Operatives of the Yobe Police Command have arrested a couple, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Khadija Ali for allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging by a Muslim cleric in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. This is contained in a statement by DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command Spokesman, in Damaturu. He said Ibrahim,...
Crime News
The Imo Police Command said it arrested 56 suspects for various criminal offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking, cultism, murder and terrorism between January and June. The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, said this at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, while briefing newsmen on the recent exploits by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 3 Division Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu LGA of Plateau has killed three bandits in the area. This is according to a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu....
The Police Command in Osun has arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly lured her victim from Lagos to Osun, through the social media. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known on Tuesday in Osogbo. Opalola said the victim was lured to Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area...
Thunder strike has reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in the agrarian Oro Ago community in the Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State.t
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...
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...