Tag: Armed Robbery
Suspected Robbers’ Arms Supplier Arrested
The Benue State Police Command has arrested Tyozumgwe Tarvihi who allegedly specialises in the manufacture of locally made weapons for…
Nigerian juvenile on death row freed 17 years after
A 31 year old Nigerian who was sentenced to death as a juvenile has expressed his happiness at being released…
11-Yr Old Boy Arrested For Robbery
An 11- year old boy (name withheld) was arrested yesterday for armed robbery. The boy, with a gang of at…
Have Policemen Abandoned Their Job?
In the last few days, armed robbers have become more daring while police response has become seemingly lethargic, although quite…
32 Robbers Escape From Prison
Following the jailbreak of Wednesday, 15 February in Koton-Karfe, Kogi State, North central Nigeria, 32 armed robbery suspects who escaped…
Robbery Lands 3 In Prison Custody
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered three men arraigned before it on a three-count charge of armed robbery to…
Police Gun Down Two Robbery Suspects In Kuje
Two armed robbery suspects were on Wednesday gunned down by men of the Kuje Divisional Police Headquarters in the FCT,…
3 Sentenced To Death For Armed Robbery
The Federal High Court, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts…
Suspected Okada Robbers Shot
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested two suspected commercial motorcycle (okada) robbers who invaded a shop at…
Larry Bell Empowers Nigerian Youths
In a bid to distract many Nigerian youths from social vices like prostitution, cultism, armed robbery and internet scam, youthful…
Mob Nabs Robbery Suspect With Gun
Luck ran out on an armed robbery suspect when he was overpowered by an angry mob at Igando area of…
Lagos Panel backs Okada Ban
The Lagos State government may soon ban commercial motorcycle operators, also known as okada riders, in the state and restrict…
I Worked On Over 63 Stolen Vehicles For Robbers —Panel Beater Confesses
Muyideen Mudashiru, a panel beater, and member of a suspected robbery gang who specialised in snatching exotic cars, has confessed…
5 Robbery Suspects Remanded
Five robbery suspects have been remanded in prison custody until 11 January, 2012 on the orders of a Lagos Chief…
Police Nab Pastor, 18 Others For Kidnapping
The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested a pastor and 18 others for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, impersonation…
48 Ex-militants Arrested Over Threat To Raze Bank
Forty-eight ex-militants undergoing rehabilitation at Aluu near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital were today arrested by the Rivers State …
Robbers Kill Bank Customer, Flee With N2m
An armed robbery gang yesterday attacked a bank customer, Salihu Sani and his friend Mu’miminu Isiaka and snatched the N2…
Community Lives In Fear Of Robbers
Following incessant armed robbery cases in the area, residents of Papa-Ajao in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, have…
FESTAC Police Delay Investigation Into Robbery
Following an armed robbery incident during which TheNEWS magazine staff, Mr. Sola Olaosebikan was brutalized, injured and robbed on 30…
Kidnapping: Abia Indigenes In U.S. Protest
Abia indigenes living in the U.S. on Tuesday, staged a peaceful demonstration outside the Nigerian embassy in Washington, against kidnapping…
Curb The Upsurge In Robbery Attacks
Lately, there has been an upsurge in violent crimes in Lagos and it’s like various security measures put in place…
6 Charged With Robbery
The police in Lagos have arrested six robbery suspects who allegedly broke into a warehouse at Kirikiri area of Apapa,…
2 Robbery Suspects In Police Net
The police in Aguda Police Station, in Lagos State, Nigeria, have arrested two armed robbery suspects operating with a dummy…
Lawmaker Condemns IGP’s Sack Of Special Squads
Former Secretary of the Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Lion Building branch who is also the member representing Lagos Island…
Robbery Suspect In Police Net
The police in Lagos State, Nigeria, have arrested an armed robbery suspect coming back from operation. The suspect, Saliu Lamidi,…
2 Charged With Robbery
Two men, Akeem Okanlawon, 35 and Timothy Sheye Alabi, 28, have been charged with armed robbery before an Ikeja Chief…
Cow Thieves Sell 19 Cows For N50,000
The police in Lagos have arrested four men who invaded a cow farm located at Abule Eko area of Ijede,…
‘PDP Compounded Nigeria’s Woes’
An Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, aspirant contesting for a seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly in the…
Man, 23, Arraigned For Robbery
A 23-year-old man, Emeka Onyebule, of no fixed address has been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos,…
IGP Blames Policemen Over Crimes In Aba
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Hafiz Ringim has blamed his men for the high rate of crimes…