Crime

The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Vincent Jeffrey Ehizojie, to death by hanging for killing his employer, Olusola Olusoga, the owner of Etashol Hotel and Suites and the manager of the hotel, Tunji Omikunle. Justice Oyindamola Ogala, condemned Ehizojie to death after...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Ahmed Ayinde suspected to have stolen a Suzuki mini bus popularly called ‘Korope’ while attempting to sell it along Isolo Road, Mushin without documents. The police command made this known in a statement shared on their Twitter page on Tuesday. The statement...

A warder attached to the Kirikiri Custodial Centre, Lagos State, Kayode Fatombi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly aiding the escape of some prison inmates. Sunday PUNCH gathered that three men were arrested by the police for alleged robbery and kidnapping. They were subsequently arraigned before the Lagos...

The Enugu police command says its operatives have dislodged a group of hoodlums enforcing the sit-at-home order in the state. Daniel Ndukwe, police spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the hoodlums were intercepted while they were trying to snatch an ENTRACO branded minivan. Ndukwe said the operatives engaged the...

In a statement on July 7, 2023, Acting spokesperson ASP Aminu Gimba Ahmed revealed that the suspect engaged in an altercation with her husband, Aliyu Mohammad, which led to her stabbing him in the chest with a knife. The incident took place at the couple’s residence on July 5, 2023....

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected ritualist for possession of a human skull. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo on Friday. According to the CP, the suspect, Edu Ime,...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Prince Thursday Okon, a former domestic worker, and two other suspects for the kidnap of the Vice Chancellor of a private university in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, who disclosed this at the weekend stated that Okon,...

The Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, says it has recorded 111 defilement cases between April and June, 2023. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that the command was concerned about the increasing number of defilement cases in the...

The photo of a suspect who reportedly absconded with a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 during a test drive has surfaced after he was declared wanted by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command. Recall that a car dealer identified as Manga had filed a complaint alleging that one Henry, who...

A visually impaired man, Francis Ugachukwu is to cool his heels in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court remanded the defendant, pending hearing and filing...