Man, 25, Kills Mother, Siblings In Zamfara

A 25- year-old man, Kamar Yusuf, who killed his mother and siblings in Sabon Gusau, Zamfara State last week has been arrested by the Kaduna Police Command, and is now being interrogated by police detectives.

Kamar, who was arrested in Kaduna yesterday following a tipoff, was said to have committed the dastardly act last Wednesday at their family residence at Daladala area of Sabon Gusau of Zamfara State.

Leadership gathered that Kamar was aggrieved by the sharing of his father’s inheritance among his mother and siblings; he had wanted to have all that the father left behind all to himself.

Investigation revealed that he had threatened severally to kill his mother, Mrs Hafsat and actually made several attempts on her life but failed until that fateful day when he eventually killed her and his other siblings.

According to a relative of the deceased, before the tragedy, Kamar had threatened that he would kill her with his own hands.

NDLEA, Soldiers raid Mushin

A combined team of officers with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Army have carried out a raid on Akala area of Mushin, a notorious criminal hideout in Lagos.

The operation, which lasted several hours at the weekend, led to the arrest of 47 suspected drug traffickers and addicts with the seizure of 3,166.15kg of narcotics, including cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.

Chairman of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, commended the Nigerian Army Commander, 9 Brigade Lagos, Brigadier-General Adeniyi Oyebade, for giving the needed back-up because of the notoriety of the area.

“The agency will continue to gather intelligence reports and conduct raids on criminal hideouts. We are prepared to clean up Lagos. This operation is a pointer to the fact that no criminal location is invincible. The understanding and cooperation of the Nigerian Army is highly commendable,” Giade stated.

Police in Spain smash Nigerian 'voodoo' Prostitution Ring

A Nigerian gang forced women into street prostitution in Spain by burning them with irons and using voodoo rituals, according to police.

Detectives have arrested six Nigerian nationals - including the suspected woman ringleader - as part of an investigation launched last year after one of the prostitutes filed a complaint with the authorities.

"The control exercised over women was total, involving verbal threats as well as physical violence and various voodoo ceremonies to terrorise them," police said in a statement.

"The ring caused them serious injury through bites or by using an iron to cause second-degree burns."

The ring allegedly recruited women in Benin City, whose husbands and fathers had died and who were struggling to raise their children.

They transported the women overland to Morocco and then smuggled them on small wooden boats into Spain where they were forced to work as street prostitutes in Barcelona and Malaga.

Spanish police have swooped several times in recent years on similar prostitution rings that used the threat of voodoo curses to frighten their victims into obedience.

Before leaving Nigeria, the rings often take their victims to shrines where they swear to pay their debts to the group and not to denounce them to the police.

The women leave fingernails, hair, underwear and other personal items at the shrines which they are told will give voodoo priests the power to harm them wherever they are in the world.

Deadly Lust: Man arrested in Central Kenya for defiling a dog (VIDEO)

A middle aged man has been arrested in Limuru in the county of Kiambu, Kenya for ‘allegedly’ having sex with a dog on Monday night. The man was arrested yesterday after neighbours who witnessed the incident reported him at the Tigoni police station.

The man is now being held at Tigoni police station but the whereabouts of the dog is still unknown, however, a manhunt for the dog has been launched.

Bingo is missing – the poor dog cannot afford to go through a part two.

Man accused in baby-freezer case held on $1 million bail

Bail was set at $1 million Tuesday for a 25-year-old Washington man accused of putting his 6-week-old daughter in a 10-degree freezer for about an hour to stop her crying.

Doctors believe the baby will survive but it's too soon to know potential complications, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said.

The child's core temperature fell to 84 degrees in the freezer, prosecutors said. She also had a broken arm and leg and a head injury, medical staff determined.

Tyler James Deutsch pleaded not guilty to charges of child assault, criminal mistreatment and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence. He was represented by a public defender.

According to court papers, Deutsch gave Pierce County sheriff's officers several accounts but finally said he put the child in the freezer Saturday afternoon "because he was tired and she was crying."

Nigerian student gets 12 years’ jail, 10 strokes for drug possession

A 24-year-old Nigerian student who pleaded guilty to drug possession has claimed his involvement with bad company in Malaysia caused him to commit the offence.

Anadozie Temple Williams was arrested for possessing 996g cannabis, when Ops Tapis was carried out at Block G, Mentari Court, Jalan PJS 8/9, Sungai Way in Petaling Jaya at 4.20am on Aug 23, 2011.

The drugs were found wrapped in newspapers on the floor after Williams dropped the packet from his right hand while trying to flee.

Justice Noor Azian Shaari said Williams was lucky that the prosecution offered him an alternative charge of drug possession.

JTF impounds vessel, arrests 21 suspected oil thieves

A vessel christened ERISHNA DOLPHIN suspected for oil theft has been impounded by troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Pulo Shield in recent anti-illegal oil bunkering water patrols along Southern Ijaw Creeks of Bayelsa state.

According to a statement by Media Coordinator of the JTF, Lt. Col Onyema Nwachukwu, the vessel was intercepted by troops of 343 Regiment of Sector 2 JTF along Obi Creek in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area has been secured by operatives of the JTF pending recovery to Brass terminal.

Eleven oil theft suspects operating two barges laden with 7,500 and 500,000 litres of adulterated Automated Gas Oil illegally distilled from stolen crude oil have been arrested respectively at Bakana creek and Abonema water front in Rivers State by troops of 146 Battalion of JTF, Sector 2 for engaging in oil theft activities.

Cynthia Osokogu's mouth was stuffed – Pathologist

The Lagos State Chief Pathologist  and Chief Examiner of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, Professor John Obafunwa, Friday told an Ikeja High Court that the late Cynthia Osokogu's mouth was stuffed with a black and yellow hair net, a white handkerchief and the attachment of the weave-on she fixed before her mouth was taped.

He said this while showing slides of the autopsy that was carried out on the late Cynthia from the beginning to the end of the procedure before Justice Olabisi Akinlade.

Obafunwa, who is a prosecution witness testifying in the on-going trial of the suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu said that the killers taped her from the mouth back to the neck area.

Cynthia, who was 24 years old was allegedly drugged and murdered in a hotel room last year July in Lagos by Okwumo Nwabufor and Olisaeloka Ezike, who are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to commit murder, murder and felony.

How Pregnant Woman & Her Husband Sell Their Unborn Baby

A 23-year-old pregnant woman, Adaeze Mba, caused a stir at the Lagos State Police headquarters on Thursday after she confessed that she had sold her unborn baby for N200,000, in advance:

“I am seven months pregnant and as I speak to you, my husband has already sold our unborn baby for N200,000. I was against it but he convinced me to agree to it, saying he had already collected the money.”

She and her husband also sold their neighbour's son for N400,000 and escaped...

The woman, who was arrested for conniving with her husband to sell their neighbour’s four-year-old son for N400,000, said it was poverty that pushed them to crime. She confessed that she and her husband had sold two other children for N700,000.

Woolwich Attack: Muslim Association of Nigeria, UK Condemns 'Barbaric Murder'

Leaders within the Nigerian Muslim community have spoken out against the horrendous killing of a British soldier that took place in Woolwich, southeast London, yesterday.

The brutal attack on 25-year-old Drummer Lee Rigby was carried out by Michael Adebolaji, 28, and, at present, an unnamed accomplice.

They are both now armed guard.

The off-duty father-of-one was run over with a car and attacked with a large knife as he walked towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in High Street, Woolwich.

British-born Adebolaji, of Nigerian descent, was filmed at the scene with blood on his hands.

He attempted to justify the heinous act by saying: “In our land our women have to see the same.”

However, a spokesman for the Muslim Association of Nigeria UK (MAN) called the action a “barbaric murder”.

“What he did is condemnable,” Idris Eletu, secretary of the Muslim Association of Nigeria UK, told The Voice. “Muslim Nigerians are not like that. Islam is a religion of peace.”

“We are equally horrified by what has happened. No muslim is expected to behave in such way, he added as he urged “all muslims and Nigerians [to] disassociate themselves” from the perpetrators.

Eletu added: “We should not be looking at this on the basis of his nationality but see him as a human being who has done something bad.

Source: The Voice

VIDEO: Human Parts Seller Confesses

The Police force command in Lagos on Tuesday paraded four suspected men who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and ritualists. The suspects confessed that human heads were sold for N8000, hands goes for N4000 and private parts are sold at N10,000.
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JTF rescues ex-Chevron staff from kidnappers’ den

A retired staff of oil giant, Chevron, Mr Austine Eyen, who was abducted by kidnappers in Sapele, Delta State, was on Tuesday, rescued by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko Barracks, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, in conjunction with the Joint Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 1.

Three suspects were arrested in Sapele, while on May 13, soldiers attached to Adeje community in Okpe Local Government Area of the state also arrested six other suspects in connection with the kidnap.

The suspects were paraded in Sapele before journalists at the Koko barracks.

The Commanding Officer of Nigeria Army, Koko Barracks, who led the operations, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Etim, said prior to the arrest, the suspects were tracked in a forest in Oviri-Court, where the hoodlums exchanged fire with the troops leading to their arrest and the recovery of a weapon, and that the arrested persons thereafter provided the lead for the arrest of others.

The three suspects arrested in Sapele, Pius Festus, Great Obiebi and Macus Gold, who confessed to committing the crime, however, blamed the devil.

They also confessed of having two bosses, whose names they simply gave as Bright and Peace.

Five ritualists arrested for exhuming corpses, selling human parts

Emotions ran high, Tuesday, at Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following startling revelations by suspected members of three syndicates, who specialised in selling human parts to herbalists and persons suspected to be clerics.

The suspects told a bewildered crowd that human heads were sold for N8,000; hands, N4,000 and private parts N10,000.

One of them, Agboola Kolawole, who blamed his indulgence on poverty and inability to pay his children’s school fees, disclosed that he had so far sold four heads of his deceased siblings to a herbalist, who in turn sold to some persons they identified simply as Alhajis.

Customs Seize 35,194 Bags of Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has vowed to use all resources within its disposal to check the increasing rate of rice smuggling into the country.

It disclosed that a total of 35,194 bags of rice had been seized by the customs in the last two months.

Customs spokesman, Wale Adeniyi told THISDAY in an interview that the issue of rice had become critical in analysing food security in the country and warned that the service could not afford to ignore the menace of illegal importation of rice.

He said though it acknowledged that “we have a big problem but we are confronting it and we are getting results and we will continue to fine-tune our strategies as the situation demands.”

He said part of its long-term strategies in combating smuggling, particularly rice, is to acquire patrol boats to ensure that its operations are not restricted to the creeks but also take the fight to smugglers right in the sea.

I Collected N4.2million from Two Women for ‘Miracle Babies’ – Midwife

The search for the fruit of the womb has driven many women to take extreme steps.

When women are unable to conceive and bear children, the huge psychological toll makes them fall prey to fraudulent people and patrons of ‘baby factories’.

Desope Cecilia, 61, and Joy Ibe, 43, were among victims of a midwife, Oby George, who promised them ‘miracle’ twins and triplets respectively.

While the midwife was being paraded before journalists at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, on Friday, the victims told their stories, with faces covered for security reasons.

Cecilia said she had not been able to give her 78-year-old husband a child since they got married.

She stated, “A lady who knew I had tried to conceive without success for a long time, told me about the midwife (George). The lady gave me the phone number of the woman and I learnt her clinic is in Port Harcourt.

“When I got there in March 2012, she explained to me that she would be able to treat me with herbs and I would get pregnant. I was told to pay N1.5m, which I paid to her.

Principal impregnates student in Kogi

The Principal of Baptist High School, Ekinrin/Adde, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State Mr. Ajayi Ajibulu has been accused of impregnating one of his students and trying to abort the pregnancy.

Sources from the town revealed that the girl (name withheld) was a regular caller at the Principal’s house who was a friend to her father, a retired Army officer and usually helps to deliver message from their sister who lived in Lokoja.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the secret was exposed when a friend of the girl saw a letter written by the principal given to the girl to deliver to a doctor who will help them to abort the pregnancy.

The girl was said to have been scared of undergoing the abortion which was the third time, and therefore, refused to deliver the letter to the doctor on time before the friend saw the letter.

The friend was said to have quickly hinted the girl’s father who raised alarm that caught the attention of the town. Irate youths of the town later ambushed the principal and led him to the palace of the king.

The King, Oba Solomon Hambolu was said to have persuaded the community not to take law into their hands but allow the palace to take action on him.

Policeman Dies In Shootout With Armed Robbers

A policeman with the Special Anti Robbery Squad Ikeja, Corporal Sunday Fafoluyi, was killed on Thursday in a shootout with armed robbers at Ifo, Ogun state.

Fafoluyi, in company with other members of his unit, had left Lagos for Ifo, to arrest a suspected armed robber, Morufu Aleba, at his home in Ifo. Aleba was said to have been given away by some members of his gang, who were arrested in the Alagbado area

It was gathered that Aleba was with two suspected robbers at his home, who joined him in engaging the police in the shootout.

A source said, “The incident happened about 4am on Thursday. Somehow, Aleba noticed that his home had been cordoned off by the SARS. The robbers opened fire on the team. In the process, Fafoluyi was fatally wounded; he later died from his wounds.”

Aleba was also said to have died from fatal wounds sustained in the shootout while his companions scaled the fence of his house to safety.

Fafoluyi was a recipient of the 2011 Lagos State Governor’s Gallantry award and the IGP commendation award for courage.

The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Braide, said she did not have the detail of the incident.

Abductors of Rhodes-Vivour Family Demand ₦300m

Kidnappers who last Friday abducted the wife, daughter and driver of a Supreme Court Justice, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, have established contact with the family.

The Guardian learnt that the abductors have demanded a ransom of ₦300 million from the family of Rhodes-Vivour before they could release their victims.

The victims were said to be travelling to Edo State ahead of the justice’s daughter’s wedding when they were accosted by unknown gunmen along Benin-Sagamu Expressway and taken to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, operatives of the Nigeria Police led by the Commissioner of Police, Folusho Adebanjo and members of the vigilance groups in villages around Ovia North-East Local Council have relocated to the Ekiadolor/Ugbogui forest, the possible zone where suspected kidnappers may be keeping Mrs Rhodes-Vivour and her daughter.

Teacher arrested for fondling 14-year-old pupil

A 24-year-old teacher, Phillip Ebong, was arrested on Wednesday by the Gowon Estate Police Division, Akowonjo, Lagos, for allegedly victimising a 14-year-old pupil (name withheld) and banning her from attending his classes.

Ebong, who teaches Physics and Chemistry at the Dee Jewels International College, Gowon Estate, Egbeda, was arrested during school hours after a complaint was lodged at the police station by Spaces for Change, a non-governmental organisation on youth development, on behalf of the pupil and her guardian, Mrs. Theresa Amaechi.

A copy of the petition made available to PUNCH Metro revealed that Ebong began harassing the victim from the first day of her enrolment in the school in January 2013.

The petition read, “On repeated occasions, Ebong invited the victim to the staff room informing her of his desire to have an intimate relationship with her. Consequently, the victim became a regular visitor to the staff room during break periods.

“On such visits, he made sexual advances to her which often involved kissing and hugging. Several times, Ebong followed her home, waiting at the gate to avoid being seen by her guardian.”

Source: Punch

Police uncover another Baby Factory in Enugu

Kiyo: Six expectant teenage girls kept in a guardian’s home in Enugu were rescued after a raid on the private residence by security operatives.

Enugu police spokesman Ebere Amaraizu said yesterday that the anti-kidnap unit of the police, acting on a tip-off raided No 7, Anyansi Lane, Ogui Enugu, where they rescued the teenagers.

The girls, who are said to be 17 years old, gave their names as Chioma Eze, Amarachi Okoro, Gloria Okoye, Uzoamaka Lawrence, Nneji Faith and Akpan Juliana.

Amaraizu told reporters that the teenagers were smuggled out of their guardians’ home and kept in a hideout where they were expected to give birth before the babies sold to bidders.

Three persons are said to be behind the business.

Those in custody are Lami Lasu, Isha Musa and Anthony Chigbo, an indigene of Enugu State.

Amaraizu said investigations into the incident were going.

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