Crime

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, June 15, 2023, again suspended the planned arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and others on alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges, citing security reasons. According to the judge, the court will not continue with the trial...

Tragedy has struck Ette community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State as a 21-year-old man raped a 16-year-old relative to death. The 16-year-old girl identified as Faith Akuji, was said to have met her untimely death after, the accused, Junior Augustine Akor, allegedly ambushed the deceased and...

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a baby girl from under a parked bus in the Ketu area of the state. The healthy baby girl was taken into safe custody after a resident heard her cry from under a bus at about 4:30 am on Wednesday. The Spokesperson for...

The Police Command in Delta says it has neutralised a suspected kidnapper and arrested one other in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Monday in Warri. He said one person rescued from the kidnappers on Sunday...

The parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Reverend Father Jeremiah Yakubu has been kidnapped by gunmen . Although the police authorities in Kaduna are yet to comment on the incident, the Chancellor of Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel...

A 39-year-old man, Sunday Ejeh, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling of a nine years old girl in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened In Ugbogi Community in Ighobazuwa, Ovia North West Local government of the state and was reported to the police. The...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered a secret laboratory producing deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja Lagos state where already packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were recovered. The clandestine laboratory located at...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested 57 suspects for stealing shop owners’ property at demolition sites in the state. This was disclosed in a statement shared by the Command on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The arrest was a response to reports received by the command of opportunistic...

A 27-year-old man, Mkwate Chimbizi, has beheaded his wife, Luwiza Leonard, 23, and cut off her breasts and private parts over suspicion that she was cheating on him. Police in the Chikwawa area of Malawi arrested the suspect on Thursday, June 8 for allegedly killing his wife and disposing of...