Category: Crime

By Ade Oyeyemi A Lagos school teacher, Nwatu Isaac, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old pupil of El-Bossaa Nursery and Primary School in Epe. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja. The Lagos State Domestic […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged woman who was captured in a viral video allegedly threatening police officers with a knife during an argument over her arrest for suspected cannabis sales. The incident reportedly occurred in Ijebu Igbo, the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state. […]

By Ade Oyeyemi A celebration to mark Nigeria’s Independence Day was reportedly disrupted in Abuja after a confrontation broke out between youths and individuals accused of attempting to turn the event into a campaign gathering for President Bola Tinubu. The incident occurred at Triple R Monoliza Park, Abuja, during an Independence Day festival held to […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command, has arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly vandalising a telecommunications mast and stealing equipment from the installation in Awka. The suspect, identified as Nweke Wisdom from Izzi South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was apprehended at Esther Obiakor Estate, Agu-Awka, on […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a young man identified as Seth for allegedly killing his father with a machete in the Pipeline area of Rumukwurushi, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The command also said it had commenced an investigation to determine what led to the alleged killing and […]

By Ade Oyeyemi A resident was killed while nine others were abducted when suspected bandits attacked Babban Saura (PW) community in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Thursday. The incident occurred as Nigeria marked its 66th Independence Anniversary. The attackers reportedly raided three houses in the community, taking away […]

By Ade Oyeyemi Vigilantes in Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State have arrested a man identified as Sulaiman Fulani over an allegation that he invited bandits into the community to carry out attacks. Fulani was reportedly apprehended in Toronya community by vigilantes operating under the command of the Tsaure area commander, Sadiq Mu’azu. Security […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Chairman of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Fiidi Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Igbu Terhemen, has reportedly died after he was allegedly attacked and abandoned in a bush near his residence. Terhemen was said to have been discovered unconscious at about 2am on Wednesday in a […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Edo State Special Criminal Court has sentenced four people to death over the abduction of a woman at the Vegetable Market along Airport Road in Benin City. Justice Aigbona Momodu delivered the judgment on Tuesday in the court’s maiden kidnapping case, following an 11-count charge involving kidnapping, conspiracy, armed robbery, cultism […]