A 14-year-old girl was on Monday alleged to have been raped by her landlord’s son in the Alakuko area of Lagos. The incident was brought to light by an X.com user @Rhwaley, who shared videos of the victim after the alleged crime had happened. In the shared video on X.com which our correspondent watched on Tuesday, the minor could be seen crying and her jeans stained with blood. In the tweet, @Rhwaley alleged that when...
The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare and Security Operatives, has apprehended a 34-year-old man, identified as Chukwudi Okoye, for defiling a 10-year-old girl. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect said to be a seminarian in the Anglican Communion, committed the act in the Amanuke community, Awka North Local Government Area in the state. A statement on Tuesday by Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the state Commissioner for Women...
An incident of alleged rape has been reported in Alakuko, Lagos, where a 14-year-old girl was reportedly raped by the son of her landlord. The incident occurred yesterday, according to an anonymous X user, who tweets anonymously as #Rhwaley, who shared videos of the victim. Rhwaley added that when the family confronted the landlord about the incident, he dismissed their concerns, saying “Nothing will happen”. Sharing videos of the victim #Rhwaley wrote, “🔞🔞 – A...
A 32-year-old woman, Nnoma Nze, accused of stealing N100m, from her employer, was on Thursday arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State. Nze is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, fraud, and stealing, brought by the police, against her. The alleged crime occurred over a span of nearly a decade, from 2015 to 2024, at the Onilekere Cement area in Lagos State. According to the prosecution, Nze allegedly conspired with others, who are...
A 48-year-old estate agent, Nonso Ibekwe, was on Friday, arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State, for allegedly defrauding a client, Samuel Ugbo, of N36m under the pretence of selling land to the client. The defendant, who was said to have committed the offences sometime in 2022, is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy obtaining and stealing preferred against him by the police. The incident happened at Plot 705, Festac Phase 2, in...
Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre has arrested at least 16 suspects for financial fraud against a leading African digital commerce platform, Interswitch Limited. The sum of N3.9bn cash and properties had so far been recovered from the suspects, with efforts ongoing to recover more. Reading out the achievements of the police at the Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee joint press briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Department of State Services’ spokesperson, Peter Afunanya,...
A 33-year-old driver Oluwatosin Eko, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court, in Lagos, sitting at Ebute-Metta, for allegedly stealing N22,280,000, from his employer. Eko was arraigned on two counts bordering on conspiracy, and stealing preferred against him, by the police. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant and others now at large conspired amongst themselves to commit the alleged theft. Osuji said that the incident occurred at...
The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 32-year-old bus driver, Olusola Olaniyi, for allegedly stealing 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m. Olaniyi was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka and charged with two counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant, on May 17, 2024, conspired and stole 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m belonging to one Ololade Olawuyi....
A 58-year-old mother, Eucharia Okpalannadi, whose three-year-old daughter was reportedly defiled by her father has called on relevant authorities to assist her in ensuring that she gets justice for the child. Eucharia also alleged a threat to life by her husband, Magnus Okpalannadi, for exposing his suspected defilement of their daughter in Onitsha, Anambra State. The mother, a native of Amesi in Aguata Local Government Area of the state said she got married to Magnus...
No fewer than 30 policemen have been accused of leading hoodlums suspected to be landgrabbers to demolish the property of a real estate company in the Okpanam community, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the armed policemen and the landgrabbers, who were said to be acting on the order of a landgrabber identified simply as Okeke, aka Ogidi, invaded the premises with bulldozers around 1 am to...
