Category: Crime
Five in custody over celebrity chef’s murder
NO fewer than five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Abuja celebrity chef and Director of Helenes Food Company, Emeka Eloagu....
Oyo 60-year-old man lands in prison for alleged rape of girl, 14
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that 60-year-old Basiru Ajadi be remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town over...
Soldier stabs Ibadan tailor for alleged disrespect
A soldier attached to the Letmauck Barracks, Audu Abubakar, has allegedly stabbed a tailor, Ali Abubakar, in the Sabo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, for...
Quest for money pushed me into concealing cocaine in underwear – Woman
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady, Edith Okafor, during the outward...
I’m not asking for leniency, man tells judge, bags 205 years for killing five relations
A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison for fatally shooting five members of his family and he offered no explanation for his actions,...
Angry mum stabs daughter to death for spending night outside home
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman, Kafayat Lawal, for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old daughter Ayomide Adekoya with...
Man in court for allegedly giving wife abortion drug as pain killer
The police in Ilorin on Thursday arraigned one Nurudeen Osioyemi for allegedly giving his wife, Balikis Aliyu, an unknown drug as a pain killer, which...
Strange spirit directed me to rape 80-year-old grandmother — 65-year-old man claims
A 65-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph has claimed that he was directed by a spirit to rape an Octogenarian woman, in Ondo town, Ondo state. The suspect...
Guard, friend kill lady, dismember body in Osun
A night guard, Kabiru Oyeduntan, arrested for killing a mistress of his friend, was on Friday paraded before newsmen by Osun State Commissioner of Police,...
How I helped my friend killed, butchered lover’s body for ritual — Suspect
A suspected ritualist, Kabiru Oyeduntan, 39, on Friday narrated how he assisted his friend, identified as Akin (alias o’clumsy) to butcher his...
Court remands 2 friends for alleged murder, arson
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court in Ibadan on Friday ordered that two friends be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder and arson. The...
Woman jailed 28 years for stealing two pupils
Nationnewslead reports that High Court in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has sentenced a mother of three, Mary Okon Effiong to 28 years in prison for stealing...
Pickpocket confesses to stealing over 240 phones from Lagos commuters
Nationnewslead reports that The Rapid Response Squad has arrested a pickpocket who disclosed that he has stolen over 240 mobile phones from Lagos commuters. The...
Killer of Jumia agent to die by firing squad
Nationnewslead reports that Justice Chigozie Igwe of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced the killer of Jumia delivery agent...
Man remanded for killing brother with pestle
Nationnewslead reports that An Akure Chief Magistrate Court has remanded one Alesanmi Iwanefun at the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Ondo State for allegedly...
Landlady’s daughter beats tenant to death over electricity bill
Nationnewslead reports that An argument over electricity bills which ensued between a landlady’s daughter, Ms Tina Essi, and her tenant, has allegedly led to...
EFCC arrests 39 suspects in Osun, Ogun
Nationnewslead reports that The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, arrested 39 internet fraud suspects, also known as...
Man allegedly rapes 90-year-old woman
Nationnewslead reports that The Police Command in Yobe on Tuesday said it had arrested one Mohammed Faruk for allegedly raping a 90-year-old woman (name withheld)...
Man, 68, contests alleged defilement of sister’s seven-year-old daughter
Nationnewslead reports that A 68-year-old man, Linus Onuzulike, has been arrested for defiling a seven-year-old girl in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government of...
Lagos butcher arrested for defiling two stepdaughters
Nationnewslead reports that A butcher in the Ilasamaja area of Lagos State, Tunji Adeniran, has been arrested for alleged defilement of his two stepdaughters, Ope...
