Crime

Police arrest 42 illegal miners over Kwara monarch’s abduction

  The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 42 suspected illegal…

ICPC dismisses viral video of N50bn bribery scandal as fake

  The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has dismissed as false…

Fleeing Lagos bizman arrested in Benin Republic over multiple murders

  A Lagos-based businessman who had been on the run over allegations of multiple…

Nigerian national pleads guilty in $50m fraud scheme

A Nigerian national, Animashaun Adebo, also known as “Kazeem” and “Kazeem Animashaun,” has pleaded…

Nigerian man arrested in Thailand for cocaine trafficking

  A Nigerian man has been arrested in Thailand in connection with a cocaine…

NDLEA intercepts cocaine in food flasks, arrests cargo agents

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted cocaine concealed in…

MC Oluomo petitions police over viral murder allegation

The President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya, has…

Police summon Ijebu-Ode kingmakers over alleged bribery

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has called on the Awujale…

Suspected cartel leader Daniel Kinahan arrested in United Arab Emirates

Irish national, Daniel Kinahan, widely regarded by authorities as a suspected organised crime figure,…

NSCDC busts baby factory in Lagos, rescues 18 pregnant women

  Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command, have…

Police arrest seven suspects after gunmen abduct passengers in Kogi

  The Kogi State Police Command has launched a massive search-and-rescue operation following a…

French film director handed five-year sentence for abusing child actor

  A French court on Friday handed film director Christophe Ruggia a five-year sentence…

Soldiers arrest 15 suspected oil thieves at Dangote refinery discharge point

  Troops of the Nigerian Army have arrested 15 suspected oil thieves around the…

Lagos pastor gets life jail for raping church member’s daughter

  A 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment…

EFCC witness details alleged N4.6bn diversion in Bauchi funds trial

A prosecution witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, John Ibrahim, on Thursday…