crime
Ogun police arrest eight over death of bank agent
The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects in connection with the murder of a bank agent, Sunday Awodiran. The...
I collected $1 million ransom – Kidnap kingpin
A suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike , also known as Evans, who was arrested by police in Lagos said on Sunday that...
Ifa priests impersonate Alaafin, dupe three Americans
OLUFEMI ATOYEBI Three Ifa priests from Oyo town were on Friday arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, for impersonating the...
America, Lagos’ most wanted kidnap, armed robbery kingpin
•••nets millions of naira in ransom, robbery loot Kunle Falayi On May 1, 2017, soldiers attached to Operation Delta Safe, a joint task...
Man kills wife over housekeeping allowance
A man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife to death during an argument over housekeeping money. The suspect, 30-year-old Abdulahi Garuba,...
Ex-convict nabbed two days after 7 years in jail
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar A 35-year-old ex-convict, Anietie Okon, was on Tuesday paraded alongside 24 others by the Cross River State Police Command for...
Bullet-proof door found with man who reported it stolen
An Upper Area Court, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced 26-year-old Hashimu Abdullahi to three weeks’ imprisonment for stealing a bullet-proof door. The convict...
Robbers kill bank agent, withdraw N2m from account
Samson Folarin A bank agent, Ayodele Awodiran, aka AY, has been stabbed to death by some suspected robbers on Lambe Junction, Alausa village,...
Kidnapped final year student found dead in Delta
Ovie Okpare A final year student of Accounting Department at Novena University, Ogume, in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, Nathaniel Edehwosa,...
Residents accuse pregnant woman of witchcraft, beat her to death
The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Mr. Moses Jitoboh, has confirmed the arrest of five suspects for beating a pregnant woman to death...
Shock as assassins strangle septuagenarian couple in Osun
A septuagenarian couple have been killed by suspected assassins at their residence at Gbongan in Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State. The...
Lecturer, four others killed in Benue
John Charles, Makurdi Five persons including a lecturer at the College of Education, Makurdi, Dr. Julius Kpagh, have been killed in separate incidents...
Robbed of justice: How police help child kidnappers, rapists’ escape
In this concluding part of his report on crimes against Nigerian children, KUNLE FALAYI writes on how police corruption is leading to numerous...
