Category: Crime

Tension over alleged murder of Chimamanda’s sister

          Tension has heightened in Anambra community over the alleged gruesome murder of one of the sisters of the renowned novelist Chimamanda...

Man kills brother’s wife over property ownership tussle

          An Anambra indigene, Mr George Okoye, from Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area has killed his younger brother’s wife, over a...

Ogun herbalist arrested for raping 17-year-old client

            A herbalist, Samson Ogundele of Referefu area of Oja-Odan, Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, has been arrested for...

Vehicle learner kills mother of three, family cries for justice

          The family of Sarah Ajesi, a mother of three, knocked down by a vehicle learner along Irese Road, Akure, Ondo State capital, has cried...

How Italy-based Nigerian was beaten to death – Embassy

        The Nigerian Embassy, Rome, Italy, has narrated how a 39-year-old Nigerian, Alika Ogorchukwu, was been beaten to death by an Italian man in...

Court sentences three herdsmen to death by hanging for armed robbery, rape, others

              A Minna High Court No 3, has sentenced three Fulani herders to death by hanging over alleged armed robbery, culpable...

Two women arrested for allegedly stealing baby in Ogun

        Two women have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a baby boy in Ogun State. Nationnewslead learnt the two women were nabbed...

Court remands 41-year-old farmer for allegedly trading in human parts

              A 41-year-old farmer, identified as Ibrahim Hamza, has been remanded for allegedly trading in human parts by a...

Police arrest abductors of Alao-Akala farm supervisor

              The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 17 suspected kidnappers in different parts of the state for their involvement...

Falling naira: EFCC raids Bureau De Change firms

          Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday raided the Wuse Zone 4 bureau de change hub of Abuja over the...

27-year-old man kills, buries girlfriend in bedroom

        A 27-year-old man, Joseph Fekala, has gruesomely murdered his girlfriend, one Kate Ogwoh, 26, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.   Fekala, said...

Onoh backs Tinubu’s presidential ambition, faults Tee Mac’s claims

          A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State Denge Josef Onoh has faulted Tee-Mac’s comments...

Court sanctions two public servants over disappearance of fraud suspects

        A Kwara State High Court has sanctioned two public servants in the State over the disappearance of three suspects standing trial. They are...

Police confirms stabbing of 2 school boys by mates over football argument

          The Bauchi State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of an SS3 student of Government Secondary School, Games Village in...

Court judgment: I’m happy Hanifa got justice — Father

            The father of late school girl, Hanifa Abubakar, Malam Abubakar Abdulsalam on Thursday said he was happy that the little Hanifa...

Hanifa: Court sentences killer of Kano school girl to death by hanging

          A Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, the kidnapper and killer of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar to death by hanging....

Untold story of how Boluwatife was burnt to death by fiancee

          THE love story of late Boluwatife Bamidele and his fiancée, Ifeoluwa Akanni was, ordinarily, meant to blossom. However, the...

Driver burnt to death in Ilorin

              A 37-year-old driver, one Emmanuel, was on Wednesday burnt to death in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The tragedy occurred...

Man rapes, impregnates step-daughter in Ekiti, blames devil

            A man identified as Ojo Babatunde from Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Police Force,...

Son stabs father to death over piece of land

            Tunde Badejo, on Monday, stabbed his father, Badejo Idowu to death over a claim to land belonging to the family in Masaka, Karu...