Crime

51-year-old woman digs underground tunnel to break son out of jail

A Ukrainian woman has made headlines after it was discovered that she had been…

How ‘confused’ policeman allegedly let kidnap suspects escape in Enugu

A mistake by a policeman attached to the Isi-Uzo Divisional Police Station, Ikem in…

Al-Qaeda is penetrating Nigeria, US government warns

Members of the deadly Al-Qaeda insurgent group have started penetrating the North-Western part of…

FUTA student allegedly hacks Premium Times website

A final year student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State has…

Female cassava thief paraded in Abia

A woman who was recently caught stealing cassava from a farm in Nkwedi village of…

Nurses, one other arrested for stealing newborn baby abandoned in Katsina hospital

Three women have been arrested in Katsina State for allegedly stealing a newly born baby…

37-year-old Beninoise takes Nigerian couple on ‘spiritual journey’, scams them N5m

In a bid to protect themselves and their children from untimely death, a Nigerian…

I duped my victims of N3.5m to build a house- Native doctor confesses

A suspected fake Beninoise native doctor, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police…

Man in court for allegedly stealing rice, cassava flakes, electronics from ‘baby mama’

An applicant, Okorafor Uzechukwu, on Monday appeared in a Grade I Area Court Nyanya,…

Police arrest monarch, pastors for alleged kidnapping, rape in Imo

A traditional ruler in Awara community in Ohaji/Egbema local government area of Imo State,…

Woman, 25, allegedly feeds co-wife, three stepchildren food laced with rat poison

A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 25-year-old woman, Amina Haruna,…

Police arrest bullion van robbery suspects, recover weapons, charms, cars, others (Photos)

Nigeria Police detectives have arrested seven armed robbers including two soldiers – one serving,…

Army nabs Mexican drug lord ‘El Marro’ after years on the run

One of Mexico’s most wanted drug lords, José Antonio “El Marro” Yépez Ortiz, the…

Police hunt for kidnappers who attempted to hijack commercial bus in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command is on the trail of some suspected kidnappers who…

Man steals water tank belonging to NBA, bags one-year imprisonment 

A Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, on Monday, sentenced a 28-year-old man, Akintunde Segun,…