Crime

Police kill eight suspected kidnappers in Edo

The Police Command in Edo has said that a total of eight suspected kidnappers…

EFCC investigates outgoing Osun LG chairman, legislature for alleged financial crimes

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are currently investigating the outgoing Chairman and…

Herbalist in court for allegedly defrauding man of N3m

Adetilayo Olayinka, a herbalist, on Friday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape,…

Court sentences driver to two years imprisonment for breach of trust

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Friday, sentenced a…

Trader bags one year jail term for stealing two phones

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Friday, sentenced a…

Belgian court jails Iranian diplomat 20 years over failed bomb plot

A Belgian court sentenced an Iranian diplomat on Thursday for plotting the thwarted 2018…

Man, 42, jailed for trafficking 10 females, one male to Libya

The Federal High Court sitting in Katsina has sentenced one Muyeedeen Jamilu, 42, to…

Landlord beats tenant over unpaid rent, lands in court

A 56-year-old landlord, Williams Oshuola, who allegedly assaulted his tenant, Nwakego Nwaduabuchi, over unpaid…

Court sentences teenage girls to death for hiring assassins to kill their parents

Two teenage girls who were arrested by the Nigerian police in April 2020 for…

Two siblings kill makeup artist for having affair with sister’s boyfriend

Two siblings who were allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of an Enugu…

Woman accused of trying to kidnap three children gets N100,000 bail

A 40-year-old woman, Kazeem Tawa, was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court…

Three men face N800m property theft charge

Three men, Ernest Onihonriawo, Yusuf Abubakar and Felix Gift, who allegedly broke into a…

Businessman, 35, in court over alleged N1m fraud

Gbenga Anjorin, a 35-year-old businessman, on Wednesday appeared before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court sitting…

Man apprehended in Ibadan after pretending as woman to defraud people

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, on Tuesday convicted one…

Three young men allegedly caught attempting to use girl for money ritual in Edo

Three suspected ritualists in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State have been apprehended…