Category: Crime
Lagos: Police repel attack on station, arrest three
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects following a raid on cultists and ritualists’ hideout. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala...
Lekan Shonde to die by hanging for killing wife
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, Lekan Shonde, a dockworker who killed his banker wife, Ronke, 36, at their residence in Egbeda, Lagos three years...
Police arrest 2 cultists who allegedly chopped-off man’s wrist
The Enugu State Police Command has in an overnight operation arrested two suspected cultists in Emene community, an Enugu suburb. The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere...
Rape victim kills attacker
An Indian woman who was raped and set on fire killed her attacker by dragging him into the flames, police said on Wednesday. The woman survived with burns to her face...
Court remands prophetess for allegedly swindling company of N1bn
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday, ordered that a prophetess, Linda Mabi-Praise, accused of swindling a company to the tune of N1 billion, be remanded in...
Sex for Marks: UI urges court to dismiss suit filed by sacked lecturer
The University of Ibadan (UI) on Wednesday urged the National Industrial Court sitting in Ibadan, to dismiss a wrongful termination of appointment suit filed by a Senior...
Five years after, Police find two missing children, arrest suspected abductor
Children who were declared missing by the Lagos State Police Command in 2014 have been found. A suspected woman-abductor, Christiana Onuchukwu, has been arrested for...
Court remands ex-convict over alleged theft
A Kubwa Grade1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the remand of 20-year-old ex- convict, Rabiu Abdullahi in prison for alleged theft. The judge, Ibrahim Balarabe,...
Attempted suicide: Melaye docked, granted N5m bail
Sen. Dino Melaye was on Tuesday docked before an FCT High Court, Apo area of Abuja on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide and attempt to escape from...
RRS arrests leader of fraud syndicate
Operatives of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested one Osuji Chibuzor, 42, the leader of a four-man fraud syndicate operating in Ikeja, Ojota, Ojodu,...
