Category: Crime

BREAKING: Rights lawyer, Effiong sentenced to one month in prison for contempt in Akwa Ibom

          The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot on Wednesday committed a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, (Esq) to the...

Police arrest woman who absconded with three-day-old baby in Ibadan

          Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said that a woman who absconded with a three-day-old baby in Ibadan, the state capital, has been...

23-year-old woman stabs boyfriend to death

          The Edo State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a 23-year-old lady, Favor Oyhou, who was alleged to have stabbed her...

Four men sentenced to death for killing chief

        An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced four men to death by hanging over the murder of a traditional chief. The court...

Four sentenced to seven years jail, death for conspiracy, murder in Ekiti

          Justice Adekunle Adeleye of Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Sunday Aernana (30), Jonathan Elijah (19), Aofa...

Motorist shot after crushing policeman at checkpoint

          Men of the Enugu State Police Command have shot a motorist, Christian Ogwuike, after he allegedly crushed a policeman at a checkpoint....

Herbalist rapes 14-year-old patient

            A 62-year-old man in Adamawa State has allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl put in his care. Nationnewslead reports that the man,...

IPOB reacts as UN asks Buhari govt to release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally

          The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has commended the United Nations, UN, for asking the Nigerian Government to release its leader,...

How my day-old baby was stolen – Mother

          Mother of day-old baby stolen at Sabi, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Binta Alhassan, says the baby was yet to be breastfed when he was taken...

Suspected cultists allegedly kill 43-year-old man in Osun

        Osun Police Command said suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday, invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government, and...

Oyo: Gunmen kidnap another person in Surulere LG

            Gunmen have allegedly abducted another person from the Surulere local government area of Oyo State, Nationnewslead can report...

Suspected cult group murders Osun Prince

            A son of Oba Abdulahi Okunloye the Olofa of Ofatedo, Yinusa Okunloye has been killed by a suspected cult group. A 43-year-old...

Osun housewife accused of killing husband commits suicide

        Ifeoluwa, accused of setting ablaze her Cairo, Egypt-based husband, Bolu Bamidele, in their house at Koka community in Osun State has...

Untold story of Osun lady who burnt Cairo-based lover to death, committed suicide

        Residents of Koka, a community in Obokun Local Government Area, Osun State, are yet to come to terms with the tragic end of a nine-year-old...

Ekiti court sentences four to death for killing monarch

            The Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced Sunday Aernana, Jonathan Elijah, Sule Obasanjo, and Moses Iorna...

Beheaded lawmaker: Security operatives arrest 8 suspects

        EIGHT persons suspected to be connected with the murder and beheading of the late Hon Okechukwu Okoye, the lawmaker representing Governor...

EFCC arrests ex-convict, 32 others for alleged cybercrime

        Personnel of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a convicted internet fraudster, Okhiria...

Abba Kyari-linked billionaire for Tramadol trial October 6

        The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed October 6 for the trial of a billionaire industrialist Afamefuna Mallinson Ukatu and his worker,...

9-yr love story turns sour, as fiancée sets house, partner ablaze, commits suicide in Osun

    The love story of Boluwatife Bamidele and his fiancee, Ifeoluwa was, ordinarily, meant to blossom and bring forth offsprings. However, the nine years old...

Shari’a court adjourns case of marriage involving man, granddaughter

        A Sharia court sitting in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State has adjourned the case of one Musa Tsafe who married his...