crime

Gunmen have killed a man identified as Ikechukwu Udeozor in Nkwelle-Ezunaka community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east. The incident happened in the early hours of Monday at a popular junction in the area, four days after the gunmen kidnapped the victim. According to Premium Times, a …

A member of a suspected robbery gang has been killed during a shootout with police along Ogidi-Oraukwu Road in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement, said the incident occurred on Tuesday at about 1:50 p.m. Ikenga …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has arraigned a business woman, Mrs. Ramat Mercy Mba, for allegedly defrauding job seekers of N4.5 million. Mba, who was docked before Justice Ibrahim Mohammed of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada, on Tuesday June 14, was also …

A 41-year-old man, identified simply as Kayode, has committed suicide after his neighbour’s daughter accused him of raping her twice at their house in the Oja-Amukoko area of Lagos State. The suspect was put in care of the 16-year-old at home after the her mother, who had a stroke, was …

Aisha Wakil, better known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment over fraud. She was convicted and sentenced on Tuesday by a high court in Borno state following her arraignment before the trial court. She was re-arraigned before the court by the Maiduguri zonal command of …

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has narrated how a farmer, Hussaini Aliyu Takuma, was killed and his body dumped inside a well opposite his farm by his workers in Jeida community of Kuje Area Council. Sources had reported that the farmer had gone missing from his farm on June …

A Twitter user, @Ameerah_sufyan, says she and 16 other residents of the federal capital territory (FCT) have been kidnapped from their homes by gunmen who disguised as police. She raised the alarm in a post on her Twitter handle on Tuesday. According to her, the victims included pregnant women and …

A Field Assistant, Sunday Oguntoye, on Tuesday, approached an Igando customary court for divorce from his wife, Toyin, accusing her of abandonment and being a nag. Oguntoye, who said his wife moved out of the matrimonial home with their three children over a year ago, prayed the court to grant …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has paraded Nuhu Umar, an engine oil seller, alleged to have been involved in trading adulterated petroleum. The State Commandant, Waziri Goni while parading the suspect on Tuesday with eight drums used in adulterating engine oil said the command was alerted after an officer …

An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Shola Oguntuase to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old JSS 3 student. The convict was arraigned and tried before Justice Adekunle Adeyeye on a one-count charge of defilement. Delivering judgment, Justice Adeyeye, held that the prosecution proved its case against the …