Category: Crime
Courtroom overcrowded as Ogun teenage killers arraigned, remanded
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo, Ogun State, on Thursday, ordered that four teenagers who allegedly murdered a 20-year -old girl, Sofiat...
Man arraigned for beating policeman, stealing N80,000, beret
A 21-year-old man, Stephen Monday, has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, on charges of assault and theft. The...
BREAKING: Hoodlums attack Aregbesola’s campaign office in Osogbo
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs, on Thursday evening, attacked Oranmiyan House, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola’s campaign office...
Benin Prison: We’ll free Sunday Igboho magically ― Agbekoya
Agbekoya farmers society of Nigeria has disclosed that it will deploy magical power to free detained Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (popularly...
One feared dead, other injured in Kwara hijab crisis
Controversy over hijab-wearing by Muslim students in Oyun Baptist High School (OBHS) Ijagbo, Oyun local government area of Kwara state turned bloody on...
Gunmen attack community, kill village head, four others
Gunmen killed a village head, Alhaji Jafaru Rabi’u, and abducted a yet-to-be-identified lady. at Daddara Liman, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina...
We supply food, drinks to kidnappers on Lagos-Ibadan expressway — Suspects
SUSPECTED kidnap syndicate, has confirmed their involvement in the recent kidnap operation at Onigari on Lagos-Ibadan expressway which led to the death of...
License : NSCDC arrest 7, shut down 3 private security companies
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven private security guards while shutting down operations of three private security...
Police react to killing of two security guards
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the murder of two security guards working at Sulfuk Nigeria Ltd. fabrication yard along Terminal Road. The...
Police Arrest Man For Sodomising Six-Year-Old Boy, Defiling Girl
A 30-year-old man, Mohammed Ibrahim, has been arrested for allegedly sodomising a six-year-old boy and defiling a six-year-old girl in the Potiskum local...
Chief Judge releases 22 inmates for good behaviour
The Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Aisha Bawa Bwari, has ordered the release of 22 inmates awaiting trial at the old Minna Medium Security Custodial...
Cyclist allegedly kills colleague over plate of food
The Police Command in Abia, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of a cyclist by his colleague in Aba, allegedly, over a plate of rice. Public Relations...
5 arrested for selling, buying Covid-19 green card
The COVID-19 Task Force in Bauchi has said it arrested five persons caught selling and buying COVID-19 green cards. Executive Chairman of Bauchi State...
UNILAG reacts to video of ‘kidnap attempt’
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has allayed fears over an incident on the campus. A viral video circulating on social media and WhatsApp suggested...
Bankers risk 20 years imprisonment for not declaring assets
Employees of banks that fail to declare their assets annually could get 20 years imprisonment if convicted by a court. On Tuesday, the House of...
Prison attacks: Why correctional service must look inward
Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola hugged newspaper headlines on January 18 for openly directing the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) personnel to shoot...
LG caretaker chairman arraigned for N5m inherited debt
The Chairman of Transition Implementation Committee in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Jare Olatundun, has been arraigned before a...
‘B’Haram forces children to attack families to demonstrate loyalty’
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has said about 8,000 children have been recruited in fighting the war against Nigeria since the start of the Boko...
Police drag 42-year-old man to court for allegedly stealing N168,000 in Osun
The Osun State Police Command has dragged one commercial driver, Ajewole Abayomi, 42, before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly stealing...
We formed robbery gang after SARS was disbanded – Suspects confess in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Police Command has said that its officers and men will continue to be relentless in their efforts to go after all criminal elements in the...
