Crime & Punishment

Court Jails Fake American, Two others In Kaduna

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Justice A.A Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced a fake American, Stephen Thomas, to five years imprisonment. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on impersonation by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financia ...

Bandits Kill Two, Abduct 18 In Fresh Attack In Kaduna

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Two people have reportedly been confirmed killed and 18 people kidnapped by terrorists, in Ungwan Dantata in the Gefe community of Kallah Ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident, Sujada Ayuba, who spoke to newsmen on the incident on Tuesday, said the terrorists invaded the ...

Court Sentences Two Fraudsters To Jail For Forex Scam In Benin City

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin-City has convicted and sentenced two fraudsters, Raji Afeez Onii and Udo-Iwe Aniedi Raphael to two years imprisonment for fraud. The Nigerian Voice reports that they were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge borde ...

Gunmen Kill Traveller, Abduct Several Others Along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway

Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Gunmen have reportedly killed one person and abducted seven other travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway in Ogun State. According to a viral audio from one of the victims, the armed gunmen numbering up to seven waylaid and attacked the travellers in between the Ilisan, Ceplast industry ...

Kidnappers Doze Off After Abducting Pastor’s Wife, Others In Ondo

Monday, May 6, 2024
Operatives of Ondo State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers, who slept off after abducting a pastor rsquo;s wife and two other persons. The suspects reportedly slept off after taking hard drugs, making the three victims to escape from captivity. The suspects include Garuba ...

Police Arrest 6 Teenagers For Terrorizing Anambra, Recover Weapons

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cult members and armed robbers for terrorizing the State. This was as the command was still on a manhunt for one Makuo Nwuso, aka Baby and one other person. The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Tochukwu I ...

5 Arrested As NDLEA Busts Int’l Drug Syndicate, Seizes Loud Consignments In Lago

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted an international drug syndicate with networks in parts of Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. It was learnt that no fewer than five members of the cartel were arrested in a two-weeks intelligence led operations in Lagos, A ...

Gunmen Slaughter Three Farmers In Benue

Sunday, May 5, 2024
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed three villagers in the Ogbaulu community of the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A resident, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the victims were working on their separate farms on Friday afternoon when the bandits attacked them. ...

Lady Narrates Ordeal With Fake Prophet As Police Nab Two Suspects

Saturday, May 4, 2024
Officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Isokoko Division of Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected fraudsters identified as Seyi Demola, 26, and Wale Lawson, 27, following a distress call. The command 39;s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post ...

Police Arrest Man For Defiling One-Year-Old Daughter

Saturday, May 4, 2024
One Idi Adamu, a 30 years old man, has been arrested by the Nigeria police for allegedly defiling his one-year-old step-daughter in Adamawa State. Adamu reportedly committed the sacrilege on April 30, 2024 at his residence in Wuro-Ardo in the Mubi North Local Government Area, according to a polic ...
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