, was part of a gang that befriended women on social media and then duped them with lottery and gift frauds,...
A Nigerian man who allegedly duped people on the pretext of sending gift parcels after befriending them on social media platforms has been arrested by the cybercrime wing of Rachakonda police in Hyderabad.
The accused identified as Albert Emeka Christopher, 38, who was living in Uttam Nagar, West Delhi, was arrested...
Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday, April 9, convicted and sentenced 11 internet fraudsters to various prison terms, for fraud.
Those convicted are Anhwo Samson, Harry Omo-egbekun Hamilton, Odiase Martins, Okuson Godspower, Destiny Ighalo, Andrew Onoyoa, Omebu Happy, Enofe Michael, Adelakun...
New Mexico State public safety officials have released disturbing patrol car dashcam video showing a violent February encounter during a traffic stop that claimed the life of a New Mexico State Police officer.
In the dashcam video, drug dealer is seen executing a cop during a routine traffic stop before...
A Nigerian national has been arrested in Msallata town, northwestern part of Libya over the alleged murder of another foreigner.
According to The Libya Observer, the Nigerian allegedly killed the foreigner, stole his money and tried to escape the town disguised as a woman.
However, he was arrested by security forces in Msallata.
"Security forces...
A suspected drug trafficker intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, has excreted a total of 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750 kilogramme with a street value of N423 million.
The Madrid, Spain bound drug trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry,...
A Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) soldier Daniel Omollo Onyango, has died after a fight with his wife at their home in Kahawa Wendani, Kiambu County.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, on Thursday, April 8, said that Onyango,37, died as a result of low oxygen concentration in the blood after...
Police have revealed how a woman was violently murdered while meeting a man she wanted to buy a fridge from in a Facebook Marketplace deal.
According to Crime-Online, Geistown police in Pennsylvania say 26-year-old Joshua Gorgone is charged with murder in the Facebook Marketplace fridge stabbing of Denise Williams, 54.
Denise Williams...
The Police detectives attached to Sagamu Road Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Sagamu Road, Ikorodu, have apprehended a wanted serial killer cultist, Segun Agodo, in Odongunyan area of Ikoodu, Lagos State today April 4.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, states that...
Two Nigerian nationals have been charged with drug abd sex trafficking in north western Libya.
The suspects were arrested during a joint operation conducted by security forces and officials of the Libyan Anti Narcotics Agency in Zintan and Jadu cities on Friday, April 2.
The suspects have been handed over to relevant agencies for...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a drug trafficker, Goodluck Igbineweka Odeh, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, NAIA, with 2kilogramme of heroin, which has a street value of N564million, concealed in the lining of false bottom of his suitcase.
Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who...
The 42-year-old was sentenced by a federal court in Texas on Wednesday, April 1, according to US prosecutors.
Viafara, from Robles, Colombia, last November pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import five kilograms or more of cocaine into the United States, and was extradited north of his homeland in January.
He had...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old suspected kidnapper, Tajudeen Igikalo, who abducted a teenage girl he met on Facebook.
The police operatives also rescued the victim, a 16-year-old Senior Secondary student from Benin City.
It was gathered that the suspect met the teenager on Facebook in February, 2021. They chatted...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos and three suspected traffickers were arrested.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, states that one of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie...
A Nigerian man, Babatope Joseph Aderinoye, 30, was sentenced to 34 years in federal prison in U.S.for violations related to a bank fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
Aderinoye, aka Eja Nla, lived a glamorous life - travelling to exotic locations, snapping photos with VIPs - and flaunted them all on...
10 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Akure, capital of Ondo State.
The suspects, Adekolurejo James, Gabriel Seyifunmi, Adekunle Joshua, Adeboyega Idowu, Olorunnayo Adewale, Akande Akinyemi, Oluwugbemgia Blessing, Oladepo Abiodun, Ibrahim Olagoke, and Akinboyejo Abimbola were arrested through...
A thief, identified as Agyasuo, got trapped inside a church he tried to rob.
Agyasuo burgled a Catholic Church building in Techimantia, Tano South, Ghana.
With a chisel and hammer, he created a hole inside the ground floor of the locked storey building.
Residents saw him making the hole but chose to...
Justice Peter Affen of the FCT High Court, Maitama on Tuesday, March 25, sentenced one Ogbelegba Emmanuel Abel to three months imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and internet fraud.
The convict was arrested on February 25, 2020, in his apartment in Maitama, Abuja following reports received...
A fugitive who has been on the Zimbabwean police wanted list for the brutal murder of his girlfriend identified as Mitchel Chipere in 2015, has been arrested after pouring hot cooking oil on his new wife.
28-year-old Collen Jamu was arrested on Monday March 29 after leaving his wife with burns all over...
A 36-year-old Nigerian man Michael “Mark” Ikenna, and his Thai girlfriend have been arrested and charged with allegedly possessing and selling cocaine in Banglamung, Thailand.
Region 2 Narcotic Suppression officers had received a tip-off from a concerned citizen that the suspects were allegedly selling cocaine in the Pattaya and Bangkok area.
The officers...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Thursday, March 25, convicted and sentenced ten internet fraudsters.
Those convicted are Agbi Favour Alaba, Otasowie Kelly Osaremen, Chukuwdi Greater, Simeon Asein, Onosemuode Eyube Abel, and Aigbata Joseph. Others are Momodu Abdulmalik, William David, Erhirouture Precious,...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested a 28-year-old man, Ibeh Theophilus Uche and his mother for their alleged involvement in computer-related fraud to the tune of about N50million.
Uche, the runs 10 Kobo Wine Place, Ikotun, Lagos, was arrested recently in his room...
A 35-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Mumbai with cocaine worth Rs 1.5 crore (N5,715,000)
The accused identified as Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Enwoko, was arrested by officials of the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai Crime Branch in the early hours of Wednesday, March 24.
According to ANC officials, the...
A Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji, pictured above, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 enroute Addis Ababa-Italy with 234.35 grams of heroin concealed in her private...
Police in Uganda has arrested a 23-year-old serial killer who allegedlly murdered four young women and a three-month old baby in less than three weeks.
The suspect identified as Musa Musaasizi, alias, Uncle, was arrested by detectives on Wednesday, March 24.
The suspect, a resident of Mujomba Zone 6, Nakulabye in Rubaga Division,...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Abubakar Suleiman, to two years imprisonment without an option of fine for trafficking 30 women to Libya.
In her ruling on Thursday, March 25, the presiding judge, Justice Sa’adatu Ibrahim-Mark, also ordered the convict to pay an additional N250,000,...
A Nigerian man, Dexter Enwerem has been arrested in Norwish, Connecticut in connection with an international phone scam crime organization.
Enwerem, 34, of 29 Ward St., Norwich, was charged with first-degree larceny and is being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond, according to a Norwich Police Department news release Wednesday,...
A serial Facebook hacker, Vincent Harrison Chukwuemeka, has been sent to one-year imprisonment without the option of a fine, by Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High court Uyo, for impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N407,000 (Four Hundred and Seven Thousand Naira).
A statement released by antigraft...
A 28-year-old Nigerian national, James Morrison, has been arrested by the Excise Enforcement officials in Hyderabad on the charge of peddling drugs.
The officials seized 153 grams of cocaine and 16 grams of MDMA (methylenedioxy- methamphetamine), a party drug commonly known as ‘Molly’ or ‘Ecstasy’ from the suspect during a raid on a house...
Ten people, including a police officer, were killed after a gunman opened fire in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, March 22.
The incident began at about 14:30 local time when the suspect entered the supermarket and began firing.
Police officers, who rushed to the scene got involved in...
A Nigerian national and a Trinidadian have been arrested for allegedly smuggling 25 Venezuelan women into Trinidad.
A statement issued by Trinidad and Tobago Police on Sunday, March 21, said the 27 persons were arrested by officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force, during an anti-crime exercise conducted at Icacos overnight.
The exercise,...
Justice E.A Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Chibueze Okenwa, a fake United States of American military officer, to two years imprisonment for impersonation contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) ( i & ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition,...
A United-Kingdom based Zimbabwean nurse has been sentenced to two years probation and 100 hours of community service following an audacious attempt at insurance fraud. The nurse tried to claim almost £ 400,000. (US$ 554,000) by faking her husband’s death.
51-year-old Thuile Bhebhe claimed that her husband, Bekezela Bhebhe, had...
A 31-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat for duping a trader of Rs 22.67 lakh (N11,886,780.11m)
The accused identified as Elvis Owie was arrested by the cybercrime cell of Vadodara police on Wednesday, March 17.
Owie was nabbed from Mumbai after the cops tracked him down through the...
Authorities have released mugshot of the suspected shooter involved in three Atlanta-Area shootings that have left eight people dead.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, of Woodstock, Georgia, was arrested in southwest Georgia, around 150 miles south of Atlanta, and taken into custody in Crisp County, Cherokee County sheriff Captain Jay Baker said.
The...
The Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) has arrested two Nigerian nationals in separate operations and seized drugs valued around Rs 65 lakh (N34,215,647.98) from them.
The suspects identified as Joseph Ndukwe Okafor, 38, and Uzochukwu Markmaurice Mbatuegwu, 38, were arrested on Wednesday, March 17, after police received a tip off...
Istanbul police said their investigations led them to believe some Nigerians living in Namik Kemal neighbourhood were peddling hard drugs.
The Esenyurt District Police Directorate's Office tracked the suspects and identified two addresses and they raided both addresses simultaneously.
There, they found drugs, hidden in different locations, including in shelves, under...
Two Nigerians who exploited the UK Government's Coronavirus Bounce Back loan scheme by using the identities of eight innocent people to fraudulently obtain £489,000 have been jailed.
Timilehin Yvette Olasemo, 39, of Bedale Road, Romford, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, March 17, and was sentenced to three years and...
The police in Anambra state have uncovered a baby factory operated in the Otolo Nnewi area of the state.
A statement released by Mohammed Haruna, spokesperson of the state police command, states that the baby factory which is operated as a brothel was uncovered during an investigation into the recent...
A Ghanaian man has called the FBI to report his fraudster friend who refused to split money they made from fraudulent activities.
The Ghanaian man identified simply as John, alleged that his friend steals people’s identities which they use in filing for unemployment with the US government to get paid.
He...
A woman shot dead her ex-boyfriend because he refused to pay for her boob job.
Cristina D'Avila Teixeira Rodrigues, aged 24, was arrested in Brazil for allegedly executing businessman Paulo Roberto Moraes Teixeira Junior with a gunshot to the back of the head.
She reportedly handed herself to police in the...
A woman who was allegedly caught "raping a 14-year-old-boy" by a shocked eyewitness is now said to be pregnant with her victim’s child, a court heard.
Brittni Gray, 23, of Paragould, Arkansas, was charged with one count of sexual harassment in the fourth degree, a Class D felony on Monday...
A suspected notorious drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, has been arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport MMIA command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, for being in possession of three parcels of cocaine concealed in a false bottom created in his suitcase.
Hassan was intercepted...
A teacher will be caned three times and jailed for 18 months after he admitted to molesting a three-year-old girl at a learning centre in Singapore.
The teacher, a British man known as Richard Christopher Monks, 29, was sentenced on Thursday, March 4 after he pleaded guilty to the charge...
A married teacher who had sex with a 15-year-old boy has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Kandice Barber was found guilty of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity in January following a retrial and was sentenced for her "beyond despicable" crimes on Friday, March...
Five persons have been paraded by the Nigeria Police Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos Command, for issuing fake COVID-19 certificate.
The arrested suspects have been identified as Achibong Idonrenyin, Moses Samuel, Popoola Adewala, Wale Aderele and Abdulmalik Ibrahim, and it was also learnt that two others identified as Shehu Imam and Adeola Dalington...
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Karnataka in Bengaluru, has arrested a 32-year-old Nigerian national on charges of drug peddling and seized 500 gms MDMA worth over Rs 40 lakhs (N20,920,346.50)
The suspect identified as Ugochukwu Victor Nwaosu was arrested on Friday, March 5, in Hennur area of the city....
A court in the southern Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam on Tuesday, March 2, sentenced a 45-year-old Nigerian man to death for trafficking nearly four kilograms of methamphetamine from Cambodia.
Ekwegbalu James Nzube said he got acquainted with another Nigerian, Jone, in China in 2014, and the latter had hired him...
Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in southern California.
The 37-year-old son of Chargers hall of fame receiver Kellen Winslow appeared via video conference at the hearing in a California court on...
Roger Reece Kibbe, one of California's most notorious serial rapist and killer, has died after allegedly being attacked in prison by his cell-mate.
The 81-year-old was discovered unresponsive on the floor of his cell at Mule Creek State Prison at around 12.45am on Sunday, February 28. He was said to...
A Nigerian national, who was arrested in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, with counterfeit U.S. dollar bills had reached India using a fake passport and visa, the police said on Tuesday.
The accused, Nathan Ikechukwu Okubor, 42, from Agbor, Delta State was arrested on Monday, March 1, while trying to change the counterfeit...
The Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a Dutch couple identified as Peiter Borremans and Nkechi Borremans alongside Lagon Trade Limited before Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for suspected fraudulent dealings involving a marine Tanker Vessel...
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 2, arrested 13 persons for their alleged involvement in cyber-crime.
The suspects are: Idris Ridwan, Shonnaike Adejumobi, Afeez Kareem, Adedire David, Muodozie Patrick, Abidemi Smart, Damilare Gabriel, Foluwako David, Adeleye Smart, Jimoh Olaitan, Olabode...
A South African man, Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba, accused of ordering the murder of his pregnant lover, Tshegofatso Pule, remains in custody for now.
This is after his bail application in the Roodepoort magistrate's court was on Monday, March 1, postponed to Friday, when a decision on bail is expected.
TM reported that Pule,...
A 38-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Junagadh, Gujarat in connection with a N5m online fraud.
The Nigerian identified as Prince Chukwama Hezekaiah alias George Martins alias Emmanuel Chukwuma Hezekaiah, was arrested in New Delhi’s Dwarka area.
According to Junagadh District Police, the accused allegedly duped a 70-year-old man of over Rs 1.32 crore (5,032,500,000) by...
