Crime Archives - Page 29 of 64

Benue community guards parade three for diesel theft

NewsDeskNgApr 17, 2024April 17, 20240

The Benue State Community Volunteer Guards paraded three suspects on Tuesday for allegedly stealing diesel from the TRIACTA Construction Company located along New GRA, Makurdi. According to the Commander of BSCVG, Captain Ayuma Ajovbi (rtd), the suspects were arrested on Sunday night at the site close to the house of...

Dispatch rider arraigned over alleged theft of gold jewellery

NewsDeskNgApr 16, 2024April 16, 20240

The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 29-year-old dispatch rider, Chigaemezu Kingsley, in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth N2.7 million. Chigaemezu, who resides at No. 8, Muyiwa Close, Off Ajayi Road, Ikeja Lagos, was tried on a two-count charge of obtaining by false...

Road accidents kill 50 in Afghanistan during Eid holiday

NewsDeskNgApr 16, 2024April 16, 20240

Road accidents killed at least 50 people and injured 185 others during the four-day Eid el Fitr holiday across Afghanistan. The country’s General Directorate of Traffic Police disclosed this on Monday, saying a total of 102 road accidents occurred across Afghanistan in the period, killing 50 commuters, including eight women...

22-year-old man jailed 27 years for burglary, stealing

NewsDeskNgApr 15, 2024April 15, 20240

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Dipo Femi to 27 years imprisonment for conspiracy, burglary and stealing. The 22 year old convict was arraigned before Justice Blessing Ajileye on 19th of July, 2022 on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, burglary and stealing, contrary...

Police arrest 20 suspects over invasion of Oyo Secretariat, House of Assembly

NewsDeskNgApr 13, 2024April 13, 20240

The Oyo State Police Command has said that no fewer than 20 suspects have been arrested in connection with the invasion of the Oyo State Secretariat and the State House of Assembly. The command made this declaration on Saturday via a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso. Recall...

Last of seven bodies recovered from Italian plant blast

NewsDeskNgApr 12, 2024April 12, 20240

Following the blast at a hydroelectric plant in Italy, rescuers on Friday found the body of the last worker missing, bringing the final death toll to seven. Fire spokesman Luca Cari confirmed that all the workers missing after Tuesday’s explosion had now been found. The cause of the blast at...

Navy arrests 2, seizes truck over crude oil theft in Bayelsa

NewsDeskNgApr 11, 2024April 11, 20240

The Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH, NNS, said it has arrested two persons and seized one tank truck over alleged crude oil theft in Bayelsa. The commander, Commodore Sunday Lakan, disclosed this while parading the suspects at the NNS SOROH base on Thursday. He said that a Mazda vehicle loaded with...

Bandit kingpin killed as rival groups battle in Zamfara

NewsDeskNgApr 9, 2024April 9, 20240

A notorious bandit leader in the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State popularly called Sani Dangote has been killed following a clash between two rival bandit groups. Newsmen gathered that Sani Dangote was killed alongside his two brothers and some of his gang members by another bandit leader called...

Navy arrests four for allegedly stealing metallurgical coal in Kogi

NewsDeskNgApr 9, 2024April 9, 20240

The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Lugard, has arrested four suspects for allegedly stealing metallurgical coal in Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State. Parading the suspects in Lokoja, the Commander, NNS Luguard, Moses Epelle, told journalists that the suspects were arrested on April 4, 2024, after a tip off that some...

Police arrest alleged armed robbery kingpin, Chukwuemeka Oputa, 4 others

NewsDeskNgApr 8, 2024April 8, 20240

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have arrested one Chukwuemeka Oputa, aka ‘Pounds and Dollar’, of Umuaka, Njaba, Imo State, who is alleged to be the leader of a gang responsible for a series of armed robberies and other crimes in the nation’s capital. The FCT Police...