Category: Crime
For harbouring alleged bandits, residents set ablaze homes of Sokoto commissioner, monarch
There was mayhem in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State on Wednesday as angry residents set ablaze the homes of a traditional ruler and a serving...
Kidnappers storm Abuja Hilltop,kill policeman injured three
Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have attacked Hilltop International Premium Hotel at Tunga-Maje in Gwagwalada Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....
Copyright commission arrests three book pirates, impounds infringing materials worth N10m in Lagos
Three suspected copyright pirates engaged in illicit printing of schoolbooks have been arrested by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) during an antipiracy...
52-year-old arrested for procuring two abortions for niece
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 52-year-old man, Jimoh Mutaliu, for impregnating and procuring two abortions for his 16-year-old niece. This is...
Over 150 bandit groups operating in various forests in north, Masari
…Says they don’t have ideology or direction Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State said seven states in the North West and North Central have...
Missing man found dead inside his car at Olomore Ikeja
By: Adémólá Òrúnbon A man, who was simply identified as Isiaka has been found dead inside his SUV around Olomore area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was...
Senate mulls life imprisonment for kidnappers
…Proposes 30 years jail term for ransom collection A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful...
Banditry: Sokoto joins Zamfara others, shuts network in 14 LGA
The Sokoto State government has shut down telecommunications networks in 14 of the 23 local government areas of the state. This was...
North East: 300,000 children killed, 1 million lost to insurgency ― UNICEF declares
More than 300,000 children have been killed in Nigeria’s North-East, while over one million have been displaced,a statistics the the United...
Kwara : Two young men with human heads in police net
The Police Command in Kwara has arrested two suspected ritualists, Femi Adeniji and Shittu Abdulmalik, with fresh human head in Amuyo Area, Offa. This is...
