crime

NSCDC arrests Ogun-based singer for raping 16-year-old girl The Nigeria Security and Civil defense corps (NSCSC) have arrested a man who raped a 16-year-old girl in Ogun state. It was the Ogun command of the NSCDC who made the arrest of this man who has been identified as Odewala Iseoluwa...

Catholic priest arraigned in court for raping and impregnating teenage girl in Anambra A Catholic priest has been arraigned in court for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Anambra State. The rape eventually lead to pregnancy and a series of events involving the disappearance of the child...

Indian woman finally gets rescued after her Nigerian 'friend' held her captive for days Barnali A woman from India who has been identified as Barnali Baruah Saikia, has finally been rescued from the clutches of her abductors in Nigeria. This Indian woman had been held captive by her Nigerian...

Medicine supplier arraigned in court for misappropriation of N2.9m funds A medicine supplier has been arraigned in court for fraud and misappropriation of funds of over N2.9 million. This man was arraigned in court by the EFCC for his fraudulent activities. It was the Kaduna Zonal Command of...

Fake American soldier gets sentenced to jail for 2 years A Fake American Soldier has been sentenced to 2 Years in Jail in Kaduna State. It was the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) who secured his conviction. This incident occured on Monday, the 20th...

Mohammed Manga, a car dealer in Abuja, reported that a customer fled with a Mercedes Benz GLB 250. Here is how it happened. According to Manga, the customer's name is Henry. Manga said that one of his friends, who is into the business of selling cars, requested to drive the vehicle to a...

Recall that a naval, Mr. Akingbohunmi, was recently killed in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Yesterday, June 28, the Ondo State police command confirmed the arrest of the suspects who killed the naval officer. The deceased was attacked by six hoodlums after an argument ensued...

A magistrate court in the Yaba area of Lagos State has arraigned a 30-year-old woman named Sunshine Edafe. She was arraigned for defaming one Pascal Offiah on social media. Her offense reads, "That you, Sunshine Edafe, between 2021 and 2022, at Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, with...

Two persons, Edward Yahaya Ejimbi and Arigu Nathaniel Bishara, have been jailed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Command. The convicts were jailed for offences relating to cyber crime and fraud. Justices Abdul Dogo was in charge of Arigu's case while...

This incident happened in Delta State. The mother of the abducted boy, Aisha Yusuf, made a report at the Police station in Abraka. She said that her son was abducted by Mohammed Isah, a 35-year-old. When CSP Apu Torukeregha, the Divisional Police Officer of ‘C’ Division Asaba heard, he quickly...

Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu was arrested by the Edo Police Command for defiling a 2-year-old in Edo state. This ugly incident occurred in Uhunmwonde Local Government, precisely in Egba community. The incident was confirmed in a statement released by Chidi Nwabuzor, Edo State Police Public Relations...

Officers of the Gombe State Police Command have arrested 30-year-old Sale Kabo for stealing 21 cows from another man at night. Jauro Ahmadu, the man whose cows got missing said they are worth seven million naira. Immediately the Gombe policemen got the report, they deployed their men to get to...

19-year-old Auwal Abdullahi was arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl in one hotel at the Nasarawo Borehole area of Jimeta on Tuesday at Adamawa. The accused claimed he didn't rape the victim and declared they were both in a committed relationship. It was reported that Auwal deliberately...

Joseph Moses, Raji Tijjani, and Albert Bulus pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 4 years imprisonment each by Justice Muhammad Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court for crimes relating to fraud, impersonation, and false claims. The defendants were arrested by the EFCC operatives in Sokoto...

The incident happened in the Ogudu area of Lagos State where 38-year-old Raphael Agu, was accused of stabbing one Stanley Ugo amid an argument. The argument ensued when the deceased and one other person confronted Agu for being unfair in his quest to share the money they received from a...

Chidiebere Okoroafor, the General overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly church in Rivers State has been sentenced to death for killing his choir mistress after impregnating her. The name of the deceased is Orlunma Nwagba. The Rivers State pastor also faced murder charges for...

In a statement released on Monday by SP Abdullahi Haruna, the Kano Police command's spokesperson, he confirmed that 49 suspected looters were arrested at the Triumph Plaza. This plaza is located in the Fagge Local Government Area of Kano state. Haruna said that immediately after they got a...

17 year old stabs phone dealer to death in Katsina A young teenager of 17 years old has stabbed a phone dealer to death in Katsina State. This boy is a senior in secondary school In Katsina State. He has been identified as Abdulrahman Ibrahim. He was arrested by the Police for staving this...

Suspected robber set on fire by Anambra residents Some residents of Anambra State have set a man who is an armed robber on fire. Some men who are armed robbers robbed a house in Anambra State on Wednesday and stole lots of valuable items. These men after taking valuables also kidnapped a...

EFCC arrests 22 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters. They were nabbed in Brains and Hammers Estate in the Life Camp area of Abuja EFCC said the arrest...