Crime

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...

The claim by various men and women about how the devil either instigated them to commit crimes or how the devil is in league with their victim appears to be unending. While the Delta State Police Command is yet to conclude their investigation into the role of an evil spirit...

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested a man with a human skull, and five persons suspected to be cult members. The police said the skull-holding man, Edu Udeme Ime, an indigene of Mbak Etoi Village in Uyo was arrested at Urua Ekpa junction by its Quick...

A suspect, Abdullahi Isa, has been arrested by the police for dehumanising, locking up and starvating his wife for nearly two years in Maiduguri Metropolitan, Borno State on Friday. In a video seen and obtained by our correspondent shows a woman being carried into a waiting ambulance. When Daily Trust...

The Cross River state Police Command has launched a manhunt for the alleged killers of the woman accused of witchcraft, Mrs Martina Itagbor in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the State on the 18th of June. Mrs Itagbor was accused of witchcraft and also being behind the death of several...

About two persons suspected to be members of different cult groups were on Friday allegedly gunned down by their rivals in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during a clash by rival cult groups. It was gathered that the attack took place at about 11 AM around Ukwuoji Bus Stop, along...

Sixteen-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba has died by suicide after the husband of her boss whose name could only be confirmed as Ajibode, allegedly raped her at their residence in the Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State. After perpetrating the crime, Ajibode, who is a welder, was...

A car dealer, Mohammed Manga, has been thrown into confusion after a customer, one Henry, absconded with one of his cars, a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 in the Abuja area of the Federal Capital Territory. PUNCH Metro gathered from Manga that a yet-to-be-identified friend who is also into the business...