Category: Crime
How Nigerian student died hours after arrival in Ukraine – Autopsy
A 19-year-old student, Fadlullah Agboluaje, who recently died in Ukraine, was said to have experienced extreme cold before he passed on. Rofeeha,...
Oyetola, Aregbesola loyalists trade blame as hoodlums clash
Loyalists of Osun Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola have traded blame after hoodlums clashed in Ikirun on Tuesday....
Four convicted for Internet fraud in Osogbo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Command on Tuesday secured the conviction of four Internet fraudsters: Oseni Abolore Ismail,...
FIRS staff hacked to death in Lagos
Suspected assassins have brutally murdered Mrs Ibironke Oluremi Adefila, a senior staff of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Ikorodu area of...
Nigerian Government, We’ve Been Mourning For Eight Years – Parents Of 110 Remaining Chibok Schoolgirls
Nearly eight years after 276 schoolgirls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State, parents of about 110 girls yet to be rescued have again cried out, demanding...
Police parade 77 suspects with dangerous weapons in Minna
Niger State Police Command has paraded seventy-seven (77) more suspected hoodlums apprehended by the task force team in the state. The suspects were...
Mubi man, 28, defiles 5yr old nursery 3 girl
Abdullahi Adamu, an Adamawa State resident has confessed to defiling a five-year-old schoolgirl. Currently remanded in a Mubi prison, the alleged...
Hoodlums set ablaze PDP secretariat
The Gombe state secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party was on Tuesday morning set ablaze by some suspected political thugs. The PDP office...
Man drags FG to ECOWAS Court for allegedly tolerating serfdom
A man, Mr Hassane Nouhou, has dragged the Nigerien Government before the ECOWAS Court of Justice for allegedly tolerating serfdom in spite of signing...
Spiritualists in police net for aiding bandits with charms, prayers
The Katsina State Police Command has succeeded in arresting one Abdullahi Bello 50, a spiritualist for offering prayers and providing charms to...
Hoodlums invade Lagos church, attack pastor, guards over land dispute
The premises of Holy Trinity, located at 2 Oba Adeyemi Oyekan Avenue, Ikoyi Lagos was recently invaded by thugs. The resident pastor, John Delano, a church...
Gunmen kidnap 11 council workers demand N25m ransom
11 workers of Umunneochi council in Abia State have been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. The council workers who were said to be returning...
Over 50 Persons Abducted As Terrorists Attack Katsina Village
Terrorists have attacked Ruwan Godiya Village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State, abducting no fewer than 50 persons in the process. ...
Gunmen Kill Benue Commissioner’s Brother On Farm
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have shot dead Christopher, elder brother of Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Michael...
Fruit seller raped, killed in her farm in Ondo community
A fruit seller has been murdered in Ondo State by assailants suspected to be Fulani herders. The victim identified as Mrs Roseline Joguntan was said to...
Sofiat: We got money ritual guidelines from Facebook – Ogun teenage boys
The four teenage boys nabbed for slaughtering Sofiat Kehinde and burning her head for money ritual have said they got the guidelines on popular social...
98 suspected thugs arraigned for unlawful arms possession
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday arraigned 98 men suspected to be political thugs for alleged threats to violence and unlawful possession...
Two arrested for stealing Ogun monarch’s crown, staff
Two men, identified as Saheed Olatunji and Lukmon, have been arrested for allegedly invading the palace of the traditional ruler of Iraye community in the...
ATM fraudster robs retiree of gratuity, buys car, motorcycle
The Katsina State Police Command has paraded before newsmen on Monday, one Aliyu Abdullahi 22, of Kasuwar Mata street in Funtua Local Government...
Phone repairer gets 12 months jail term in Ilorin for cybercrime
A 25-year-old phone repairer, Abdulkazeem Ridwan, on Monday bagged 12 months jail term from cybercrime offences and possession of fraudulent funds. ...
