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Woman arraigned for ticket forgery, $2,500 fraud

A 41-year-old woman, Adenike Salami, was arraigned on Friday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State on charges of forging an airline ticket and fraudulently obtaining $2,500. Salami, who appeared before Magistrate Waliu Salami, is facing three counts of conspiracy, fraud, and forgery, brought against her by the police. The prosecutor informed the court that the defendant, along with others who are still at large, conspired to commit the alleged offences. “The defendant, Adenike...

Bandits kill woman, daughter escapes with bullets in Plateau

Bandits have killed a woman identified as Mrs Shoni Michael in Plateau State. Residents said her daughter, who was with her, escaped when she was also shot by the terrorists before they fled into the bush. It was learnt that the victims were cooking food in their house in the Mangu community when the gunmen attacked them, killing the woman on the spot while her daughter sustained injuries. The incident, PUNCH Metro further gathered, happened...

Woman arraigned for allegedly stealing N100m from employer

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...

Woman detained for stabbing Yoruba monarch to death in US

A 53-year-old woman, Akiba Meredith, has been charged with murder after allegedly killing the leader of Oyotunji African Village in Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA, Adegbolu Adefunmi, also known as Oba Adejuyigbe Adefunmi II. PUNCH Metro gathered that the Oyotunji African Village, which was founded in 1970, is meant to emulate villages of the Yoruba religion in the US, with “a population believed to consist of less than 10 families, although the community was home...

Woman arrested for attempting to sell off three-year-old daughter

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, identified as Yetunde Gbadebo, for attempting to sell her three-year-old daughter on Aladiye Street in Sagamu. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that the incident occurred at about 10:00 on July 25, 2024.  PUNCH Metro learnt from a police source at the command that the suspect was caught while negotiating a N700,000 price for the toddler with a 38-year-old man identified as Sunday None.  A team...

Abia gang leader rapes woman, collect N200,000 ransom

The Abia State Police Command, on Friday, confirmed the arrest of no fewer than 162 suspects for various crimes including kidnapping and child trafficking in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Maureen Chinaka, made this known while parading the suspects at the command headquarters in the Umuahia area of the state. According to Chinaka, the suspects were arrested for various crimes that include kidnapping, child trafficking, robbery, unlawful possession of arms, hard drugs...

Three bag life jail for raping married woman in Kebbi

Three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Kebbi State High Court presided by Justice Shamsudeen Jafar for raping an 18-year-old deaf, married woman. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts were arraigned for two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under Sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts...

Three bag life jail for raping deaf woman in Kebbi

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts were perpetrated at Wararin Zaromawa...

Woman arrested for killing husband with axe

A 40-year-old woman, Lydia Aji, has been arrested for killing her husband with an axe in Borno State. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Yusufu Lawal, who was represented by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth, the suspect had arguments with her deceased husband over the alleged theft of a goat by their 13-year-old daughter, Rachael. The husband was said to have died on the spot following the attack. Lawal said, “On...

The  82 Division Nigerian Army which is located in Enugu State is charged with the responsibility of securing its Area of Responsibility (AOR) covering the South Eastern and South Southern flanks of Nigeria and also ensuring that the borders located in its AOR are secured.    A woman has been found dead after she was stabbed inside the 82nd (Airborne and Amphibious) Division of the Nigerian Army, SaharaReporters has gathered. The  82 Division Nigerian Army...