PESHAWAR: Unidentified motorcyclists gunned down a transgender in the limits of Faqirabad Police Station on Tuesday, police said. Police said the victim identified as Ubaid, was on his way when the motorcyclists opened fire on him near Government College Chowk. He died on the spot and the assailants managed to escape. Officials said the Superintendent
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Pakistan Customs officials foil smuggling attempt
PESHAWAR: Taking action on a tip off Pakistan customs officials seized million of rupees goods in DI Khan on Friday, officials said. The official said on the directives of DG Customs Intelligence and practical cooperation of Pakistan Army, DI Khan Police and DI Khan Customs carried out a major operation. He said after an exchange
Read moreNAPTIP convicts 624, rescues 21181
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has convicted a total of 624 human trafficking offenders out of 9278 arrested since inception. NAPTIP’s Director, Training and Manpower Development, Mr Arinze Orakwue, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ consultation workshop on countering trafficking in persons in Anambra State organized by the agency in collaboration
Read moreUnprofessionalism: IGP summons erring Edo officers
The acting Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered a team of policemen attached to the Edo State Police Command to report to the force headquarters for running over a handcuffed middle-aged man with a police vehicle on Thursday. In a video that circulated online on Friday, the handcuffed man was seen lying down in
Read moreCustoms Seizes Rs303 Million Fake, Smuggled Cigarettes
…Customs officials recovered the smuggled and fake cigarettes in various parts of Khyber Pakhunkhwa PESHAWAR: Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigation Faiz Ahmad Chadhar on Friday told media that during the past ten days they have foiled bids and seized smuggled and fake cigarettes worth Rs 303 milloon being smuggled from Afghanistan and Iran. Brienfing
Read moreMan bags death sentence for murder in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced one Ismaila Ojo to death by hanging for strangulating a man, Kareem Adu, over a motorcycle. Ojo was charged to court and found guilty of murder which was committed on May 13, 2018. Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi said that having carefully considered and weighed the evidence
Read moreCybercrime: Woodberry forfeits $8m, luxury cars, pleads guilty
…Woodberry was arrested in Dubai alongside Ramon Hushpuppi Abbas in 2020 Less than a year after forfeiting 151.8 Bitcoin to the American government, Hushpuppi’s associate, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr Woodberry, will forfeit another $8 million to the US government after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Woodberry agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds
Read moreCrime: FBI tells court how Nigerian citizen defrauded US university
…the FBI agent said the university became a victim of spoofing, a form of cybercrime attack The agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), Mr Ayotunde Solademi, on Tuesday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how one Kolawole Erinle involved in a cybercrime allegedly defrauded Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in the United States
Read morePolice recover 4kg Heroin from a man
LANDIKOTAL: Police recovered heroin from man in Landikotal bazaar and arrested him, police said on Friday. Station House Officer of Landikotal police station Muhammad Akbar Afridi told reporters that taking action on a tip off they stopped a man at Bacha Khan Chawok in Landikotal bazaar. He said police searched the man and recovered four
Read moreMan remanded for slitting lover’s throat, attempting to bury her alive in Anambra
…the suspect attempted to cut the lady’s throat after digging a four fit grave at the back of his compound to bury her with her kids A 25-year old mother of two have survived an attempt by her lover to use her for alleged money rituals in Umuona village, Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra
Read moreStudent docked in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a company to the tune of N900, 000
…The prosecutor told the court that the student committed the crime between July 10, 2021 and October 31, 2021 A twenty four year-old student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Busayo Ayedun has been brought before a Yaba Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding a company, CD Care Limited, of goods and cash worth over N900,000
Read moreAlleged currency speculator arrested in Abuja
…the arrest was part of ongoing operation to sanitise the foreign exchange sector and rid it of speculators An alleged currency speculator, Mustapha Muhammed also known as Muaspaha Naira, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja. The commission made the announcement in a Twitter post on Wednesday and also
Read moreMan narrates how he raped, killed teenager inside a church
A 20-year-old man, Tosin Kolade has been arrested by operatives of the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly raping and killing a teenage girl, Ifeoluwa Apanpa. Narrating how he committed the offense, the suspect, who was paraded on Tuesday told journalists that he lured the girl inside a church where he raped her and strangulated
Read morePolice parade Ex-DSS officer, others over Abia Bullion Van robbery
A dismissed officer of the Department of State Services, DSS, Prosper Israel was on Monday paraded by the Abia State Police Command. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that Prosper along with his younger brother and eight other suspects were arrested for robbing a billion van. The ex-DSS officer, his younger brother, Chinwendu Israel, along with the
Read moreHerders strike again in Benue, kill 3
Suspected herders again killed three persons in a community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspected herders were said to have invaded Ngban community in Guma local government Sunday evening. Suspected herders had been attacking governor Samuel Ortom council area. Last three weeks had been horrible in some communities in the same
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