Category: Crime

Court sentences 31-year-old man to death for killing girlfriend

                The Akwa Ibom State high court in Uyo, the state capital, on Friday, sentenced one Ubon Udo Edet (31) to death by...

N109bn fraud: EFCC arraigns ex-AGF, Idris, today

          The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Friday (today) arraign a former Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed...

Wife burns Osun man, family seeks justice

          The family of a Cairo-based man, Bolu Bamidele, who was allegedly burnt to death by his wife, Ifeoluwa, has urged security agencies...

Mr P replies to allegation of N7,000 fraud

          Peter Okoye aka Mr P has replied to a fraud victim who accused him of illegally obtaining N7,000 from him. Mr P recently announced his...

Nnamdi Kanu: No sit-at-home Friday, ignore Simon Ekpa – IPOB

          The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said no sit-at-home order tomorrow (Friday). IPOB said the reported order issued by Nnamdi...

Four men gang-rape Lagos schoolgirl

        A 15-year-old teenager, who was allegedly abducted, drugged and raped by four men in the Igando area of Lagos State, has been found. She was...

We broke windows to rescue man set ablaze by girlfriend — Neighbour

      Neighbours of Bolu Bamidele, allegedly set on fire by his fiancee over alleged infidelity, said they had to break about four windows before they...

Police arrest cultists who beheaded, played soccer with head of rival [video]

              Police operatives in Anambra State have reportedly arrested two suspected cultists, who participated in the killing of a...

Angry residents burn two suspected motorcycle snatchers in Ibadan

        No fewer than two suspected motorcycle snatchers have been burnt to death in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Nationnewslead gathered that the...

Why I should be granted bail — Abba Kyari

      The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge, has said he should be granted bail because he...

Man robs mosque generator, sound amplifier; spends proceeds on drugs

              A man in Adamawa State, Umar Sani, has owned up to stealing N48,000 cash as well as a generator, a sound amplifier and...

Osun police launch manhunt for killer wife

            The Osun State Police Command has declared Ifeoluwa Bamidele wanted for the alleged murder of her husband; Bolu Bamidele. The...

Those killed on Sunday were members of ESN, not wedding guests – DSS claims

      The Department of State Security in Imo State on Tuesday said an exchange of fierce gunfire between a joint security team and the proscribed...

Police arrest man who killed lover over iPhone

        Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old man, Godspower Adigheti, who allegedly macheted his girlfriend, Gift...

Court remands apprentice for allegedly defiling 3-year-old girl

      An Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered that an 18-year-old apprentice mechanic, Azeez Hammed, be remanded for allegedly defiling a...

Man machetes girlfriend to death for destroying mobile phone

      A 23-year-old man, Godspower Adigheti, reportedly macheted his girlfriend to death at Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area, Delta State for...

Police arrests 10 over thuggery, restiveness, culpable homicide

          The Niger State Police command has paraded ten notorious suspects, including a female over alleged thuggery, youth restiveness in...

Workers rape employer, kill victim, husband

      The Delta State Police Command has paraded over 45 suspects for various criminal offences ranging from kidnapping, robbery, cultism, baby factory,...

Court remands man over alleged murder of woman by strangulation

        The Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) has arrested Oleniju Anthony, 30, over alleged homicide. Anthony was said to have...

Osun election: Hoodlums vandalise shops belonging to Igbos in Osogbo

          Political thugs have allegedly Vandalized the businesses of some Igbo traders at Old garage, in Osogbo, the state capital. In a viral...