Cultists kill three in Rivers community

Some men suspected to be members of a cult group have killed three youths in the Egbe community of Ubie kingdom, Ahaoda West Local...

Driver jailed 12 months for stealing motorcycle

An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced Abba Adam, 24, to 12 months imprisonment for stealing a motorcycle worth N350,000. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos,...

One fisherman killed, 4 others abducted off Bayelsa coast

Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates have ambushed some fishermen off the Atlantic coast of Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State,...

Applicant jailed 4 months for stealing yam

A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 22-year-old applicant, Felix Adams, to four months in a correctional centre for stealing some...

Rivers police arrest suspected cultists for burying man alive

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two notorious kidnappers who allegedly abducted and buried alive a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue,...

Court remands Yahoo boy for raping 17-year-old girl to death

A Kwara State Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has remanded a 19-year-old old, Isaac Odunayo, in prison for raping a 17-year-old girl to death. Police...

Suspected notorious robbers arrested for burgling RCCG, stealing valuables in Delta

Delta State Police command says two suspected notorious armed robbers, Patrick Emete and Alex Uwagbafor have been arrested for allegedly burgling Redeem Christian Church...

Ekiti Pastor Strangles Wife To Death

In Ekiti State, a self-professed preacher named Abiodun Sunday Oluwadare is said to have strangles his wife Tosin to death. Oluwadare, also referred to as Ara-ina, perpetrated...

Two farmers jailed for assault, attempted extortion

An Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced two farmers, Samaila Zanko, 24, and Umar Abubakar, 36, to three months imprisonment each for assault...

Student jailed for theft in Jos

An area court in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Friday, sentenced a 23-year-old student, David Longji, to three months imprisonment for stealing a solar...

Woman who attacked husband for chatting with girlfriends remanded in prison

A Kano woman, Hafsa Ibrahim, has been remanded by a Shari’a Court for hitting her husband, Jamilu Muhammad, with a local pressing iron and...

50 foreigners, others arrested for job racketeering

The Nigerian Army said it arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos. The Director, Army Public Relations,  Brig. Gen. Onyema...

Killer squad: German court sentences Gambian to life imprisonment

A German court on Thursday sentenced a Gambian man to life in prison over his participation in a death squad that assassinated opponents of...

Court jails Ogun monarch six months for impersonation

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has sentenced the Osolo of Ado-Odo, Muftau Dosunmu, to six months in prison for...

Energy thief apprehended in Kaduna night raid

Kaduna Electric executed a night raid on November 24, 2023, and apprehended one Mr. Opafola Abiodun of No. 18 Mopa Road, Kaduna. Abiodun, who is...

Court remands suspected killers of senator’s aide

A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ogba, on Wednesday ordered the remand of three suspects who allegedly murdered Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to...

Police arraign businessman over alleged N1.2m fraud

The Police on Wednesday charged a 33-year-old man, Olamilekan Adio before an Ojo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly acquiring money under false pretence. The...

Two men remanded for defiling of 6-year-old girl

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded Adejoh Musa, 45, and Adamu Sule, 60, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The...

FCT police nab suspected murderer, kidnappers, robbers, recover arms

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested several criminal suspects for alleged offences ranging from culpable homicide, kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, ‘one chance,’...

Man stabs guard to death during argument in Lagos

A 25-year-old security guard, identified simply as Solomon, has lost his life after being stabbed to death at Langbasa in the Eti-Osa Local Government...