Crime

Police arrest seven suspects after gunmen abduct passengers in Kogi

  The Kogi State Police Command has launched a massive search-and-rescue operation following a…

French film director handed five-year sentence for abusing child actor

  A French court on Friday handed film director Christophe Ruggia a five-year sentence…

Soldiers arrest 15 suspected oil thieves at Dangote refinery discharge point

  Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 15 suspected oil thieves around the…

Lagos pastor gets life jail for raping church member’s daughter

  A 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment…

EFCC witness details alleged N4.6bn diversion in Bauchi funds trial

A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, John Ibrahim, on Thursday…

Nigerian couple jailed in UK for £433,000 tax fraud

  A Nigerian couple, Luciana Akanbi and Femi Akanbi, have been sentenced to three…

Nigeria extradites murder, drug suspect to UK

  The Nigeria Police Force has extradited a fugitive, Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi, to the…

Prisoner escapes as vehicle conveying inmates crashed in Yobe

  The Nigerian Correctional Service in Yobe State has declared a convicted inmate wanted…

US man Olaolukitan Abel kills DHS staff, shoots homeless man

  A 26-year-old man who was naturalized as a United States citizen under the…

Ex-AGF Malami, son plead not guilty to amended firearms charge

  Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and his…

Two security guards arrested for killing traveller in Ogun

  The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two private security guards over the…

Police arrest 41 suspects, rescue seven victims in Kaduna crackdown

The Kaduna State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of 41 suspected kidnappers…

Man kills two siblings, five-year-old daughter in Ondo

  The Ondo State Police Command has launched an investigation after a 28-year-old man,…

1,100 abducted across northern Nigeria since January — Amnesty

  Amnesty International has said that Nigeria is grappling with a deepening abduction crisis,…

NDLEA arrests 93-year-old man, doctor in nationwide drug crackdown

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 93-year-old man…