Suspected gunmen on Monday abducted a Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike. Azubuike, the Parish Priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, Mgbaleze Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped alongside three other persons in the area. A statement by the...
Crime News
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, has remanded four minors to Borstal Correctional Center, for allegedly raping a 16- year-old girl inside a Church’s toilet. The defendants, all students, aged 17, reside with their parents at Ikosi Ketu, Lagos State, are being tried for conspiracy, rape and cyber bullying. The Magistrate,...
Armed bandits on Monday night killed four policemen serving under Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officers were said to have mounted a checkpoint along Bungudu-Gusau Road when the armed bandits ambushed and opened fire on them. The spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP...
Gunmen have killed eight villagers at Farin Lamba community in Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Mr Rwang Tengwong, National Publicity Secretary, Berom Youth Movement (BYM), a socio-cultural group, disclosed this in statement on Monday in Jos. Tengwong said that the criminals invaded the community...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, to life imprisonment for defiling his employer’s granddaughter, aged five years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution successfully proved all the ingredients of defilement against...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have seized no fewer than 4,560 kilograms of skunk in interdiction operations in Lagos, Adamawa and Osun. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in...
Gunmen have killed nine persons and burnt down six houses in Sabon Gari community in Mangu Local Government Area of the Plateau. Mr Jerry Datim, one of leaders in the community, disclosed this via telephone to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. Datim,...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 207 phone snatching suspects in the last one week in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated in Kaduna on Saturday that the arrests followed raids on identified black spots in the state. He added that other suspects were...
Gunmen kidnapped the Ekiti State’s chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Paul Omotisho, on Saturday. APC’s Publicity Secretary in Ekiti, Mr Segun Dipe, stated at Ado-Ekiti that the assailants abducted Omotisho as he was driving on the Agbado-Ekiti/Imesi-Ekiti Road. “The chairman was driving in a Toyota Venza...
Gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order on Friday night, attacked Amaraku market located at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. Although, no life was lost in the attack, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of...
Police operatives from the Gender Section of the Lagos State Command have arrested four 17-year old boys, who allegedly conspired and gang raped a 16-year old girl, recorded their various sex actions and uploaded same on the social media. The boys, Taofik Jimoh, Oduyebo Samson, Adegoke Oluwatimileh and Adesanya...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – A 21-years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Office in the state, ASP Aminu Ahmed, confirmed the...
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 27 suspects, including six vandals of telecommunication mast. Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri on Friday, the state Commandant, Mr Musa Farouk, said the six vandals were arrested at Shiki village of Chibok Local Government Area where...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Amotekun Corps, has arrested two suspects for impersonating as police and road safety officers and stealing in Ile-Ife. Brig-Gen Bashir Adewinmbi, the state Commander of Amotekun Corps, stated this in a statement issued on Friday. He...
A Lagos State-based businessman, Amarah Kennedy, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The businessman, who defied police invitation until his arrest, was accused of posting the nude photographs of a widow. According to available information, Kennedy has shared the photographs of the widow...
The Police Command in Lagos State has approved the dismissal of Insp. Samuel Ukpabio, over alleged baby theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the dismissal on Thursday on his verified Twitter handle. He said the recommendation of Ukpabio ’s dismissal was approved on Thursday. “The recommendation for...
The Police in Osun and Ekiti Commands on Thursday, warned those planning to celebrate ‘Cultists Day’ on July 7, to desist or be arrested and prosecuted. The warning is contained in separate statements issued by the police commands ahead of the ‘cultists day’ on Friday. In Osun, the police...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A man, identified as Naziru Mohammed, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly robbing stranded passengers with a cutlass. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a Tweet on Thursday, said the incident occured at...
A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 27-year old teacher, Bright Emelogu, to life imprisonment for sodomising a 14-year old boy. Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja held that Emelogu was amoral, callous, reckless and everything a teacher should not. Soladoye said...