Crime

Police parade Traditional ruler, 80 others for kidnapping, other crimes

On Friday, Nasarawa Police command paraded 81 suspects for kidnapping, robbery and cultism in…

Nigerian woman rents out her apartment in the UK, gets jailed for fraud

A Nigerian woman, Olusola Owoeye has been jailed for two years in the UK…

17-year-old gets 16 years jail sentence for encouraging her boyfriend to ‘prove his love’ by killing his ex-girlfriend

17-year-old student, Sarah Mohamed, was on Friday, December 20 jailed for urging her boyfriend…

EFCC arrests ‘CBN Governor’ in Akwa Ibom

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,…

Kidnappers kill gang leader for absconding with N5m ransom

Two suspected kidnappers, Best Kevwe Iweh, 28, and Emmanuel Tomson, 30, have been arrested…

Security guard allegedly steals lover’s ATM cards, withdraws N1.09m

A security guard, Sunday Adole, was on Friday dragged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…

Woman bags four years jail term for stealing two siblings in Ebonyi

A woman was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprisonment with hard labour for…

42-year-old father of 17 children impregnates own teenage daughter, aborts pregnancy

The Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested a 42-year-old man identified as…

Contempt: Court remands businesswoman in custody for five hours

A businesswoman, Fatimah Yunusa, was placed in custody by Murtala Nasir, a Judge, for…

Gunmen in military uniform abduct three sons of Kaduna-based businessman

Suspected kidnappers on Thursday abducted the three sons a Kaduna based businessman, Mr Christian…

Abduction of 11 passengers in Kogi raises concerns in Bayelsa

The abduction of a driver and 11 passengers of a Bayelsa-Abuja bound bus by…

Man, 26, bags 11 years imprisonment for raping four boys

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old homosexual, Michael Kudowo,…

Court sentences trader to one year imprisonment for stealing chicken

A 22-year old man, Yusuf Musa, was sentenced to one year imprisonment at an…

Woman on trial for stealing WAEC result

Rose Okeke, 40, who allegedly stole the original copy of a candidate’s result from…

Police hunt killers of Nigerian killed, burnt weeks after return from US

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered an investigation into the…