Category: Crime

Number of people I killed uncountable – Osun suspect

                A bricklayer, Adamo Aliyu, recently arrested alongside four others for robbery and murder said he has lost count...

Boko Haram ‘chief executioner’, family surrender

            A Boko Haram leader described as the sect’s chief executioner, Bashir Bulabuduwaye, has surrendered to Nigerian troops at...

Court clears duo of alleged N1.8bn fraud charge

            An Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos on Friday discharged and acquitted two businessmen, Ogbor Eliot and Kelvin Chris, of a...

Osun: ‘We killed filling station manager to cover N2.1m fraud’ – Suspects confess

          The Osun State Police Command has arrested five suspects for alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, murder and membership of an unlawful...

ICPC uncovers N49.9bn ‘ghost’ workers’ salaries

                  The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and other related offences on Thursday opened up that the...

Police arrest man who uses charms to defraud POS operators

        Police in Anambra State have arrested a man who allegedly uses charms to defraud POS operators in Awka. Nationnewslead gathered that the man...

Two native doctors jailed over adulterated drugs

        A Kado Grade I Area Court Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced two native doctors to three months imprisonment each for selling adulterated...

FG releases suspected IPoB members held for 2yrs – AI

                Three persons suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, have been released after spending...

DSS told to arrest Gumi over alleged romance with bandits

                  A civil society organisation, operating under the aegis of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria,COPIN, has...

Driver steals boss’ car, cash hours after resuming work

      An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded Samuel Harrison at the Kirikiri Correctional Center for alleged theft of his employer’s car...

Man bags life imprisonment for raping nine-year-old girl

                    An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced a 31-year-old Okada rider, Idowu...

Woman robs bank to pay for sister’s cancer treatment

                A woman held up a Beirut bank Wednesday with a toy gun and walked out with thousands of dollars to pay for...

Nigerian student commits suicide in Kebbi

          Musa David, a twenty-five-year-old student of the Department of Banking and Finance, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic (WUFP), Birnin...

Man remanded in prison for allegedly raping 9-year-old

          A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 27-year-old man, Musa Haruna, be remanded in a correctional facility...

Court permits DSS to detain Mamu for 60 more days

            A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted permission to the Department of State Services to detain the former Kaduna...

Yahoo Yahoo: Court jails Nigerian musician, two others

          Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced a Lokoja- born musician, Onojah Emmanuel...

Police arrest couple for selling their baby for N500,000

        The Police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 20-year-old mother and her lover for selling their baby boy to a maternity home operator for...

Police arrest teacher for defiling pupil

              A 25-year-old school teacher, Sirajo Ahmed, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old pupil in Alkeri,...

Four officials in detention for withdrawing late worker’s money

        The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four criminals for alleged forgery and fraud. This was confirmed through a press release made...

Two paid N5000 to kill 85-year-old witchcraft suspect

                Two men in Adamawa State, hired for N5,000 by an aggrieved woman, have killed an 85-year-old man accused of...