CRIME

FX crisis: Police raid Bureau De Change offices, arrest suspected operators in Benin

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Thursday raided Bureau de Change offices in Benin City and arrested suspected operators. DAILY POST reports that the se ...

Court sentences man for cloning Facebook account of Rivers SSG

A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a man to one year in prison or community service for fraud. DAILY POST reports that P. Chider ...

NSCDC arrests 45-year-old suspected serial rapist in Kwara

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, has nabbed a 45-year-old Prophet Olayinka Ajiboye, for allegedly defiling three minors. All the minors who fall within ...

Herdsman allegedly chops off farmers hand in Kaduna community

A suspected herdsman, Wuzaipa Salisu, has allegedly cut the hand of a farmer, Bitrus Chawai, in Damakasuwa community, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. DA ...

Insecurity: Bandits kill NSCDC commander in Benue

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed a commander of agro ranger of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Benue State. The deceased was identified as Mike ...

Yahoo: EFCC arrests 29 internet fraudsters

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on Wednesday arrested 29 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects were arres ...

Police arrest 17 suspected Forex hawkers in Kano

The Police in Kano State have arrested seventeen suspected forex hawkers for illegal operation of Bureau de Change. Spokesman of the command, SP. Abdullahi Haruna Ki ...

Benue Catholic school shuts down after attack by gunmen

The Catholic Archdiocese of Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the immediate closure of Father Angus Frazer Memorial High School in Adeke, Makurdi, following an attack on the school by unknown gunm ...

Killing of soldiers: Nigerian Army withdraws from Delta community

The Nigerian Army has withdrawn its troops from the troubled Okuama community in Ughelli south local government area of Delta State. DAILY POST recalls that the people were enjoying peace a ...

Police arrest 8 over alleged theft of transformers, 12 tyres in Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested eight suspects over the alleged theft of transformers, 12 tyres and a truck in Edo State. DAILY POST reports ...

Man who vandalised Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge in police net

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly vandalising the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, 34 days after it was reopened following rehabilitation. ...

Osun Amotekun nabs ex-convict, accomplice for burglary

Operatives of the Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested an ex-convict, 30-year-old Yekini Sulikaleni and Toheeb Yekini, aged 35 for burglary. According to the Corps Comm ...

17 people in police net for allegedly operating illegal Bureau de Change

The police have arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers for illegal operation of Bureau de Change in Wapa area of Fagge Local Government Area of the state. The Commissio ...

NSCDC arrest gang of four over alleged genital mutilation, rape of minors in Niger

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Niger State Command, has effected the arrest of four suspects allegedly specialised in genital mutilation, gang raping of minors, and other cri ...

Osun Amotekun nabs ex-convict, one other for alleged shop breaking

The Osun Amotekun Corps has arrested an ex-convict, Yekini Sulikaleni, 30, and Toheeb Yekini, 35, for allegedly breaking into a shop at Oje Oniyan area in Iwo town, Iwo Local Governmen ...

Teenager spends days in detention over mothers debt, drags EFCC to court

A 300-level Nursing Science student of Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Oluwateniola Omidiji who was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a ...

Bandits unleash attack on Zamfara market, kill 2, injure scores

A group of armed bandits, on Tuesday, unleashed a terror attack on Mada Market, in Zamfara State, killing two innocent persons, with many others injured. An eyewitness, Mama Bilikisu, said ...

Police foil terrorists attack, rescue 52 passengers on Katsina highway

From Agaju Madugba, Katsina The Katsina State police command says its men rescued 52 passengers abducted by terrorists on Monday along the Funtua- Gusau ...

BREAKING: DSS arrests wanted Oyo transport union leader Auxilliary

The Department of State Services, DSS, on Tuesday reportedly arrested the embattled chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. ...

Police nab 22 suspected armed robbers, 36 rapists in Katsina

The Katsina State Police Command said it arrested 22 suspected armed robbers, and 36 persons in connection to rape and sodomy cases in the state within the month of April. The State Police ...

Police Arrest Fake Medical Doctor 

By Christopher Oji The Nigeria Police have arrested a secondary school dropout who has been practising as a Medical Doctor. The suspect, Tayo Shakirudee ...

Police arrest man for allegedly killing “sugar mummy” in Delta

Police have arrested a man identified as Akpoveta School for allegedly murdering his sugar mummy, Gloria Akpaku, over her failure to give him N100,000. This was disclosed by the Delta Polic ...

Gunmen kill two, abduct 18 others in Kaduna community

Suspected bandits have killed two persons and kidnapped 18 others in Ungwan Dantata in the Gefe community of Kallah Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, accordin ...

Police arrest man for raping 9-year-old niece in Adamawa

A 25-year-old man in Adamawa State has been nabbed for alleged sexual assault against his nine-year-old niece. The Adamawa State Police Command, which made the arrest, identified the man as ...

Nigerian officials allegedly asked for $150 million bribe before arresting Binance staff

One month before Tigran Gambrayan, a compliance officer for the global cryptocurrency exchange Binance, was arrested in February, he was asked by Nigerian officials to pay $150 ...

Lagos Police arrest fake medical doctor, seal hospital

The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a 37-year-old fake medical practitioner, with suspected forged certificates. The Assistant Inspector-General o ...

Court orders arrest of lawyer, Bob Chidozie, Town planner, others in alleged forgery charge

  From Godwin Tsa Abuja A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday issued a warrant of arrest against a legal practitioner, Bob Chid ...

Borno residents beg FG to release DCP Kyari

  From Okwe Obi, Abuja Some residents of Borno State have pleaded with the Federal Government to release DCP Abba Kyari, following the death of his moth ...

One dead as kidnappers abduct travellers on Sagamu-Benin Expressway

Ogun State Police Command on Monday confirmed the abduction of travellers at Ilisan/Iperu axis on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. The State Police Public Relations Offi ...

Tension in Delta community as police allegedly shoot protesting woman, injure others

There is tension in Oteri-Ughelli, Ughelli north local government area of Delta State following the alleged shooting of a protester by the police. DAILY POST learnt ...