Tag: nigerian crime
2 persons arrested over N17m fraud
Ayodeji Dedeigbo The police in Lagos have arrested two men identified as Olumide Ayobami and Martins Tokunbo for allegedly defrauding…
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2 Nigerians jailed over £19million internet scam
Two young Nigerians based in Manchester, United Kingdom have been punished by a Crown Court for their part in a…
Sex worker arrested for stealing gold chain and hiding it in her vagina
Dedeigbo Ayodeji\Emmanuel Udom Police detectives attached to the anti-robbery squad of the Lagos State Police Command, western Nigeria, have arrested…
Pregnant Mother, 7 Others Paraded For Robbery
Jamiu Yisa The Nigerian police command in Lagos State has paraded a three-month old pregnant woman alongside a seven-man armed…
Police foil robbery attempt in Iseyin
The Nigerian police on Saturday foiled a robbery attack on a commercial bank on Oluwole road in Iseyin, in the…
District head arrested for robbery, rape
The Police Command in northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara on Monday arrested the Acting District Head of Keta Village in…
Apostle faints after court’s prison verdict
For forging documents with which he attempted to dispossess a man of his building, Godson Onyeoziere, who calls himself an…
Ex-senator’s driver shot dead
A driver to former Nigerian Senator Ayo Arise, a governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Nasir Saliu, was on Thursday…
Deeper Life Pastor Defiles 2 Under-aged Girls
A pastor with Deeper Christian Life Bible Church, Abudu, in Orhiomnwon Local Government Area of Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, Eze…
Man kills wife over breastfeeding of twins
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A middle aged Nigerian, Endurance Enadeba, has killed his wife in Benin, over an argument on breastfeeding of…
Bizman charged with robbery
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos remanded a businessman, Joseph Osawe, 34, in prison, over alleged robbery. The…
Kidnappers kill politician’s brother, abduct wife, 2 others
The junior brother and police orderly of an Action Congress of Nigeria stalwart in Edo State, Mr Patrick Akhimien, have…
Man jailed 20 years for patricide
JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri A Nigerian Court in Delta State, has sentenced a 20 year-old man Opukeme George to 25 years in…
Bandits raid Nigerian bank, attack police station
A Nigerian bank and a police post were attacked by bandits overnight in Ode-Omu, Gbongan in Nigeria’s State of Osun.…
Trial begins of suspected killers of Facebook girl, Cynthia
Henry Ojelu The four suspected killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a Nasarawa state based Nigerian lady who was killed by her…
Security Guard Shot Dead
By Ayodeji Dedeigbo Nigerian Detectives at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos are trying to unravel the…
Okada Robbers On The Rampage
By Cyriacus Izuekwe & Ayodeji Dedeigbo Despite the restriction placed on commercial motorcycle operators also known as okada riders in…
Sex worker gets six year jail for manslaughter
By Henry Ojelu/Judiciary Correspondent A Nigerian commercial sex worker in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State, Nkechi Okafor has…
2 Friends Gang-Rape Woman, Take Her Nude Photos
The Nigerian police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has arrested two friends, Emeka Paul, 26 and Chibuzor Esowole, 27 for…
Houseboy rapes master’s daughter
A Nigerian houseboy, Aminu Musa, 20, on Friday appeared before a Jos Upper Area Court charged with raping the 12-year-old…
EFCC Declares Ex-Nigerian Rep Wanted
A former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Chief Gbineje Obukowho Napoleon has been declared wanted by the Economic and…
Man Sets 6 Co-Workers On Fire
A Nigerian factory worker at Amuwo Odofin, Moses Ayogu, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, for allegedly…
Council boss uses council fund as personal collateral
Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi state has been told how Yahaya Abubakar, former…
Chinese killed in Lagos, wife shot
Simon Ateba Gunmen shot and killed a Chinese businessman at Ogudu area of Lagos on Wednesday night, Nigerian Police spokesperson…
Another robbery gang arrested in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Less than 24hours after the police command in Sagamu in Sagamu local government area of Ogun state,…
Man Rapes 12 Year-Old-Girl, Rejects Marriage
A 25-year old man, Umaru Ismali has been arrested by the police and charged before a Lagos court for allegedly…
Ogun state police foil ATM robbery
Nigeria’s Ogun state police command said that it foiled a robbery attempt on a commercial bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM)…
3 sentenced to die for robbery
The Chief Judge of Benue, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, on Thursday in Makurdi sentenced three men to death for armed robbery.…
Pastor admits stealing ipad
A 45-year-old pastor, Peter Oladiti has appeared before an Ibadan Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing Ipad and other sets of…
Robbers kill Currency Changer in Lagos
AYODEJI DEDEIGBO/Crime Reporter A Bureau De Change operator was shot dead this evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos,…