BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Gumel has warned criminal minded people in Sokoto against unruly behaviours, noting that the Command will not hesitate to deal with anybody or group of persons hiding under the guise of celebrating electoral victory to commit crime....
Crime News
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force says it will prosecute a musician, one Habeeb Okikiola, (AKA Portable), for allegedly exhibiting irrational behaviour and hurling insults at Police Officers on legal duty. The Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday. Adejobi condemned...
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded an 80-year-old man, Lucas Ateniola, at the correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday over alleged murder and attempted murder. Police prosecutor, Insp Caleb Leramo, had earlier told the court that Ateniola murdered one Elizabeth Nwamaka and attempted to murder a 20-year-old, Alice Bodunride...
The Police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a 27-year old man of Railway Ijora Badia, for allegedly defiling a nine-month-old baby. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that the case...
Police in Nsukka, Enugu State, have rescued an abducted 10-year-old at Enugu-Ezike community on Monday. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated in Enugu on Tuesday that the minor was rescued at about 11 p.m. He explained that the abductors abandoned their victim in the community as...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has paraded two sisters and the spouse of one of them before newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday for being in possession of six kilograms of Indian hemp. The narcotics agency’s commander in Katsina State, Mr Mohammed Bashir, told newsmen that one of...
The Kogi Police Command on Tuesday says it has rescued 13 kidnapped victims and recovered ammunition in the State. Those rescued include eleven (11) male victims and two (2) females who were reportedly kidnapped at a Hotel in Eleite Area along Ajaokuta road on March 25. A statement issued...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Lagos Command, on Tuesday said it would clamp down on restaurants and beer parlours that engaged children as workers. The Commander, NAPTIP Lagos Command, Mrs Comfort Agboko, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos....
Abductors of 19-year-old lady, Adetutu Okinbaloye, have set her free. Adetutu was abducted from her home at Imoru Community in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on March 18. “Her abductors released her four days ago. I cannot say whether ransom was paid or not. “Adetutu has been...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Kebbi has handed over four arrested Libya-bound victims from Lagos State, to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). They were arrested in Kebbi while allegedly on their way to Libya. The Comptroller of the NIS in Kebbi State,...
Unidentified Gunmen have killed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo and two persons working on a telecommunications mast. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday said that the incident occured at...
An Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu to death by hanging for killing his employer, an 89-year-old woman Ajoke John and her daughter, Oreoluwa in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay, held that the prosecution had sufficiently proven...
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Monday remanded a mason, Surajo Hamza, in a correctional centre for allegedly having illicit sex with a housewife. The police charged Hamza, 34, of Zaman Gida, Asokoro, Abuja, with criminal trespass, adultery and causing harm. The trial judge, Mr Umar...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested criminal gangs in various parts of the country, recovering different kinds of weapons from them. DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said in a statement on Sunday that the secret police carried out a joint operation with sister...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a businessman, Nwachukwu Molokwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for drug trafficking. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 164,750 tramadol and other illicit pills in Taraba. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja, that the drugs were seized from two suspects – Henry Abuchi and Daniel Ugwoke. He added...
By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – No fewer than 79 suspects were arrested by the security agencies in the state during the March 18 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. The Sokoto State Police Command’s spokesman, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Sokoto....
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (name withheld). The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Oyeyemi noted that the...
The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Baba Akali, to ensure a thorough investigation of the allegation of organ harvesting and rights abuse against two Police formations in Anambra. Mr Okechukwu Nwangwuma, Executive of RULAAC, made the call...
Abductors kidnapped a farmer and a commercial motorcyclist on Ugbokuli-Ekiadolor Road in Ovia Northeast Local government area of Edo on Friday. The farmer was returning from his father’s oil palm plantation when he was abducted alongside the motorcyclist whose services he had earlier engaged. Police spokesman in Edo, SP...