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A man has been arrested for killing his wife. The suspect, Kingsley Madukwe, a commercial motorcycle rider reportedly beat … Read more via NaijaGists.com – https://ift.tt/30gdyKX Get More Nigeria Metro News

Some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Thursday attacked the home of a man identified as Alhaji Usman Bobo in Jalingo, Taraba State The gunmen attacked the man with a machete and whisked his daughter, Farida Usman, away around... Read more via Channels Television – https://ift.tt/2AfEEam...

Few weeks ago, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arraigned 77 Nigerians for fraud related activities. In a new development, the FBI arrested 281 individuals, including 167 Nigerians for involvement in fraudulent Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes, the agency announced recently...

A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu has been arrested for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of Niger state. The Corpse of the baby is yet to be found.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2ZYyoDv Get More Nigeria Metro News

YOLA — A serving soldier, who was on special assignment in the current fight against the Boko Haram insurgents in Mungonu Local Government Area of Borno State has been apprehended alongside one other for alleged robbery and car snatching in Yola.... Read more via Vanguard News –...

Operatives of the Operation Puff Adder of the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old ‘prophet’ identified as Mbonu Michael over the disappearance and murder of one of his adherents, Princewill Ezeji. Sources say Ezeji had bought a new car and gone to the prophet to bless the …...

A family is currently mourning the gruesome murder of their son who was kidnapped many months ago. His abductors recently contacted his parents to go pick him up at a discrete location. Sadly, what the parents met were his burnt body. … Read more via Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited...

The Lagos police has arrested 83 suspects for looting various outlets of shoprite in the State. They were subsequently arraigned before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. The looters took advantage of the protest against continued killings of Nigerians in South Africa..... Read...

A 26-year-old man, Saliu Oladayo, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Confidence Ebere. Oladayo was sentenced to death on Tuesday by an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital.The convict, who stabbed his girlfriend, 19-year-old Ebere to death …...

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday remanded a woman, who allegedly tortured her daughter to death, in prison custody. The woman, Elizabeth Akinola, had in August maltreated her four-year-old child named Testimony, leading to the death of the …...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu zonal office is currently interrogating Princess Benny Chidinma, Managing Director of a suspected Ponzi Scheme, “Millionaire African Leaders Club, on allegations of providing financial services without statutory license. Chidinma’s...

Two suspected robbers, who hijacked a Taxify Toyota Corolla Sports in Lekki and three others that participated in the selling of the car to a dealer in Republic of Benin for the sum of N250,000 have been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).... Read more via P.M. News –...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters at a ‘Yahoo school’ in Lagos. According to a posy by the anti-graft agency, the suspected fraudsters were arrested on Thursday, August 29... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2LhCDQe Get...

Five persons have been reported killed and several houses torched in Kaduna, breaking the relative peace that the region has enjoyed for several months. The incidence, which was confirmed by the Kaduna State police command, took place at Kiri village in Attakar Chiefdom of Kaura … Read more...

A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a herder, Mohammed Bello, be remanded in prison custody for allegedly killing a farmer pending legal advice. Magistrate Mariam Kings declined to take his plea on grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. Kings directed the...

The Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun a clampdown on bankers and operators of Bureau De Change (BDC) outfits across Nigeria who are aiding cybercrimes. The clampdown followed the indictment of 80 Nigerians in a massive cybercrime case, investigated … Read more via...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) yesterday released the names of nine prospective corps members, who were arrested with fake certificates during registration in the orientation camps across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a statement issued by NYSC’s Director...

This is coming few weeks after the Saudi authorities executed Kudirat Afolabi for drug trafficking and Saheed Sobade, another Nigerian, reportedly nabbed with 1,183 grams of cocaine powder in Jeddah.... Adeniyi Adebayo Zikri Tunde Ibrahim Jimoh Idhola Lawal Lolo Babatunde Sulaiman Tunde...

As Nigerians were greeted with the news that the United States has uncovered a money laundering, fraud syndicate of 80 Nigerians, which it termed “historic”, there have been overwhelming reactions from the social media and it is of embarrassment, shock, irritation and disgust. The 80-man fraud...

Here is a video of the press release by FBI on Nigerian internet scam syndicate. The yahoo boys have scammed Americans to the tune of $1.1bn between Jan-July this year alone. The US Attorney’s Office … Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2P8lJIZ Get More Nigeria Metro News