Crime

Woman sets ransom at N20,000 after staging own kidnap

A woman, Torkwase Queen Ayakpa, 37, set up her own kidnap in order to…

Four robbers, policeman killed in Oyo community bank robbery

Armed robbers attacked a branch of First Bank in Okeho, Kajola Local Government Area,…

Man, 47, arrested for shooting mother, son, over refusal to observe social distancing in Miami

Police in Miami have arrested a 47-year-old man for shooting at a mother and…

Robbers attack bullion van in Ebonyi, kill four policemen

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four policemen by suspected…

NAPTIP arrests 74 suspected human traffickers in Benin

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in…

Police arrest two suspected cultists, recovers gun in Imo

The Imo state police command Tuesday paraded at the command headquarters in Owerri, two…

One Million Boys members gang-rape lady in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a notorious criminal…

Police arrest rape gang in Ogun

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested three of the five men who allegedly…

Ikeja Court sentenced Okada man to 20 years imprisonment for testing daughter’s virginity

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial…

Ex-director of Finance at the Niger Delta Ministry bags one year jail term for N60m fraud

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, has sentenced a former Director Finance of…

Two Indonesian women flogged 100 times for online pimping

Two Indonesian women have been publicly whipped nearly 100 times each for selling sex…

Man faces trial over alleged N314,000 fraud

A 35-year-old man, Quadri Oluwatosin, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court,…

Court sentences man to two years in prison for cell phone theft

A Grade 1 Area Court, Kubwa, on Tuesday sentenced one Mohammed Musa to two…

ISIS kill three top commanders in West Africa, 14 others to die after Eid Prayers

The new leadership of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and members…

Man arraigned for raping grandmother

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned a 24-year old farmer, Haruna Mohammed,…