Crime
Nigerian national arrested for duping Indian women
A 38-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Faridabad, Haryana, India for allegedly cheating multiple women of millions of crore by posing as a wealthy businessman on matrimonial websites and social media.
The accused, identified as Samuel Ogun, alias Stepney Derrick, allegedly created fake profiles to target women seeking marriage.
DCP (cybercrime) Shavya Goyal said he used attractive photographs and fabricated personal details to build trust, presenting himself as an international businessman based abroad.
After initiating contact, he would gradually draw victims into emotional relationships and promise marriage.
He would eventually send fake flight tickets and parcel receipts, telling victims that he was travelling to India to meet and marry them.
Police said he would later claim that his luggage or parcels had been detained by the customs department and required urgent payment for clearance.
Victims, convinced by the narrative, transferred large sums into multiple bank accounts. Losses in such cases ran into lakhs and crores.
In addition to the matrimonial scam, the accused is also suspected of cheating people by offering fake loan services with promises of quick approvals at low interest rates.
Ogun was arrested during investigations into two cases registered against the accused at Noida cybercrime police station.
In one case, a woman was cheated of nearly Rs 56 lakh, while another victim lost around Rs 1.3 crore.
Cases linked to the accused have also surfaced in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Police suspect that several similar frauds may have been carried out across different states.
On Thursday, March 19, 2026, a police team recovered five mobile phones, a laptop, a tablet, a Wi-Fi router, a dongle, several SIM cards, foreign currency, and multiple passports bearing different identities, along with forged documents from his Faridabad house.
Investigators said the accused used multiple fake identities and passports of different nationalities to evade detection.
When one identity became unusable, he allegedly travelled abroad to obtain another before returning to India.
Digital evidence, police said, indicated he maintained simultaneous contact with 15 to 16 women under different aliases.
Devices seized during the arrest have been sent for forensic examination for further leads.
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PHOTOS: N10 billion Cocaine, Loud, opioids intercepted at Lagos ports as NDLEA arrests kingpins
A 55-year-old businessman, Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, who deals in clothing at the popular Balogun market, Lagos Island, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over an attempt to export 3.30 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the walls of cartons used to package foodstuffs going to the United Kingdom.
According to Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, Onuigbo was arrested on Thursday, 23rd July 2026, following the interception of his cocaine consignment at the export shed of the Lagos airport the previous day, Wednesday 22nd July by NDLEA operatives.
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Babafemi said in the course of investigation, three cargo agents identified as Nkwor Onyekachukwu Justina; Adeleke Abiola Taoheed; and Ukanwa Grace Pilgrim, who handled the shipment, were initially arrested, leading to the arrest of Kenneth Okakpu who delivered the consignment to the cargo agents for shipment to the UK.
The NDLEA spokesperson said Okakpu’s arrest provided the lead to identifying Onuigbo as the kingpin behind the syndicate and his eventual arrest while attempting to send another consignment of cocaine to the UK.
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap
He mentioned that a 31-year-old entrepreneur, Emmanuella Chukwu-Edo, also involved in illicit drug trafficking, was on Tuesday, 21st July, arrested at her Surulere, Lagos residence by NDLEA operatives following the seizure of her consignment of 2.80kg Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, which arrived from the United States aboard a United Airlines flight on Monday, 20th July.”
NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap
In a related development, NDLEA officials seized a consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap heading to the UK. The shipment was intercepted by NDLEA operatives at a courier firm in Lagos on Wednesday, 22nd July.
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A man accused of stealing cables was paraded in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The suspect was apprehended in the early hours of Sunday, 26th July, 2026 by a vigilante group at Ompadec, Amarata, while allegedly stealing electrical cables from a home.
According to residents, cable theft has become a recurring problem in the area, leaving them feeling vulnerable.
They expressed relief following his apprehension.
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