crime

An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, …

THE Ogun Police Command says it has arrested one Adekunle Adebajo over his alleged involvement in the killing of a member of a suspected rival cult group in Ijebu Ode. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta and made available to …

  THE Police Command in Kaduna State has said that 35 suspected phone snatchers were being detained after successfully raiding some black spots in Kaduna metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Kaduna and made available to newsmen on …

  THE Police Command in Lagos State says it has detained two suspected members of a syndicate specialising in vehicle brainbox vandalism and theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed their detention for questioning to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said a complainant reported an …

THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the Nigeria Police apprehended vandals in a blue pick-up van loaded with tower cables. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’S General Manager,  Public Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission towers along …

UNKNOWN gunmen have attacked police vehicle at Omatha Junction, Ichi in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred at 8.30 am today. The unknown gunmen were said to have used an explosive to blast the vehicle, killing two police officers and injuring …

THREE youths have been killed, while several others were injured in a protest against bad governance, which turned violent in Kaduna on Thursday. According to Vanguard, eyewitnesses said the number of protesters mostly youths and the unemployed, which had outnumbered the security operatives, marched from the Rigasa area and from the …

A woman identified as Rahimat Salaum has allegedly killed her husband in the Pegi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed this in a statement Tuesday. She said the woman was arrested by operatives of the Command attached to Pegi …

THE Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a woman over the alleged murder of her husband in Pegi Area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT,  SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that operatives from …

THE Legal Section of Police Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, has filed a four-count charge before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, against one Ebele Bernardine Okpala, a staff member of Keystone Bank Limited. The bank staff member was arrested by the Unit for the alleged fraudulent conversion and stealing of …