Category: Crime

The police have rescued over 300 children and youths from a small building called ‘reformation centre’ at Sabon Gari area of Daura, Katsina State, where the victims were subjected to abuse, sexual assaults, serious torture and various forms of inhuman treatment. The incident happened barely three weeks after another batch of about 500 boys and […]

Armed robbers on Saturday night attacked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The gunmen were said to have struck after workers at the station had left the station for their homes. During the bloody incident, the armed robbers beheaded a sergeant and some security personnel attached to the […]

Soldiers rescue abducted Kaduna students Buratai declares war against bandits, kidnappers Lawyers have adduced reasons why kidnapping remains a lucrative “business” across the country despite the prescription of death penalty for the offence in some states. Meanwhile, soldiers have rescued some of the kidnapped Kaduna students while the Police in Kano freed eight persons kidnapped […]

Police Inspector General, Mr Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday said that 1,151 high-profile suspects were arrested nationwide by the police between August and September, 2019 Adamu disclosed this in Abuja during his monthly conference with senior police officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police. He said the suspects included 470 armed robbers, 216 kidnappers, 335 […]

Suspected notorious kidnapper, Ekweme Brown, popularly known as ‘Lucifer,’ has been shot dead in Rivers State, the police have confirmed. Rivers Police Command Spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the killing in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Omoni said that Brown was killed during a sting operation launched by the police to apprehend the […]

Some of the rescued victims from the baby factory Echi Uche, one of the 19 pregnant women rescued from four baby factories in the Ikotun and Abaranje areas of Lagos State, said she intended to sell her baby upon delivery so that she could use the proceeds to take care of her three other children. […]

Says free, compulsory education is panacea to child abuse Officials search for parents of some students Police hand over freed inmates to Kaduna government for rehabilitation President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the alleged torture and child abuse of students at an Islamic centre at Rigasa, Kaduna, which the police raided on Thursday. Over 300 […]

The police in Lagos on Sunday said they have uncovered a suspected baby factory and rescued 19 pregnant girls. The police stated that they acted on an intelligence report and swooped on the operators at their base on 14 Adisa Street, Ayanwale area of Ikotun. Police spokesman, Bala Elkana, said two suspects had been arrested. […]

Mother of former Nigeria coach and football star, Samson Siasia, who was kidnapped ten weeks ago, has been released. Mrs Ogere Siasia, 76, and two others were seized back in July in Bayelsa, southern Nigeria, where kidnappings for ransom are frequent. Siasia, who had pleaded for help last week, told the BBC he was ‘relieved’ that his […]