Tag: Armed Robbery
Police arrest 20-year-old suspect for armed robbery, murder
The suspect was apprehended at the scene by community members, who also helped recover the weapon used in committing the…
Edo under siege: The untold stories behind the rise in kidnappings, robberies
On 2 October, three individuals, including a couple, Mr and Mrs Inebo, were kidnapped in Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government…
Four Ekiti men to die by hanging over murder, armed robbery
The prosecution also informed the court that the convicts attacked one Alhaji Usman Adeleye and inflicted him with machete cuts…
Three to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti
During the trial, the Prosecution counsel, Dolapo Oyewole, informed the court that the convicts committed the offences on Oct. 3,…
Alleged N1.5m robbery: UNIOSUN student Victory Ahiante suspended
Ahinate had allegedly lured her boyfriend who she met through the social media to Osun State where she conspired with…
Lagos man Onyinchiz to die by hanging for robbing nurse of N57,000.
By Adenike Ayodele An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz…
Ex-convicts, herbalist arrested for armed robbery, fraud in Ekiti
Abutu said a gang of armed robbers had also on Aug. 5, stormed Fayose Market, broke into different shops and…
Ibadan man Qudus Tijani remanded for armed robbery
Adedosu alleged that Tijani and others at large, while armed with guns, dangerous weapons, robbed Ademola Adedoyin of his phones…
Delta police nab 4 robbery suspects, recover arms
On April 17, information got to the command that a group of suspected cultists/armed robbers were hibernating at a hotel…
Kaduna man Shuaibu remanded for armed robbery, homicide
Shuaibu along with two others now large had forcefully broken into the apartment of one Iliyasu Garba (the deceased) at…
Lagos driver Oluwagbemileke remanded for robbery
Oluwagbemileke stole the complainant’s new unregistered Opel Zafira car, and his two phones with a total value of N2.19 million.
Aboh James, two others remanded in Abolongo for armed robbery
The defendants on Jan. 18, at about 11.40 p.m. at Energy Filling Station along Ibadan/ Lagos Expressway, while armed with…
Deadly robbers Adeola, Adeyemo sentenced to death
The convicts and others at large, on Nov. 27, 2018, at House 2, Dende Bovas Garage, off Iyana Eku, Larodo,…
Ayomide Olatunji, 4 others remanded in Kirikiri for armed robbery
The suspects, armed with dangerous weapons, robbed Mr Emmanuel Ono of his cell phone worth N68,000.
Jigawa police arrest 11 suspected armed robbers
The Jigawa Police Command has arrested 11 suspects for alleged armed robbery and receipt of stolen property.
Police nab 5 robbery, car snatching suspects
The Police Command in Anambra says it has arrested three suspected members of a car snatching syndicate and two other…
Two arrested for robbery in Ogun
Men of Ogun State police command on the have arrested duo of Ayomide Joseph 19 years and Olajide Ajisomo 20…
Police arrest armed robbery suspects in Niger
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one suspect in connection with armed robbery in Magama Local Government Area (LGA)…
4 suspects nabbed for armed robbery in Plateau
The Police Command in Plateau on Thursday said it had arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery activities in the…
Police nab 13 over kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide
The Police in Niger have arrested 13 suspects for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, culpable homicide and abetment of banditry in…
3 remanded in custody for banditry, gun possession
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered the remand of three men, Bala Muhammad, 35, Abdulmumin Suleiman, 47, and…
Police kill notorious armed robber in Kano
The Police Command in Kano state said it killed a member of a notorious armed robbery gang, name withheld, terrorising…
Police arrest armed robbery suspects in Nsukka
The Police in Enugu State says it has arrested two notorious armed robbery suspects and recovered arms as part of…
Police kill 9 armed robbery suspects along Abuja- Kaduna Highway
The Nigeria Police Force said it had killed nine suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang at Akilbu forest,…
Kidnapping: Nasarawa residents demand military base
Some residents of Garaku in Nasarawa State have called for the establishment of a military base to curb incessant kidnappings…
10 suspects nabbed over alleged kidnapping, robbery in Niger
The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested 10 suspects linked to kidnapping, armed robbery as well as unlawful…
Troops foil robbery attempt on Benin-Lagos expressway
Troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, on Friday foiled a suspected robbery attempt on the Benin-Lagos expressway.
Enugu police kills suspected armed robber, others wounded
The anti-robbery operatives of Enugu State Police Command have in an overnight operation dislodged a gang of suspected armed robbers,…
Police arrest notorious armed robbery suspect in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect, Chibuzo Agu, who had been a torn…
Police kill armed robbery kingpin in Katsina
The Police Command in Katsina State has killed a suspected armed robbery kingpin, Kane Mohammed, alias ‘Dan mai-keke’, 35, who…