Category: Crime
Fani-Kayode under fire for denying arrest by EFCC
A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has come under attack for insisting that he was never arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial...
Court jails seven internet fraudsters in Osun
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured seven convictions before different Justices of the Federal and...
Primary school teacher gets life imprisonment for defiling five-year-old pupil
The Jigawa State High Court sitting in Kazaure on Wednesday sentenced a primary school teacher, Makasusi Sunusi, to life imprisonment for defiling a...
Suspected ritualists kill four in Ogun, sell body parts
The police in Ogun State have arrested no fewer than seven men said to be members of a serial ritual killer syndicate in different parts of Abeokuta over...
Robbers cart away money from Osun bank ATM
Armed robbers in police uniform yesterday invaded a microfinance bank in Ikirun, headquarters of Ifelodun council of Osun State. But Nationnewslead learnt...
BREAKING: Anti-graft Agency, EFCC Arrests Ex-Minister, Fani-Kayode, Moves Him To Custody
An All Progressives Congress (APC) chief and former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Oyo suspends student over invasion of school with hoodlums
Oyo State government on Tuesday said it has suspended a female secondary school student in Ibadan for invading the school premises with hoodlums. ...
Students’ unrest: Ogun closes 12 secondary schools
Following a series of attacks on teachers and security agents in Ogun State in recent times, the State government has directed 12 schools to proceed on...
Man In Court After Administering Abortion Drugs That Killed Girlfriend
A photographer, Muhammed Zubairu, has been charged to court for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Sane Fidelis, after administering abortion drugs to her...
Kogi Assembly suspends Okene council boss over alleged intimidation, arrest of opponents
The Kogi State House of Assembly has suspended the chairman of Okene Local Government Area, Abdulrazak Muhammed from office. His suspension followed...
Civil servant bags seven years imprisonment over fraud
A civil servant within the Ondo State Public Service has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment. The civil servant, Kamilu Aminu, an accountant...
Man to spend four years in jail over theft, conspiracy in Port Harcourt
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a 26-year-old man, Benjamin Bernard, to four years imprisonment for...
Notorious Ogun cultist caught with gun during raid on hotel lodgers
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected member of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity, Esuruoso Tunde, for allegedly attacking lodgers at...
Man, 26, remanded for allegedly defiling 4-year-old girl
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old unemployed man, Mustapha Baba, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old...
EXCLUSIVE: Bandits Write Christians In Zamfara To Shut Down Churches Or Risk Attacks
A group of bandits has written to the Christian community in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria to close churches or risk ferocious attacks, Nationnewslead...
UPDATE: Residents Flee As Boko Haram Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack
Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl...
How IPOB Gunmen Abducted, Killed Two Policemen, Filmed Corpses – Lai Mohammed
The Nigerian government has accused the Eastern Security Network, the militia wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of abducting and murdering two...
Attack on Jos Correctional Facility: 11 killed, 7 critically injured, 252 still at large
Following the attack on Jos Correctional Facility on Sunday evening, the Plateau State Controller of Nigeria Correctional Centre, Samuel Aguda, said 11...
Why Buhari should not release Nnamdi Kanu – Northern Elders
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to release Nnamdi Kanu from custody. Recall that Buhari after a meeting...
Policeman breaks Lagos trader’s leg for querying nephew’s arrest
A trader, Esther Eyo, has demanded justice after suffering multiple fractures in her ankle when men of the Lagos State Police Command allegedly brutalised...
