Category: Crime

Five men were burnt to death after they allegedly attempted to snatch a tricycle operator of his tricycle in Onitsha, Anambra State.  The incident occurred at old Nkpor road, close to the headquarters of...

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 48-year-old native doctor identified as Ezekiel Buba, for allegedly killing a mentally challenged man identified as Alamisa, brought to him for treatment at Gombiyel in Shelleng...

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old pastor, Kayode Salami, who allegedly raped and killed a nursing mother inside his church.  It was gathered that the deceased, Adejoke Oloje, came to the...

A United Kingdom court has convicted a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, on charges of organ trafficking. Also convicted are Ekweremadu’s daughter, Sonia; and a medical doctor, Obinna Obeta,...

19 suspects have been paraded by the Ekiti State Police Command, one of whom allegedly broke into a church in Osun and carted away N600,000 offerings. Police spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen that...

An accused nurse in the UK identified as “Lucy Letby” over allegations of killing seven babies in Chester, UK has been arraigned in court. The suspect who is also charged with the attempted murder...

A Nigerian citizen who was fond of flaunting money on social media and encouraging his followers to “hustle” has been arrested for alleged kidnapping. The man nicknamed “Lion” is said to be a dreaded...

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious drug dealer with 180 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The suspect, Abdurrazaq Ajibade, residing behind Magama Restaurant in Katsina metropolis,...

A 66-year old grandmother identified as “Florence Olaloye” has been murdered at her home in the Labeta in Sabo axis of Ondo town in the Ondo West Local Government area of the State. One...

Nemesis has caught up with three youths in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, after they snatched someone’s phone but were rounded up as they tried to escape and their tricycle damaged. Two of the...

A wanted cultist in Osun State identified as Hammed Rasheed, 29, popularly known as Oko-Ilu has been charged to court. Oko-Ilu was brought to court by the Police before the Chief Magistrate Olufemi Ayilara...

The Adamawa State Police Command on Tuesday 9th-August-2022 paraded 38 suspects. The suspects are aged between 16 and 60 years. They are charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, homicide and other crimes. The Command...

Men of the Maiduguri police command have arrested a suspected child trafficker identified as Nsa Heneswa for allegedly abducting two Almajiri children and a two-year-old girl. The Borno Commissioner of Police(CP), Abdu Umar, speaking...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has shared a video showing the moment it busted Methamphetamine hidden in coloured beads. The banned substance was heading to Australia and Indonesia before it was intercepted. The...

Terrorists who attacked the Owo Catholic church in Ondo state have been arrested, according to the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor. Irabor made the revelation on Tuesday, 9th-August-2022, during a meeting with editors...

A suspected Nigerian drug kingpin simply identified as Babashola alongside an Indian event organizer has been apprehended by a team of police officers from the Anti-Narcotics Cell in Delhi’s Dwarka district. Babashola, who was...

The Oyo State Police command have arrested a 40-year-old herb seller for allegedly killing a man in order to avoid repaying a loan. The victim has been identified as a septuagenarian, Rufus Olayinwola. Parading...

A young man identified as “David Tumola Olali” has taken to Facebook to lament the worsening insecurity in Bayelsa State after robbers attacked him and his family, and inflicted injuries on his wife. According...

The remaining victims of the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train attack are still in captivity due to the failure of their captors to honour a deal with the government. Train AK9 operated by the Nigerian Railway...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested a 35-year-old female passenger identified as Jatau Lydia Lami. After being arrested for drug trafficking, Lami claimed she wanted to raise N5m ransom to pay...

A trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong, has been arrested by Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He was arrested with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to...

A 34-year-old suspected serial thief identified as “Ifeanyi Odieze Ezenagu” has been arrested. The man, who is currently being investigated by policemen attached to Surulere Division, Lagos State Police Command, has revealed how he...

A young man, identified as Joseph Fekala, was recently arrested by the Bayelsa State Police Command for allegedly killing a 25-year-old woman, identified as Kate Ogwoh. After killing her, he went ahead to bury...

A suspected cultist, Rasheed Hammed, popularly known as Rasidi Oko’lu, has been arrested. He was arrested by the Osun State Police Command in the early hours of Sunday about 5 months after he was...

A a four-year-old boy identified as “Oluwadarasimi Omojola”, has been abducted. The boy was reportedly kidnapped along Itaji/Ijelu Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area, Ekiti State. The Owajumu of Omu Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi,...

A 21-year-old man identified as “Sabiu Usman”, has been arrested in Niger State. He was nabbed by The police in Niger State for allegedly killing his master’s son and burying him in a shallow grave outside...

Four police officers have been killed in an attack on a Police station in Imo State, Nigeria. The officers were killed on Friday night when criminals invaded Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local...

Rabiu Tajudeen, a top official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Osun State, has been killed. The man was on Friday shot dead by gunmen on a motorcycle suspected to be members of...

A male teacher identified as Alayoteti Oyebode has been remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre by a family court sitting in Ibadan judicial division, Oyo State, for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old...

Arowolo Ayodeji, a father who defiled his own biological daughter, has been nabbed. He was arrested by the Kwara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. Parading the suspect alongside two...

A Nigerian fugitive, Osita Ogbuiri who is popularly known as Shina Rambo, has been killed. The man, who escaped at Owerri custodial centre during the April 5, 2021 jailbreak, was killed by the Imo...

Uduak Frank Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Iniubong Umoren has sentenced to death. He was sentenced to die by hanging by the Akwa Ibom State high court in Uyo. In the...

Four police officers have been arrested by the FBI over the murder of black woman, Breonna Taylor in 2020. The officers were arrested on Thursday, August 4, 2022. FBI brought civil rights charges against...

A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Adetuberu Adetoyese, has been arrested. The NYSC member who is serving in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, was arrested over alleged cybercrime by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal...

The Niger State Police Command has arested one of the inmates who escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja during an attack on the facility by suspected terrorists.  Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu...

American rapper, Mystikal has been arrested in his home state of Louisiana after being accused of rape, among other crimes. The New Orleans-bred rapper (real name Michael Tyler) was booked into the Ascension Parish...

Some unknown gunmen have killed a new graduate of Federal Polytechnic Oko, in Anambra State. The young man identified as Nnamdi Paul Odoh was murdered by unknown gunmen in Oba area of the state...

A 25-year-old suspected killer identified as “Destiny Agbaijoh”, who was arrested recently has made a stunning statement. The man who arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State, has said that...

 A 41-year-old farmer, identified as “Ibrahim Hamza” has been arraigned and remanded. He was remanded for allegedly trading in human parts by a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Magistrate Afusat Alege of...

Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Command have apprehended six suspected Yahoo boys. The suspects were arrested on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Amichi Hotel in Orokam, Benue State....

Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the special cyber cell of Kashmir Police in India for defrauding a man of Rs 36.35 lacs in an online scam. The suspects identified as Isioma Steven...

A taxi driver who assaulted an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been arrested by the Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State. A statement by Public Education Officer, Olabisi...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a popular Enugu state big girl and wig vendor for drug trafficking. Onuorah Caritas Onyinye a.k.a Smart Beyoncé was reportedly nabbed at a Nigerian airport...

One of the abducted passengers of the ill-fated Abuja/Kaduna train attack who spoke in the new video released by terrorists has been identified as Hassan Usman, a lawyer. In the new video, the terrorists...

The Benue State Police Command has announced the arrest of an inmate who fled the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) when the facility was attacked by terrorists on...

An Abuja tenant is on the run after he allegedly killed his landlord following a rent dispute. Muhammed Mukailu is accused of hitting Adegoke Tunde on Monday morning, July 18, 2022 in Dakwa area...

A 35-year-old woman, identifies as “Funmilayo Mogbojuri” has been apprehended by the Ondo state police command. She was arrested for allegedly stealing a newborn baby at Sabo in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the...

The family of a 15-year-old girl have found her after she went missing last Friday. After she was found on the fifth day of her abduction, she was allegedly abducted, drugged and r*ped by...

The police in Adamawa state have arrested and arraigned a man simply identified as Umar Sani for allegedly stealing a generator and amplifier belonging to a mosque in Yola, Adamawa State capital. Umar was arraigned before...