Crime

Islamic cleric caught on hidden camera defiling toddler

In a defilement case against a cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, a prosecution witness, on Thursday…

Man shares tearjerking story of how police allegedly framed mechanic, torture him to death, send four others to prison

A Nigerian citizen journalist Comrade Phils has taken to social media to share a…

Wife-beater dragged before Lagos court

A 33-year-old man, Banjo Babatunde, who allegedly beat up his wife to stupor, was,…

Court remands 27-year-old Imam who ‘mistakenly’ married fellow man

Sheikh Mohammed Mutumba, the Imam of Kyampisi Masjid Noor who unknowingly wedded a fellow…

Group accuses police of extortion after falsely accusing vigilante member of rape

A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has…

Soldier escapes lynching after stabbing trader to death in Kaduna

A yet-to-be-identified soldier escaped being lynched by an angry mob at the Sheikh Abubakar…

Armed robbers dispossess man of N1m, shoots him at the stomach

Armed robbers disposses man of N1m, shot him at the stomach In a daylight…

Police parade woman who kidnapped five-year old child in Kano

The Kano State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a 22-year old woman, Hafsat Jibrin,…

Former DSS Boss abducted by gunmen in Benue

Armed men suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday, abducted a retired senior officer of…

Police hunt for killers of Emir’s aides, others in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command have launched a manhunt for the attackers of the…

Maina gave me N150m cash to buy Abuja property, his younger brother testifies

Trial of erstwhile Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, resumed…

I traffick Nigerian women to Mali for prostitution, make N18,600 on each victim – 30 years old suspect

A suspected human trafficker has disclosed she makes 30,000 CFA (about  N18,600) on every…

Court orders Diamond Bank to pay N25m as damages for freezing account on EFCC’s directive

Justice S.O. Nwaka of a Lagos State High Court has ordered Diamond Bank Plc…

Teacher scams four job seekers N855, 000 in Abuja

A prosecution witness, Insp. Anthony Iliya, told an Upper Area Court in Zuba, FCT…

Man sentenced to death for allegedly killing a man with cutlass

Ayodeji Thomas, on Thursday appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos…