Crime

Erring employers risk two-year jail, N2m fine as Reps okay prohibition of workers casualisation, job outsourcing

  The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking…

Nigerian woman arrested in India for serial fraud

A 38-year-old Nigerian woman, identified as Nawakoo Oluchi Chivoma has been arrested in India…

Four Nigerians arrested in Cambodia for alleged online scam, kidnapping

Four Nigerian men were on Tuesday arrested in Cambodia, for alleged online fraud. The…

EFCC arrests 38-year-old suspected ‘yahoo boy’ with mini coffin [Photos]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday uncovered a mini coffin and some…

Sports betting agent killed, catapulted from balcony while trying to settle dispute between customers

Sports betting agent, Sulaiman Olamilekan Bakare, has been killed after he was thrown from…

How Mama Boko Haram, others swindled me, witness tells court

An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Mohammed Mohammed, has explained to a…

EFCC apprehends criminal group of bankers stealing dead depositors’ money

The Uyo Zonal Office of the economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has uncovered…

Gunmen abduct Catholic Priest in Benue

Suspected gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Reverend Father David Echioda, in Otukpo area…

Landlord’s daughter allegedly stabs tenant over well water in Lagos

One Kudirat Balogun has appeared in court for allegedly stabbing a tenant living on…

Kano: Gunmen kill two, injure four

Calamity struck on Monday night as yet-to-be-identified gunmen reportedly unleashed terror in Kano community…

Bankers allegedly steal depositors’ N37m in Akwa Ibom

Five officials of a second-generation bank were arraigned on Tuesday before an Akwa Ibom…

21-year old man robs two at gun, machete points, gets death sentence in Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday sentenced a 21-year old…

54-year-old woman jailed 10 weeks for making 1,278 hoax calls to police

A 54-year-old woman who dialled 999 almost 40 times in four hours and challenged…

Four on trial for forging NECO results to gain admission into UNIABUJA

Four students of the University of Abuja risk jail term for allegedly forging their…

I stole to raise money for my sick grandmother, says ex-convict

An ex-convict, on Monday, said that he went back to a life of crimes…