Tag: Armed Robbers
Anambra police parade suspected gangs of robbers
The police in Anambra have arrested a nine-member suspected gang of robbers that had terrorised Nanka community in Orumba North…
Two MOPOL killed by armed robbers in Warri
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two mobile policemen were on Monday gunned down in the oil-rich city of Warri, Delta State by…
Armed robbers attack sisters convent in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe Four dare-devil armed robbers attacked reverend sisters at a convent, SS Joachin and Anne Catholic church in Ijegun,…
Robbers murder night guard in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 52-year-old night guard simply identified as Abdulahi, has been murdered by suspected armed robbers in a phone…
Police kill 3 armed robbers, arrest 4 others in Kano
The Police in Kano on Monday killed three suspected armed robbers and arrested four others believed to be behind the…
Rivers Police in gun duel with armed robbers in GRA Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt olice Rivers Police have engaged suspected armed robbers who were attempting to rob a new generation bank…
Lagos Police nab 47 robbery suspects, 34 cultists
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, says 47 suspected armed robbers and 34 cultists were arrested in…
Wike to election riggers: You’ll be treated as armed robbers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has repeated his threat to any official of Independent National Electoral…
Ogun Police arrest 4 armed robbers in Sagamu
Yusuf Muhammed The Ogun State Police command, in its efforts to get Ogun State rid of crime and criminality, has…
Armed robbers attack Enyimba team bus
A bus carrying players from Nigeria’s football league champions, Enyimba, has been attacked by robbers in the central part of…
Abuja Commissioner of Police vows to nab Abubakar’s killers
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Federal Capital Territory, Wilson Inalegwu on Wednesday vowed that the Police would fish out the…
Nigerian army seizes weapons from armed robbers, herdsmen
The Nigerian army says it has recovered weapons and ammunition from robbers, cattle rustlers and other criminal elements in the…
Lagos police arrest 375 robbers
Kazeem Ugodaga Lagos State Police arrested 375 suspected armed robbers and killed 40 other robbers during gun battle in the…
Six armed robbers arrested in Ogun, operation car recovered
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Operatives attached to Onipanu Division of the Ogun state Police Command has arrested six suspected armed robbers, who…
Beware, armed robbers disguise as ATM users at night, FG warns
The Federal Government on Wednesday warned Nigerians to be vigilant when withdrawing money from Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, especially at…
Police arrest 2 armed robbers in army uniform
The Kano State Police Command, said it had arrested two armed robbery suspects wearing army uniform on Kano-Maidiguri road and…
Two arrested in Ogun for robbing bank customer
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two armed robbers who trailed and robbed a resident on Nasiru street, behind The Bell University, Ota in…
Police Kill 2 Robbery Suspects
The police in Delta State, on Wednesday, said they had killed two armed robbery suspects in Asaba. Police spokesperson, DSP…
Police parade 20 robbery suspects
Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna State Police Command, northwest Nigeria, on Friday paraded 20 persons suspected to be members of robbery gangs…
Bank armed robbers kill two policemen
Two policemen were shot to death by suspected armed robbers during an attack on the Okene branch of First Bank…
Angry mob beats robber to death in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A suspected armed robber on Monday night met his waterloo in Benin, capital of Edo state, when an…
Robbers shoot policeman dead in Warri
A three-man robbery gang has killed a yet-to-be-identified mobile policeman in Warri. An eye witness, who could not tell the…
Police flee as robbers gun bread seller down
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A petty bread seller was on Thursday night shot dead in Benin, captial of Edo state, by gunmen…
Ikorodu Robbery: Lagos vows to crush robbers
Kazeem Ugbodaga Following early morning robbery of two banks in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, the Lagos State Government…
Robbers Raid Banks In Lagos
Harrison Iyoha Residents of Ebute and Ogolonto areas of Ikorodu, Lagos, Western Nigeria, woke up Wednesday morning to be confronted…
Police, armed robbers exchange heavy fire in Ikorodu
HARRISON IYOHA Residents of Ebute and Ogolonto areas of Ikorodu Western Nigeria woke up Wednesday morning to be confronted by…
Police arrest 7 armed robbers in Sokoto
The Police Command in Sokoto State on Monday announced the arrest of seven armed robbery suspects terrorising communities in the…
Robbers raid AUMTCO, kill policeman
At least one police officer lost his life on Thursday night when a gang of robbers stormed the office of…
4 armed robbers, 92 cultists arrested in Rivers
… 2 killed in political clash Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Rivers Police Command made a haul of 96 suspected criminals,…
Two killed, 5 injured in Rivers bullion van attack
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There was pandemonium in Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) on Friday as daring armed…