Police in Lagos State have arrested one Benjamin Ezeukwe (28) who allegedly masterminded a scam and defrauded many Nigerians in an elaborate Dangote Cement price slash claim. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja on Sunday that Ezeukwe was arrested on Oct. 19 at...
Crime News
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) of the Nigerian Army have arrested a suspected killer of a couple in Kwi Community, Riyom Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau Lt.-Col. Ishaku Takwa, the Acting Deputy Dircetor, Army Public Relations of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army,...
Police in Jigawa have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly fabricating firearms in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated in Dutse on Thursday that the suspect was arrested on Nov. 16. “Policemen in Ringim in collaboration with a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – FCT Police Command has debunked media reports alleging the kidnapping of 19 individuals and killing of 12 persons in Galadimawa, Abuja. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson of the FCT police command, Joseph Adeh. Mr....
The Niger Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has denied involvement in the disappearance of a communication mast in the state. The state Commandant, Mr Elijah Etim, said they have already identified the principal suspects and were on their trail. Etim told the News Agency...
The mutilated body of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka, was on Monday found in a bush at Kotogbo community in Asero Estate, Abeokuta. Soyinka was declared missing a week ago and the matter was reported at the Obantoko Police Station in Abeokuta. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
A soldier was injured on Tuesday night while a policeman was killed in a clash between some Army and Police personnel in Adamawa. The injured soldier was allegedly shot in the leg by a policeman who was part of a patrol team at Target Junction in Yola. Some...
Rivers State Police Command has arrested some of their men accused of killing one Eze Nyebuchi of Woji community in Obio Akpor, Rivers. Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Olatunji Disu confirmed the arrests in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by police spokesperson in the...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful considerations of facts before the court and the demeanor of the convicts, which he termed as ‘unremorseful’. The...
Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Olatunji Disu, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court has warned members of the public to stop leaving charms in his courtroom. Oshodi gave the warning on Monday as the trial of five men charged with the murder of one Ifeanyi Etunmuse began. “No one should leave charms in...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 65-year old man, Igwe Ambrose, to double life jail term for inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children, ages seven and 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with the death of a student of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara, Toyin Bamidele. The deceased identified as Toyin Bamidele, student was, on Thursday, found lying in a pool of her blood in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Seven years after his escape from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, has been arrested by operatives of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 63,767.3kg of Indian hemp and 82,320 illicit pills in eight states in the last one week. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this on Sunday in Abuja and added that five persons,...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos, on Sunday intercepted 50 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N70m at Gbethrome community in Badagry. Lt.Cdr Kelly Umoru, FOB Base Operations Officer, said personnel seized the items at about 6.30.a.m. at an uncompleted building near the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Electoral Officer in charge of Ibi Local Government Council, Mr. Ibrahim Ahmadu has being arrested by the Nigerian Police Force for allegedly absconding with 7.1 million naira. The Executive Chairman, Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission, TSIEC, Dr. Philip Danladi Duwe...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have arrested a suspected thief who specialised in stealing goats In Pasali Konu village of Kagarko Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), ASP Mansur Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...