Category: Crime
Offa robbery: Court set to deliver judgement
A Kwara State High Court has reserved judgement for August 2, 2024, the six-year trial of six suspects in the April 5, 2018, Offa robbery…
Robbers invade Newspaper company, kill security guard
Armed robbers on Friday night invaded the Akwa Ibom State-owned Newspaper Company, publishers of the Pioneer Newspaper, and killed one of the adhoc security guards,…
Woman jailed for trafficking marijuana in Lagos
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a woman, Omolola Kayode, for trafficking in marijuana.Kayode, 30, was arraigned by the National Drug Law…
NDLEA intercepts US, UK, Europe-bound cocaine, opioids concealed in shoe soles, clothes in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, announced that its operatives have intercepted various quantities of cocaine and opioids such as tramadol, pentazocine injection, morphine…
Court sentences civil defence officer to life in prison for raping minor
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo to life imprisonment for rape.The 39-year-old convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan…
Police arrest man attempting to kill street hawker in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command said it has arrested a 46-year-old suspected ritualist as he attempted to slaughter a 10-year-old boy hawking pepper in Ilorin,…
FCT Police storm kidnappers’ hideout, arrest suspects
In a continuous effort to rid the nation’s capital of criminality, the operatives of the FCT police command from the Utako division, in a two-day…
Many injured as herders, Amotekun operatives clash in Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as the Amotekun Corps, were at the weekend engaged in a violent clash with suspected…
Man shot by armed robbers after withdrawing cash from bank in Kogi
A middle-aged man identified as Abu has been shot by suspected armed robbers in Kogi State.We learnt that the incident happened on Friday afternoon in…
Security guard about to sell car left in his custody nabbed by Police
The Police in Niger State have arrested a security man, Henry Musa for allegedly stealing a vehicle entrusted in his custody in Anambra State at…