A Kano High Court presided by Justice Hafsat Yahaya Sani, has remanded the former Managing Director of Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Alhaji Bala Muhammad Inuwa, and two others in prison custody over alleged fraud of N4 billion. The two others are the ex-managing director’s son, Bala...
Crime News
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Police Command on Thursday said its operatives have killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued six kidnap victims. The command’s spokesman in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, said in a statement in Jos that the kidnappers abducted their victims from Gwalada village...
A 36-year old man, Victor Ameh, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N4.2 million from a crypto currency firm. Ameh, a resident of Marafa in Kaduna, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said its operatives have arrested 69 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun. The Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspects...
A 61-year.old pastor told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday that his tenant, Godwin Emmanuel defiled and impregnated his 16-year old daughter. Lagos State government had arraigned Emmanuel before the court on a lone-count charge of defilement to which he pleaded not guilty. The...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye to two life sentences for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the two counts charge of defilement and sexual...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has arrested Joy Afekafe, the prime suspect in the killing of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi- Nigerian Army troops have eliminated a wanted notorious bandit nicknamed Mai-Nasara at Sangeko forest in Kebbi State. The troops also arrested five other suspected bandits believed to be members of the same gang. Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Idris,...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna by suspected assailant. The command`s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday...
The Police command in Ogun says it has arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school on fire in the Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government. Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday....
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 3 persons at Tse Gamber, Sengev Council Ward in Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi that the victims were her cousins. Anene...
A lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State, Dr. (Mrs) Adefolalu Funmilola Sherifat has been found slaughtered in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town. The chairperson of the Academic Staff Union...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has busted a child-stealing syndicate and arrested a suspect at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
Police authority in Benue State has said a medical doctor has been arrested in Rivers over the disappearance of three children from Benue. The medical doctor, whose name was not given, was arrested by the police in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The police spokesperson,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has taken into custody two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs and assets seized from them. This was after weeks of intelligence-led operations across the country and outside Nigeria....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NDLEA seized 4.9 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits on the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Tuesday. The CFA, backed by the French treasury is the legal tender in Francophone West and Central Africa accepted in 14 countries. The...
Police in Kogi have arrested the stepmother of the 11-year-old boy buried alive on Wednesday by the woman’s 17-year-old son. Police spokesman in Kogi, SP Williams Ovye-Aya said in Lokoja that the woman was arrested on Thursday soon as she returned from the church Passers-by rescued the 11-year-old...
Kogi State Command has arrested Goodness Oshodi, a 19-year-old boy who allegedly buried his step-brother, Friday Oshhodi, for allegedly stealing N1000. The incident happened Tuesday evening October 10, 2023, at Apamisede Community, in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The victim was however lucky to have...
Two female students of Kwara State Polytechnic have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of one Adeniyi Ojo. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the suspects were apprehended by operatives of Force...