Three INEC staff have been dragged to court over alleged theft. EKO HOT BLOG reports that three staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have been dragged before Kwara State magistrate court sitting in Ilorin. The suspects, Joseph Agena, Babatunde Ambali and Ajadi Iyanda, were arrested by the men of the Adewole Divisional Police … Read more
81-year-old American woman involved in $1.5m fraud for Nigerian lover awaits sentence The octogenarian engaged in fraudulent schemes such as receiving MoneyGram wire transfers from unknown senders, depositing defrauded funds into financial accounts she opened EKO HOT BLOG reports that Glenda Seim, an 81-year-old US citizen, admitted to engaging in fraudulent actions on behalf of … Read more
The wife’s left hand lay beside her and the other one had been chopped into pieces. They took Auma to the county hospital that is 15 kilometres away from their home in Burinda village in Butula Constituency. EKOHOTBLOG reports that Kenyan police are hunting for a man who allegedly battered his 22-year-old wife and chopped … Read more
Court remands man for allegedly raping 16-year-old daughter in Makurdi Bum had been sexually molesting his 16-year-old daughter and her older sister for a long time. Ekohotblog reports that Joseph Bum, a 37-year-old businessman on Tuesday, October 26, was remanded in a correctional centre by a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Makurdi for allegedly defiling his … Read more
The police spokesman stated that the suspects also stole two motorcycles The PPRO informed that two fraudsters, Hussaini Shittu (30) and Bashir Ibrahim (34), fraudulently obtained the sum of N550,000 from their victims Ekohotblog reports that the Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest of a member of a gang of alleged kidnappers who … Read more
Georgia police identified a deceased female robbery suspect who reportedly tried to rob two men at gunpoint inside a car. Investigators believe one of the men attempted to disarm her, and Reynolds was shot with her own weapon during a struggle. Ekohotblog reports that on Wednesday, Georgia police identified a deceased female robbery suspect who … Read more
Wyoming Coroner Says Gabby Petito’s Death Was Caused by Strangulation. Petito was last seen alive on the 26th of August. Ekohotblog reports that the 22-year-old young lady identified as Gabby Petito, who went missing on a road trip with her boyfriend and was subsequently found dead in Wyoming, was strangled to death, a local coroner … Read more
…the daughter had alleged that her father had been sexually abusing her for two years, since when she was 14. A 52-year-old man, Adebayo Akinrinoye has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter. The suspect was said to have been arrested on September 23 at Kabiru close, Idi … Read more
He said that he received ₦60,000 as his share, with which he had hoped to start the business before he was arrested… A suspected kidnapper arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command, Muhammad Aliyu, has confessed that he went into kidnapping to raise money for a business startup after his father refused to give it … Read more
According to bank fraud conspiracy charge, Akinlade will face up to 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. For the aggravated identity theft charge carries, ‘Shadow Walker’ will have to be in a U.S. prison for “a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.” The jail term will run “consecutive … Read more
“The rising increase of internet fraud is a huge problem. From January to the 10th of June 2021, we arrested 1,502 internet fraudsters across the country The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ,EFCC, has, in the last 100 days, recovered $261 million, N6 billion, and 13,000 pounds illegally acquired by suspected criminals. Also recovered by … Read more
Lagos State Police Command has paraded some notorious criminals arrested in the state recently. One of them is a Serial killer and Cultist, Segun Agoda. He was arrested by the police at the Odongunyan area of Ikorodu on Sunday afternoon. Segun, a senior member of Eye Confraternity, had been on the run for a while … Read more
Men of the Akwa Ibom Quick Respond Squad (QRS) stationed at Ike Annang Junction were attacked by suspected Cultists. The junction is in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The news has sparked reactions among Nigerians The Officers never had an inkling of what was to befall them as they were caught … Read more
The sum of N75 million was recovered from Halima Tanimu Turaki, wife of a former minister in the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Buhari’s Anti-Corruption War Lacks Will – Soyinka Police Arrest Man For Killing Wife, 4-Year-Old Daughter … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammed Adamu, has reiterated that community Policing is the only solution to crime-fighting in the country.
Oyeyemi noted that the arrest of the suspected robbers followed a distress call received by the police in Ajuwon from residents of Iju Aga area of Ajuwon at about 1:45 am that armed hoodlums numbering about six have invaded the area and dispossessing innocent members of the community of their valuables.
Five people were killed while two rival cult groups clashed with the state of Bayelsa.. According to reports, the incident occurred on Monday at Lobia community in Southern Ijaw Local Government. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the cults from Ukubie and Azuzuama communities clashed at the commemoration of the late Chief Genesis at Lobia … Read more
Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez is facing murder charges after, investigators revealed that she fatally stabbed her 5- and 6-year-old children before turning the knife on herself. The 26-year-old faces two counts each of felony murder, malice murder and aggravated assault in the Friday killings, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said, calling the incident “heatbreaking.” Authorities announced Saturday … Read more
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man for killing his two children with a cutlass in the Magama Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Abubakar Maidabo of Maidobo village in Magama, was apprehended by the police operatives attached to the Magama Division on November 14, 2020 while … Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Thursday, remanded one Ndubuisi Ogbonnaya in prison for allegedly violating a six-year-old child. The 27-year-old, was said to have taken the victim to his house and defiled her. PUNCH METRO reports that the victim’s father was said to have noticed that blood was gushing … Read more