Category: Crime

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 […]

By Ade Oyeyemi A 26-year-old security guard, Godwin Dauda, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command over the alleged rape and killing of an 11-year-old girl, Christabel Albert, in Suleja. The suspect, who was attached to the Apostolic Church in Suleja, was accused of luring the girl into his security room before allegedly […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Gombe State Police Command has arrested two young men in connection with the alleged robbery and killing of the wife of a serving police officer in the state. The suspects, identified as 20-year-old Muhammad Bashir Sale, also known as “Full,” and 18-year-old Musa Sale Ahmad, alias “Abba,” were apprehended on Saturday, […]

By Ade Oyeyemi A man identified as Seyi has been shot dead at Ijako Market, Owode-Ijako, Ogun State, after suspected cultists allegedly mistook him for a member of a rival group. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, September 23, when the attackers stormed the market in search of another man identified as Dammy. A police […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 25-year-old businessman, Lovely Chukwulobelu, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine to Portugal. Chukwulobelu, who recently got married, was arrested on Thursday, September 25, while allegedly preparing to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Portugal through Addis […]

By Ade Oyeyemi A woman identified as Shobowale Balikis has been arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle ethanol into the Ibara Custodial Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State, by disguising it as bottled drinking water. The incident occurred at about 3:50pm on Saturday when correctional officers conducting a routine search reportedly discovered the substance before it […]

Five miners have reportedly been killed while two others sustained injuries after gunmen attacked a mining site in Marit village, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident, which occurred around 1pm on Saturday, reportedly happened while the miners were engaged in their regular activities at the site. The attack has reportedly left […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a security guard, Emmanuel Ojo, who allegedly fled to Ogun State after stealing two generators worth N950,000 from his employer in Akure. Ojo, according to the police, was employed as a security guard by a resident of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, before allegedly taking advantage of […]

By Ade Oyeyemi Two men have been arrested in connection with the alleged vandalisation of a transformer at the Urunkpuke Distribution Substation in Nimo, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspects, identified as Nonso Okolodile and Emeka Onyeugwo, both from Nimo, were apprehended by members of the Nimo Vigilante Group following a report […]

By Ade Oyeyemi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three men over the alleged vandalism of an NNPC petroleum pipeline in Dafa, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory. The suspects were apprehended while allegedly attempting to retrieve sections of the pipeline they had earlier cut and load them into a […]