Articles tagged under: Nigeria

Surat Police nab a Nigerian national from Mumbai in MD Drugs case

November 21, 2024
Surat Police nab a Nigerian national from Mumbai in MD Drugs case

Surat: Continuing its non-stop action against the menace of drugs, the Surat Police nabbed a Nigerian national in a case involving ₹55.48 lakh worth of MD drugs. The Nigerian drug dealer was apprehended from Nalasopara in Mumbai. The city crime branch had in this case earlier recovered the MD drug consignment from Sachin check post and arrested three individuals: Irfan Pathan, Muhammad Tausif alias Coco Muhammad Rafik Shah, and Ashfaq Irshad Kureshi, along with 554.82 grams of MD drugs. ...Read More

PM Modi to leave for visit to 3 countries this week-end

November 12, 2024
PM Modi to leave for visit to 3 countries this week-end

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will be visiting Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana from 16-21 November, 2024. At the invitation of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria H.E. Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Prime Minister will visit Nigeria from 16-17 November, 2024. This will be the first visit by a Prime Minister of India to Nigeria in 17 years. During the visit, Prime Minister will hold talks to review the strategic partnership between India and Nigeria and discuss further avenues t...Read More

Nigerian student held for defrauding Vadodara doctor of Rs. 20 lakh

August 01, 2023
Nigerian student held for defrauding Vadodara doctor of Rs. 20 lakh

Vadodara: A cybercrime team or police on Monday apprehended a Nigerian student pursuing pharmacy for defrauding a local doctor of Rs 19.70 lakh. The accused, Okofar Kizito, was arrested in Bengaluru, Karnataka, where he is studying at R.R. College.uthorities are currently conducting a search for his accomplices. Dr. Rajkumar Inanje, residing in Vasna Bhayli Road, received a message on the StarMaker music app in February, which led to a conversation with someone named Anna Elena. They continued ...Read More

Rs. 215 crore heroin from Pakistan seized in Rajkot; A Nigerian who was to take delivery nabbed from Delhi

May 12, 2023
Rs. 215 crore heroin from Pakistan seized in Rajkot; A Nigerian who was to take delivery nabbed from Delhi

Jamnagar: A Nigerian citizen has been sent on 12 days remand (police custody) by a local court in Rajkot in a 30 kg heroin drug case. According to details shared by government lawyer Rajesh Vora, Police had received information that three bags full of heroin, totaling 30 kg were lying in unmanned area behind Khandheri stadium in Rajkot and one Bablu was going to take its delivery. Police arranged a watch and waited for someone to come to take delivery of drugs so that he could be nabbed ...Read More

Nigerian gang held for siphoning money from victims’ bank accounts

June 03, 2022
Nigerian gang held for siphoning money from victims’ bank accounts

Ahmedabad: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Ahmedabad police has arrested one Sagar Mahato, who is believed to be the local mastermind of a gang operating from Nigeria to siphon out money from the bank accounts of victims. The modus-operandi is that the Nigeria-based gang sends malware to the mobile phone of the victim and collects all details pertaining to the person’s bank account such as account number, passwords etc. Then on a Saturday, the Nigerian gang locks the SIM card of the victim. ...Read More

NCB nabs Nigerian lady from train in Vadodara with drugs worth over Rs 80 lakhs

March 20, 2018
NCB nabs Nigerian lady from train in Vadodara with drugs worth over Rs 80 lakhs

Vadodara: Less than a fortnight of recovery of Heroin from a Nigerian man from a train at Vadodara station, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has again seized drugs worth over Rs 80 lakhs from a Nigerian lady from yet another train here. NCB zonal director Hari Om Gandhi said that a team of the bureau caught one Nigerial lady named Ehimen Ruth ( 25), travelling in a sleeper coach of train Number 12450(NDLS -Madgoan) Goa Sampark Kranti when train reached Vadodara railway sta...Read More

NCB Gujarat nabs a Nigerian with Rs 6 crore Heroin from train

March 07, 2018
NCB Gujarat nabs a Nigerian with Rs 6 crore Heroin from train

Ahmedabad/Vadodara: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) today nabbed a Nigerian drug smuggler from Mumbai bound Rajdhani express in Vadodara with Heroin worth around Rs six crores. NCB zonal director Hari Om Gandhi said that Nonso Charles (38), was nabbed from A-5 coach of the train which was going to Mumbai from New Delhi. He had hidden around 1.2 kg of Heroin in food packets. 'He was nabbed in the wee hours today on a tip off. Further detailed interrogation was on,...Read More

Nigerians arrested in matrimonial websites fraud case

July 05, 2015

New Delhi Three African nationals along with an Indian woman have been arrested by Special Cell of Delhi Police for allegedly cheating prospective brides through popular matrimonial websites. While claiming to have busted two such gangs, police has arrested Joseph Irabor Bhahemen, 26, and Bawo Hilary Omagbemi, 35, who are permanent residents of Nigeria, and Nagaland native Leniya Magh, 26. They all were presently residing in Gurgaon. It said the gang had cheated a Hyderabad-based woman ...Read More

Nigerian given two years jail in Gujarat for cheating,fake passport

May 24, 2014

Junagadh, 24 May, 2014 Una sessions court has given two year jail to a Nigerian citizen who was caught in India by police in connection with a fraud case. Nigerian citizen had fake passport and documents. Nitish Thakar works as accountant in a hotel near Ahmedpur Mandvi in coastal Saurashtra region of Gujarat. On 23 May 2012 one Tony Morgan emailed him to inform that Thakar had won Rs. 1.20 crore BMW car. Tony asked Thakar to deposit Rs. 1.72 lakh for tax and other ...Read More

Foreigners prevented entering India illegally at Gujarat port

July 21, 2013

By our correspondent, Bhuj, 21 July 2013 Three Nigerians were kept under vigil at Mundra port to prevent them from entering the land. A ship 'Pacific Dutch' arrived at Mundra port from Capetown. At 2.00 am a captain of ship found three Nigerians aboard. He immediately informed port authority about this. When checked, immigration department and local security agencies found that three Nigerian citizens had entered the ship secretly at African port and were hiding inside...Read More