Tag: Armed Robbery
Police recover 7 stolen vehicles, arrest 26 in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command has recovered seven stolen vehicles and arrested 26 suspects for alleged involvement in armed robbery,…
Polytechnic student to die by hanging for robbery
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 22-year old student of Delta State Polytechnic, Eguono Akpeghughu, has been sentenced to death by hanging by…
A Nation Adrift
International monitoring agencies occasionally rate how well or unhealthy a nation fares. Whether it is the Human Development Index, HDI,…
Police, SSS, Army In Joint Patrol In Rivers State
A special patrol team, comprising the Police, Army, Navy, Air force and the Department of State Security, has been set-up…
I’ve No Regrets Being A Robber, Says Suspect
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 30-year old robbery suspect, Tajudeen Oloko, has declared that he has no regrets being an armed robber…
One Week, One Tragedy
By Chido Onumah It’s almost a week since the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) job recruitment tragedy that claimed the lives…
Lagos Monarch’s Son Arrested For Robbery
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Yusuf Mohammed The son of the monarch of Ojokoro, Lagos State, western Nigeria, Ade Taiwo, has been…
Manko Calls For Reform Of Criminal Justice System
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko has said the effort of the police will be…
Bribery: Driver, Passenger Shot By Cop
A 32-year-old dismissed police corporal, Mr Nelson Bassey, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly shooting a driver,…
3 Remanded In Kirikiri For Armed Robbery
Three suspects were on Wednesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrate Court, in Lagos, western Nigeria, over…
British schoolboy robs bank with fake gun
A British schoolboy described as a “model pupil” on Tuesday admitted robbing a bank while carrying a fake gun. The…
Curtailing Criminality In Nigeria
By Tayo Demola The rate of crime in Nigeria such as rape, kidnapping, armed robbery and other forms of criminal…
Robbery Gang Terrorises Oko-Oba Residents
It was a sad tale to tell for some residents of Olasoji Street, Oko-Oba, Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when a…
3 Okada Robbers Burnt To Death
It was a sad end for three suspected okada robbers who it was alleged had been terrorizing the residents of…
60-year-old cop arrested for robbery
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A 60-year-old serving Police Inspector and member of a six-man police armed robbery gang was Thursday paraded by…
Robbers raid Taraba bank, sack police station
Suspected armed robbers have attacked the branch of a first generation bank and the Divisional Police Headquarter in Karim-Lamido Local…
Nigerian Police And Arbitrary Charge
By Apata Akinsemoyin Mukaila Fellow Nigerians, whether we like to admit it or not, we have a group of untrained…
Police And Extra Judicial Killings
By Prince Mukaila Apata Akinsemoyin At the risk of and discomfort of my life, I will courageously tell the truth…
My Business Is Armed Robbery —Suspect Opens Up
A 20-year old man, Monday Akanni, who was arrested in Mushin, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has confessed in court that…
3 Robbers To Die By Hanging
Three persons, Michael Taiye, Moses Chukwuemeka and Efetaire Jonathan have been sentenced to death by hanging by three separate courts…
3 Farmers Remanded For Robbery
Three farmers from Teme Fulani Camp near Gwanara, Kwara State, arraigned before Magistrate M.F.Abikoye in Ilorin, have been remanded at…
Okada Rider To Die By Hanging
A 25-year old commercial motorcyclist, known in local parlance as okada rider, Etenuwoma Oghenero, has been sentenced to death by…
Growing Insecurity In Lagos
The spate of criminalities, including armed robbery, in Lagos State, seems to be on geometric rise The recent abduction of…
Sea Piracy: I Received N7m From Vessel Hijack
Detectives at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad at Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a member of a…
3 Charged With Armed Robbery
BY OLABISI BALOGUN The Nigerian police in Lagos have charged three men before the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing…
Terrorism: Britain Warns Citizens To Avoid Nigeria
Following the spate of terrorist attacks, kidnappings, armed robbery and petty crimes in the country, the British government has warned…
How We Robbed Alali Hart —Suspects
Four robbery suspects have reportedly told the police how they robbed Alali Hart, a woman who runs a boutique, of…
Freed Prisoner Arrested Again For Robbery
A freed prisoner has been arrested for robbery again. Ibrahim Isah, 30, who was released from prison custody two weeks…
Police Arrest Robbery Suspects, Shop Burglars
The Jigawa State Police Command said on Monday it has arrested four men suspected to be members of a syndicate…
Police Nab 3 For Robbing Priest
Three armed robbery suspects have been arrested for breaking into and robbing the house of Rev. Father Wilson Nwanu of…