Category: Crime
Court remands Aregbesola’s loyalist over attempted murder
A Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ikirun, Osun state has remanded five members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ilesa Corrections over alleged...
Apartment building gutted by fire in Offa, Kwara
A storey building consisting of 12-room apartments was on Tuesday gutted by fire at Olagunju House, GRA, Offa, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State....
Ogun students block Lagos, Abeokuta road as gunmen allegedly kidnap two
Students of D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ogun State have blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta road over the alleged abduction of two of them by some...
BREAKING: Lagos begins rebuilding Igbosere, Nigeria’s oldest High Court
The Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund has begun reconstructing the Igbosere High Court, which was razed down by hijackers of the #EndSARS protest on...
Alleged assault: Man Utd striker Greenwood released on bail
Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood has been released on bail following his arrest on suspicion of rape, assault and threats to kill. The club have...
No kidnap attempt on campus, UNILAG assures students
The Management of the University of Lagos has described reports (not by NNL) about an attempted kidnap within the university campus as false. Some Internet...
Hoodlums behead retired police officer in farm
Hoodlums said to be operating within Agwa, Izombe and Egbema in Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta local government areas of Imo state, have kidnapped a retired police...
Banditry: I killed over 20, but I’ve repented now — 21-yr-old arrested Turji’s boy confesses
The 21-year-old suspected terrorist, Naziru Sani, working under the camp of Bello Turji, a notorious terrorist, on the police wanted list for acts of...
BREAKING: FG set to arraign Nnamdi Kanu’s co-accused on terrorism charges
The Federal Government is set to arraign the four co-defendants of Nnamd Kanu on terrorism charges this Wednesday morning. The arraignment is scheduled for...
Terrorists Abduct Woman, Two Children, Others From Monarch’s Palace
Bandits have abducted a mother, two children and servants from a traditional ruler’s residence in Sokoto State. Nationnewslead learnt that the...
Yoruba Monarch, Ooni Imposes Curfew, Bans Night Prayers In Churches, Mosques Over Bandits’ Attacks
The Ooni of Ife, Yoruba’s foremost traditional ruler, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has ordered a restriction of movement in Ile-Ife, Osun State, from 11pm to 5am...
Police Arrest 6 Islamic Clerics For Torturing Student To Death
The police in Kano State have uncovered how an Islamic student, Aminu Ado, was tortured to death in the northwestern Nigerian state. The Kano State...
Alleged sexual exploitation: Court grants N5 million bail to church founder, confiscates licence
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the confiscation of Certificate of Registration of the Great Tabernacle Miracle Church of God,...
Community drags monarch to court over alleged harassment of subjects
The people of Agunese-Mmaku Autonomous Community, in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, have dragged their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe Cyprian...
Chaos as Alfa leads thugs to disrupt church service in Ekiti
It was a sad tale for members of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Oluwatoyi District in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, as their monthly global crusade ended in a...
Gunmen kidnap 10 persons in Ondo, demand N100m ransom
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted no fewer than 10 persons in Ondo State. The victims were kidnapped during the weekend on a farm at...
Six in custody as police discover illegal rehabilitation centre with 113 inmates in Kano
The Kano Police Command has discovered an illegal rehabilitation centre with 113 inmates in the Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. The inmates...
Man Utd Footballer Star, Mason Greenwood To Remain In Police Custody Till Wednesday Over Sex Assault
Manchester United footballer, Mason Greenwood has been further arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and making threats to kill. The 20-year-old...
Two minors allegedly sexually molested by NYSC member rescued
A local vigilante group has rescued two minors aged 12 and 13, who were allegedly being sexually molested by a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member,...
Traffic Offence: Court orders LGA to pay lawyer N1.2m
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the Oshodi/ Isolo Local Government Area to pay N1.2million as damage to a lawyer Iwowo Anthony for the...
