crime

The Federal Government has condemned the murder of a Nigerian, Mr. Alika Ogorchukwu, in Civitanova, Marche Province of Italy, by an unnamed Italian man. This was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists yesterday signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mrs Francisca Omayuli. Nigerian Government has also …

Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State, has raised concerns about people he has seen moving who he believes to be bandits escaping from the states of Kaduna, Zamfara, Niger, and Zamfara. This came after the state’s schools were ordered closed due to security concerns a few days prior. The …

Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo has implored President Muhammadu Buhari to make Nigeria a police state. The monarch disclosed that such would entail President Buhari directing the recruitment of five million youths into the police to strengthen the country’s security architecture. This was contained in a statement …

Two members of a robbery syndicate, Felix Edem Ekanem and Daniel Bassey Edet, who specialized in robbing cars at gunpoint, have been arrested by the police in Imo State. The state police spokesperson, Michael Abattam , who made this known in a statement in Owerri, said the Command’s Tactical Teams, …

Six members of a criminal gang have been arrested for using a popular gay dating app to arrange dates with unsuspecting victims who are then lured to their hideout, assaulted and robbed in Nasarawa State. The state police spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement, said the …

A well-known hoodlum identified as Hassan, was knocked down by hit-and-run driver at Moshalashi Bus-Stop, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The incident occurred on Saturday shortly after Hassan allegedly attempted to extort money from the driver of a vehicle, which broke down on the road. According to PUNCH, …

Seventeen suspected kidnappers have confessed at the weekend to terrorise only Oke-Ogun and Ogbomosho axis of Oyo State. The state police spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan said some of them were responsible for the abduction of Christopher Taiwo Bakare, the farm manager …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says its men have intercepted no fewer than 2,750,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilogrammes worth N1, 375,000,000 at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. The interception and arrest was sequel to credible intelligence, the agency said said in statement by its Director of …

A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Nkiru Okoye, the wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was allegedly beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over disputed landed property in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect was said to have invaded the home of the victim, alongside …

Two suspected kidnappers have been killed during a gun battle with police at their hideout at Ogwuweka forest, off the Benin-Auchi road in Uhunmwonde LGA of Edo State. The state police spokesman, Chidi Nwanbuzor, who disclosed this said the suspects were killed during an exchange of fire at their hideout. Nwanbuzor …