Tag Archives: Crime

  According to the statement, the Nigerian and his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, residing in Nebraska, used “catfishing” schemes to obtain money from victims via the Internet… It partly said, “There is no parole in the federal system” and he “will be deported by immigration authorities.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | FEBRUARY 9, 2025 A Nigerian convict in the United States of ...

  “Akintoye allegedly collected $35 million from the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board to build a 2000 barrel-per-day refinery, jetty, gas plant, data centre, and tank farm at Brass Free Trade Zone, Okpoama community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 26, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December ...

  “The practice (Paida Lajin) involves participants slapping parts of their body with their hands until they begin to swell and turn red, supposedly ridding the blood of so-called toxins which cause organs to ‘become sick’. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | DECEMBER 6, 2024 An alternative healer who failed to get medical help for a diabetic grandmother who died after she ...

  “When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Edo State, Moses Yamu accused Edith of receiving bribes of N45,000 from Abraham who had carnal knowledge of the victim, he also accused her of demanding another N1 million instead of reporting the case” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MOVEMBER 4, 2024 The Edo State Police Command is set to unjustly dismiss ...

  Denying the allegation, the British national declared that he could not have been scheming to destabilise the leadership of the Nigerian government, stating that he has been visiting the nation for over 25 years. He expressed his readiness to meet with officials from the Nigerian High Commission in London for conversation on the allegations. PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | SEPTEMBER ...

  “Oyotunji Village was founded in 1970 by Walter Eugene King as a religious and cultural community for African American practitioners of the West African Yoruba faith. Its name means “Oyo rises again,” referring to the West African Yoruba kingdom of Oyo, now rising in a new form near the South Carolina seashore” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | AUGUST 2, 2024 ...

  “Kofi Amofa followed his friend’s advice and brought his niece to Buduburam. He approached a man in Buduburam and proposed to sell his niece for GH¢150,000. The potential buyer, realizing that the accused person was serious, reported the issue to the police station” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | JULY 28, 2024 A 30-year-old man has arrested in Gomoa Buduburam near ...

  “In FELA’s KALAKUTA, hitting someone was a major offense. It was called “first touch” and was severely punished. FELA neither beat up any soldier. Nor anyone in uniform for that matter. Never.” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MAY 16, 2023 I used to think this Duke Of Shomolu knew what he wrote about. Apparently, he’s just a fiction writer. Seun ...

  “Italian investigators in the eastern city of Ancona said Jeff played a leading role in trafficking women to Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands, where they were forced into prostitution by violence and threats. She has been convicted in her absence” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 9, 2023 A Nigerian woman, Joy Jeff, 48-year-old who has been wanted by Italy ...

  “Emeh Nnamdi is said to have been impersonating personnel of the Nigeria Police Force while serving as a tracker in the Anambra Police Command” PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | MARCH 7, 2023  The 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps, NYSC member who runs the famous Gistlover Blog, Emeh Nnamdi, has been arrested by the International Police, INTERPOL after the Nigerian police ...