Category: Crime
40-year-old butcher arrested over lover’s death after sex
A 48-year-old butcher, Segun Taiwo, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for the death of his 50-year-old mistress, Abimbola Olusola. The...
Air force officer arrested over deadly attack on NDA
A Nigerian Air Force officer, Sergeant Torsabo Solomon, has been arrested in connection with the recent attack on the Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna, that...
BREAKING: Abdulrasheed jailed 61 years for money laundering
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a former chairman of Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina guilty to 61...
43-year-old man arrested for beating daughter to death over persistent crying
The Osun State Government on Sunday said it arrested a resident identified simply as Sanjo, in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly beating his child...
Baba Ijesha in fresh rape allegation from another underage girl
Popular Comedian and actor, Olabrewaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha is in another fresh allegation of raping a 12-year-old girl in addition to the original...
Three arrested as hunter kills 60-year-old man over traps
Three suspects have been arrested by the Delta State Police Command over the murder of a 60-year-old farmer, identified simply as Emmanuel. Nationnewslead...
Police kill three during clash with Lagos tricycle riders over N100
There was pandemonium on Command Road, Meiran, Lagos State, as a clash between men of the state police command and tricycle operators in the area left no...
ICPC, DSS arrest 48 lecturers, security officers, others for exams malpractices
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Department of State Services have arrested 48 individuals for alleged...
Life’s frustrating, says Osun woman who dumped 2 daughters inside well
A middle-aged woman, said to be mentally deranged, dumped her two daughters inside a well in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. It was gathered that the...
2 men docked for allegedly abducting, defiling 16-year-old physically challenged girl
Two men were on Monday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 16-year-old physically challenged girl....
Two robbers steal industrial batteries, hold guards hostage
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected robbers at the Crown Park Company on the Ota Industrial Estate in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local...
Lagos resident jailed 18 years for stabbing man, counsel blames youthfulness
A Lagos State High Court sitting at TBS has sentenced a 32-year-old man, Saheed Sanni, to 18 years’ imprisonment for stabbing one Jide Felix to death....
Mother, son in Police trouble over neighbour’s death
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Mary Ogbeifu and her 17-year-old son, Godwin, over the alleged murder of their...
N60,000 bribe: Police arrest, detain officers
The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday arrested some police officers who allegedly demanded a bribe of N60,000 from one Victor Aguwah, travelling from...
Man arrested for sending ‘offensive’ message to gov’s aide on birthday
A 39-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulmumini, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for alleged cyber-stalking. According to the police,...
Artisan allegedly beats seven-year-old son to death over fish
An artisan, Saviour Aniefok, has allegedly tortured his seven-year-old son, Nathaniel, to death at his residence at Amen Compound, in the Shangisha area of...
Ex-convict nabbed for using correctional service’s uniform for crime
The Katsina State Police Command on Friday paraded a 32-year-old alleged ex-convict, Shamsu Sani, for using the uniform of the Nigerian Correctional...
Court remands 23-year-man for attempting to rape 40-year-old woman
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 23-year-old man, Joshua Oduola, who attempted to rape a 40-year-old woman be remanded in...
Court remands Osun herbalist, Ogboni chief, others over killing of ritual money seeker
A herbalist based in Osogbo, Osun State, Ifaseun Afolabi, and an Ogboni chief living in Ikirun, Ifadare Afolabi, were on Tuesday arraigned for...
Sixteen-year-old girl remanded in Kwara for allegedly setting colleague ablaze
An Ilorin Magistrate court, Tuesday, remanded a Sixteen-year-old girl, (name withheld), for allegedly killing her colleague, Fatimon Jako by setting...
