Category: Crime
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19-year-old jailed for life over aborted bike theft
An Ekiti State High Court on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old man, Oluwaseun Ademola, to life imprisonment for attempted robbery. The police...
Suspected ritualists, including two siblings, arrested for killing man and selling his heart for N15,000 [ Photos]
The police in Osun state have arrested two siblings, Faseun Afolabi and Fadare Afolabi, alongside their four complices for killing a man and selling...
Police arrest suspected murderer of pepper seller
The Police Command in Delta has arrested another suspect, in connection with alleged murder of a pepper seller in Ugheli South area of the ...
Police exhume body of kidnap victim buried in shallow grave
The Police in Rivers State have exhumed the decomposing body of a 56-year-old Christian cleric, Friday Olakada, who was kidnapped and killed by a four-man...
Woman to be charged to court for attempted suicide
The Police Command in Jigawa said that a housewife, Maimuna Wadaji, has been hospitalised after attempting to commit suicide in Dutse Local Government Area...
Father allegedly defiles four daughters in Lagos
A father of six, Sunday Julius, is currently in police custody in Lagos over alleged defilement of four of his daughters aged seven, 10, 11 and...
Okada rider confesses to trader’s killing, parts sold for N100,000
A 25-year-old Okada rider, Onos Simon, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a trader, plucking out her eyes and cutting off private parts, and...
Man rapes disabled teenager
A mob in the Aratusi area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, nearly lynched a 54-year-old man after he was allegedly caught raping a disabled teenager in an...
Five in custody over celebrity chef’s murder
NO fewer than five persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Abuja celebrity chef and Director of Helenes Food Company, Emeka Eloagu....
Oyo 60-year-old man lands in prison for alleged rape of girl, 14
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ibadan has ordered that 60-year-old Basiru Ajadi be remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town over...
Soldier stabs Ibadan tailor for alleged disrespect
A soldier attached to the Letmauck Barracks, Audu Abubakar, has allegedly stabbed a tailor, Ali Abubakar, in the Sabo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, for...
Quest for money pushed me into concealing cocaine in underwear – Woman
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady, Edith Okafor, during the outward...
I’m not asking for leniency, man tells judge, bags 205 years for killing five relations
A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 205 years in prison for fatally shooting five members of his family and he offered no explanation for his actions,...
Angry mum stabs daughter to death for spending night outside home
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman, Kafayat Lawal, for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old daughter Ayomide Adekoya with...
Man in court for allegedly giving wife abortion drug as pain killer
The police in Ilorin on Thursday arraigned one Nurudeen Osioyemi for allegedly giving his wife, Balikis Aliyu, an unknown drug as a pain killer, which...
Strange spirit directed me to rape 80-year-old grandmother — 65-year-old man claims
A 65-year-old man, Emmanuel Joseph has claimed that he was directed by a spirit to rape an Octogenarian woman, in Ondo town, Ondo state. The suspect...
Guard, friend kill lady, dismember body in Osun
A night guard, Kabiru Oyeduntan, arrested for killing a mistress of his friend, was on Friday paraded before newsmen by Osun State Commissioner of Police,...
How I helped my friend killed, butchered lover’s body for ritual — Suspect
A suspected ritualist, Kabiru Oyeduntan, 39, on Friday narrated how he assisted his friend, identified as Akin (alias o’clumsy) to butcher his...
Court remands 2 friends for alleged murder, arson
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ court in Ibadan on Friday ordered that two friends be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged murder and arson. The...
