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Cleaner arraigned for stealing N3.2m goods from employer

A 33-year-old cleaner, Charles Sunday, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a gold chain and other items valued at N3.250,000 from his employer. Sunday, who resides at No. 15, Orchid Road, Eleganza, Lekki, is facing a charge of stealing. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged crime while employed as a cleaner for the complainant, Mr Temitope Aremu. He...

Osun court grants four N250,000 bail for fighting

Four residents of Osun State were on Monday arraigned before a state Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegations bordering on fighting in a pub, destruction of properties and theft. The defendants, Abdulgarfar Opeyemi, Michael Abayomi, Opadotun Taiwo and Azeez Abiodun, had appeared before a presiding magistrate, Dr Olusegun Ayilara, on five counts pressed against them by the police. The counts included conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of peace and theft. Giving...

Prophetess, teacher arraigned for fake charm, N8m theft

A prophetess, Folake Olasode, 35, and a schoolteacher, Damilola Aboloyinijo, 31, were on Monday arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Tinubu for allegedly preparing a fake charm of protection and obtaining N8m from their victim. The duo are facing five counts of conspiracy, stealing, obtaining, unlawful assault, and breach of public peace, preferred against them by the police. The Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police Francis Igbinosa, told the court that Olasode and...

Four arraigned for assault, theft in Osun

Four residents of Osun State were on Monday arraigned before a State Magistrates Court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegations bordering on a fight in a pub, destruction of properties and theft. The defendants, Abdulgarfar Opeyemi, Micheal Abayomi, Opadotun Taiwo and Azeez Abiodun, had appeared before a presiding Magistrate, Olusegun Ayilara, on five-count pressed against them by the police. The counts include conspiracy, assault, malicious damage, breach of peace and theft. Giving further...

Police nab two Beninois over car theft in Lagos

The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two citizens of the Benin Republic over alleged car theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the suspects, Kosoko Rafiu and Nunayo Sunayo, were arrested in an attempt to escape with the vehicle along Mile 2/Badagry Expressway on Tuesday. He said that the suspects, after hijacking the vehicle, were on top speed to...

Two Beninese arrested for alleged car theft in Lagos

Two nationals from the Republic of Benin, Kosoko Rafiu and Nunayo Sunayo, have been apprehended for allegedly stealing a vehicle in Lagos State. The suspects were arrested while attempting to flee with the stolen vehicle along the Mile 2-Badagry Expressway on August 6, 2024. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects, after hijacking the vehicle, tried to evade a police checkpoint by speeding. However, they were eventually caught at the Abule Ado area of the state....

  The South African government has stated that the mother of Chidimma Adetshina, a finalist in the 2024 Miss South Africa contest, may have been involved in identity theft. Chidimma was born in Soweto, South Africa to a Nigerian father and a mother who is of Mozambican descent. Social media attacks have targeted her Nigerian heritage despite her being born in South Africa and meeting all competition requirements. However, the new development regarding her mother...

Residents beat Lagos security guard to coma over car theft

There was tension on Monday after a yet-to-identified security guard went into a coma after he was beaten up at the Tanisewun Estate in the Igbogbo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened after a car was allegedly stolen in the area he was securing. Our correspondent gathered that the owner of the car had stepped out to pick up something in his car in the morning when he discovered...

Kano NSCDC nabs three for cable theft

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kano State Command, has nabbed three suspected vandals and dismantled a syndicate, said to be responsible for destroying critical national assets. Operatives of the Anti-Vandalism unit apprehended Sunusi Musa (30) and Musbahu Habibu (32) at Eid ground, IBB way, Kano, while melting stolen streetlight cables. Another suspect, identified as Muhammad Ado (47), was caught packing vandalised streetlight wires at Race Course Road, Nassarawa GRA, Kano. The three suspects...

26-year-old pleads guilty to cable wire theft charge

A 26-year-old man, Akande Lekan, was, on Friday, arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for the alleged theft of cable wire valued at N200,000. He was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope who charged the defendant with two counts of theft. The charges alleged that the defendant stole earth cable wire valued at N200,000, property of Vita Construction Limited, on July 14, 2024. PUNCH Metro gathered that a worker...