Category: Crime
EFCC arrests two brothers for extorting ‘yahoo’ boys
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested two blood brothers for extorting internet fraudsters with promises of shielding...
Fraud: Woman tells court how fake pastor, two others allegedly duped her ofN28.9m
A prosecution witness (PW2) and victim of advanced fee fraud, on Thursday narrated to a Plateau State High Court how a fake pastor and a husband and wife allegedly...
Court remands man, 26, over laptop theft
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Thursday, remanded one Lawrence Olajide, 26, in the Nigerian Correctional Service over alleged laptop theft. The defendant is...
Three sentenced to death for kidnapping traditional ruler, killing palace guard
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced to death, three men who kidnapped a Lagos monarch and killed his palace guard. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo...
Scavenger bags three years imprisonment for stealing N9m canles
An Iwo Road Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday sentenced one Akeem Yusuf ,23, to three years’ imprisonment for damaging and stealing cables worth N9, 000, 000...
Policemen beat 26-yr-old man to death
A 26-Year-Old Man, Abdulkadir Nasiru, Has Been Beaten to Death By The Police After His Father Took Him To Police Station For Questioning In Kano State. It was...
Govt officials coniviving with pipeline vandals must be prosecuted- Lawan
***Senate wants NNPC to re-evaluate surveillance measures on pipelines ***Orders NNPC to refund N382.2m to Treasury President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on...
Troops destroy Gana’s Small London Hotel
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) on Tuesday allegedly destroyed a hotel belonging to wanted militia leader Terwase Akwaza, alias ‘Gana’, in Gbishe,...
DSS arrests UDUTH staff, four others over child trafficking in Kebbi
Five suspects including a staff of Usmanu Danfodio UniversitybTeaching Hospital Sokoto (UDUTH) have been arrested by the Department of State Security (DSS)...
Emir urges police to investigate alleged torture, death of 26- year-old man
Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar II, the Emir of Karaye in Kano State, has called for proper investigation into the death of a 26-year-old man, Abdulkadir Nasiru,...
