Crime

Anambra government on Tuesday warned brothel operators to stop using underage girls to run their businesses or face prosecution. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, gave the warning in Awka on Tuesday while reacting to the rescue of 12 such girls from brothels in the state capital...

Three members of a family including the wife and children of an overseas returnee have allegedly been abducted in Kwara State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred in Okanle-Fajeromi community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, on Monday around 11:00 pm. The gunmen allegedly invaded the community located near Idofian and...

A 35-year-old father of two, Kabiru Abdullah, has been arrested for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in Kaduna State. City & Crime reports that the vigilantes in Zaria City arrested the suspect on June 8 and handed him over to the police in the city. DSP Mohammed Jalige, the Public...

The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Eniola Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his girlfriend. Justice Rahmon Oshsodi found Mr Ibrahim guilty of having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend without her consent. Mr Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution had proved...

A 43-year-old Pastor with Mountain of Fire and Miracles (Worldwide), Chinedu Eze, has recounted how he was detained in prison for 14 years following his alleged refusal to cooperate with police on an issue he claimed he had no knowledge about. He, however, said that while in prison, he enrolled...

An Independent National Electoral Commission personnel, Emmanuel Igwe, has been reportedly shot dead by armed men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in Ebonyi State. His wife was also abducted by the suspected herders. Her whereabouts were yet to be ascertained till now. They (the suspected herders) also allegedly murdered the...

The operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Group have killed two suspected gunmen said to be terrorising residents of the state. It was gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Monday in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. The Ihiala LGA is a border town between...

A housewife, Salamat Suleiman, has filed for divorce after two months of marriage, due to husband’s health issue. The complainant told the court that she noticed that her husband had watery sperm. She pleaded for the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that she is tired of the relationship. The...

Suspected bandits have killed a traditional title holder, the Ardo of Birni and Kewaye of Zazzau Emirate, Alhaji Shuaibu Mohammed, and his four children. The incident occurred on Saturday night at about 10pm in Dorayi village of Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The bandits numbering five also rustled 100...

Tragedy struck yesterday at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa where the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student was found dead in her room with matchet cuts and her eyes plucked out. The student, simply identified as Dasola was among those writing the ongoing first-semester examination in...