CRIME
Yobe Court sentences ex-soldier to death by hanging for killing Islamic cleric
Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum on Tuesday sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging and Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon to 10 years imprisonment at the ...
U.S. Secret Service indicts Lagos-based Yahoo Boy; confiscates Binance account over $2.5 million as proceeds of bla3kmåiling teenagers, others
The United States Secret Service has taken over the Binance account of 32-year-old male of Nigerian descent, Olamide Shanu, after tracing his account to a $2.5 million wire fra¥d, money ...
Teenage apprentice arraigned for allegedly stealing N958,000 from master
Prince Okemgbo, a teenage apprentice who reportedly stole his master’s N958,000, was arraigned at the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday. Okemgbo, 15, of I ...
Over 10 NSCDC personnel brutalize Anambra journalist
Over 10 personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra State on Saturday brutalized an Anambra State-based journalist, Izunna Okafor, accusing the med ...
EFCC drags husband, wife to court over land fraud
The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Simon Udeani and his wife, Dorcas before a Federal High Court in the state.
Bandits kill one, kidnap eight in Niger, demand N17m ransom
Armed men suspected to be bandits have allegedly killed one person and kidnapped no fewer than eight others in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, demanding N17 million in ransom. ...
Police arrest 4 suspects, recover gun in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command said its operatives have arrested four suspects with 50 kilogrammes of Indian hemp at Unguwar Mai Hayi in Makarfi. According to the Command’s Public Relation ...
Kaduna bombing: I lost 34 family members – Resident
Idris Dahiru, a resident of Tudun Biri in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State said the Army’s aircraft bombardment on Sunday evening killed 34 of his family members. Recall that sev ...
Nigerians surprised to see Benjamin aka Kîllaboi ‘roaming’ the streets of IG while allegedly in police custody for k#lling his girlfriend, Augusta
Nigerians are surprised to see Benjamin aka Kîllaboi ‘roaming’ the streets of IG while allegedly in police custody for k#lling his girlfriend, Augusta. He was seen updating his In ...
Three arraigned for murder, belonging to unlawful society
Three men, Bolu Wasiu, Nwokochi Chinonso and Akinstutu Olaleye, were on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for alleged murder and belonging to an unlawful society.
Applicant jailed 4 months for stealing yam
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 22-year-old applicant, Felix Adams, to four months in a correctional centre for stealing some tubers of yam from a school farm. ...
BREAKING NEWS: Police arrest NLC President Joe Ajaero, whereabouts unknown
Ajaero: Taken to an unknown destination The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been arrested in Owerri, the Imo State capital. ...
Troops arrest three soldiers for stealing 374 ammunition rounds
Troops from Operation Desert Sanity arrested three soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno State, for allegedly stealing ammunition. They were apprehended in a concealed operat ...
Suspected notorious robbers arrested for burgling RCCG, stealing valuables in Delta
Delta State Police command says two suspected notorious armed robbers, Patrick Emete and Alex Uwagbafor have been arrested for allegedly burgling Redeem Christian Church of God, a.k.a ...
47-yr-old Nigerian man arrested for k#lling his wife months after they relocated to the U.K.
A Nigerian man, Abodunde David Olubunmi, 47, of Exning Road, is set to appear at Suffolk Magistrates’ Court after being charged with m¥rder over the d£ath of his wife, Owoeye Taiwo M ...
Archive for month: February, 2023
Police reportedly arrested a syndicate responsible for the m@nipulation of BVAS in Abuja. Abuja The syndicate has their office in Maitama, Abuja and the Nigerian police is currently inve ...
Archive for month: November, 2021
Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a guard, Godswill Ezekiel Ugbe, for attempting to sell his employer’s car, estimated to cost N3 million for only N350,000 ...
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A High Court sitting in Kaduna State has sentenced one Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola to 10 years imprisonment for defr@uding a lady the sum of N740k. Justice A.A Isiaka convicted and ...
Archive for month: March, 2016
Mr Bitram Boyi Baka, a staff of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, was allegedly shot dead by a policeman, at a restaurant near the Gombe State Police Command. The father of two had ...
Four ISWAP t
At least four Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) t£rr%rists have been k+lled by their Improvised Explo§ive Device (IED) along San-San village in Mobbor LGA of Borno State ...
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The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one DSP Sunday Okoebor attached to the Command X-Squad by armed robbery suspects who disguised as operatives of the Economic a ...
Osun Police arrests, parade 14 suspected criminals
The Nigeria Police, Osun State Command, has arrested six suspects for conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and attempted murder. Also arrested ...
She caught me stealing
Mubarak Akadiru, the son of a housemaid who was arrested by police detectives for the murder of a 62-year-old grandmother and former head teacher, Mrs Sidikat Adamolekun, in Arigidi Akoko, Ondo St ...
Troops kill 52 terrorists, arrest ISWAP leader in Bauchi
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops of the Nigerian military and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have killed 52 terrorists and arrested a leader of the Islamic State We ...
Security firm apprehends 10 Chinese Company staff, 3 others for railway vandalism in Abuja
Safeguard Security and Protection Company, the private guard company responsible for safeguarding the Abuja mass transit rail, has successfully apprehended 13 individuals suspected of ...
Court jails fake US military officer, one other in Kaduna
Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, on Thursday, November 30, 2023, convicted and sentenced a fake United States military officer, Zulayman Haruna, to two years imprison ...
Why I killed retired head teacher after stealing her phone
A teenager, Mubarak Akadiri, who killed a 62-year-old retired head teacher, Mrs Sidikat Adamolekun, after stealing her phone valued at N66,000, has explained how the incident happened. Muba ...
Gunmen kidnap Catholic priest in Imo
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev Fr Kingsley Eze, in Umuekebi, Osuoweerre, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. DAILY PO ...
Edo: Confusion as wheelbarrow pusher allegedly kills tax collector over N50, stabs self to death
There was commotion around Mission Road in Oredo Local Government Area of Benin City, Edo State, as a wheelbarrow pusher killed a tax collector. The yet-to-be identified wheelbarrow pusher ...
DSS, Army arrest ISWAP leader
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has announced the arrest of a leader of Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group. DHQ said the ISWAP l ...