Category: Crime
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...
Man stabs brother to death in Lagos
Police have arrested a 21-year-old mechanic, Monday Nnime, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death in Lagos....
Police nab six cultists over attempted assassination of monarch
Men of Ogun State Police command on Sunday arrested six suspected members of Eiye cult group...
NDLEA arrests pregnant woman
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 25-year-old pregnant woman in possession...
Mother of young man shot by Amotekun demands justice
Mrs. Amoke Eweje, the mother of a young man, Ayodele Eweje, who accused operatives of Amotekun Corps in...
Two youths allegedly kill 85-year-old man accused of witchcraft
Two young men in Adamawa State have been arrested by the police for allegedly killing an old man accused of witchcraft. The youths:...
Bandits place N50m ransom on nursing mother, two sisters
A ransom of N50m has been placed by bandits on a woman that gave birth in captivity. The mother and her two sisters are in the hands of the...
Man rapes daughter, says ‘I don’t know what came over me’
A 46-year-old man, Olusegun Oluwole, has reportedly raped his daughter in Ogun, saying he did not know what came over him while...
Brazilian returnee excretes 92 wraps of cocaine, pregnant woman caught with cannabis
A Brazilian returnee, Okolie Paulinus Nwabueze has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. National Drug Law...
