A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ovom in Yenagoa, on Tuesday, remanded a 30-year-old man, Kingsley Solomon, for allegedly stealing a two-month old baby. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Sarah B.I. Avoh, ordered that the defendant should be kept at a correctional facility at Azikoro in Yenagoa Local Government Area....
Crime News
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Two suspects, who allegedly specialise in hacking into bank customers’ accounts have been arrested by the Zone 2 Command of The Nigeria Police Force NPF. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Idris-Adamu...
A compliance officer at Access Bank Plc., Mr Elijah Adegboye, on Monday testified in the trial of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha), charged with laundering six billion Naira. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mompha was not present during Monday’s proceedings. Adegboye was led in...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of 16 internet fraudsters before Justice F.I. Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Akwa, Anambra State. The EFCC in a statement on Monday, said they were...
Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday stalled proceedings in an assault case brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN) reports that Kuti and his counsel, as well as prosecution team, were in court but...
A seven-month-old baby boy, Habibu, has been found sleeping on his mother’s back 24 hours after she was shot dead by bandits on the Pandogari-Allawa road in Shiroro LGA of Niger State. City & Crime gathered that bandits blocked the Pandogari-Allawa road a day to Sallah and shot six...
The Edo Police Command has arrested two students of the University of Benin over the death of their friend, Francis Anuide, who was drowned in Ekosodin river, Benin, where the trio had gone t The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrested students are Samson Kennedy, a...
The people of Eke Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have alleged the killing of a volunteer member of its neighborhood vigilante watch and a housewife from the community by soldiers. Narrating what transpired on Sunday, Mr Emeka Anigbo, Assistant Chief Security Officer of Eke Security...
Dare devil gunmen have stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, killing the pastor and abducting seven members of the church.gu Mr Soji Ganzallo, the Commander, Ogun State So-Safe Corps , confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to mobilise all tactical and investigative assets and ensure that the alleged killers of a woman burnt to death are brought to justice. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a viral...
Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This...
A car dealer in Abuja, Mohammed Manga had raised the alarm that a suspect identified simply as Henry, who disguised as a customer, absconded with the vehicle while testing it. This is as the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command says it is making efforts to track down the...
A 45-year-old man, Ebuka Emeka, who allegedly threatened his landlady with a knife, was on Friday, arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Emeka is standing trial before Magistrate D.S Odukoya, on a one-count charge of threat to life. The defendant, whose address was not provided, pleaded not...
Troops of the 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara, Keana Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations of the Command, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Friday in...
Three suspects alleged to have killed Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun of the Nigerian Navy in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been arrested by the police. Parading the suspects before journalsts on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said...
A notorious bandit leader in Zamfara State, Dogo Gudali, has been killed by an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, planted by members of his terrorist group, PRNigeria reports. The IED, according to a military source in the North West, was planted by terrorists to eliminate troops of Operation Hadarin Daji,...
The Police Command in Delta has rescued a victim held hostage by suspected cultists. The command’s spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Wednesday in Warri that the victim was rescued by police operatives from Sapele Division. Edafe said that the victim was rescued on Sunday by the police...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen have killed one person and injured another when they stormed Magamin Kano Village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The gunmen, whose number is not known, attacked the town on Monday and invaded the residence of the Village Head of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a fake Senator, Ifechukwu Makwe, over alleged 5.7-million-euro internet fraud. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According to him, Makwe was arrested at the Guzape area of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tincan Special Area Command, said it had confiscated 521.95 kilograms of Cannabis Indica, also known as “Colorado”, worth of N1.77 billion between January to June. Mr Mohammed Abubakar, Commander of Narcotics, NDLEA Tincan Special Area Command, said this at the 2023 International...