Tag: nigerian crime
2 robbery suspects killed in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead today on Ada-George Road in the Nigerian oil-rich city of…
Tracking device catches Nigerian thief
The police in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja have arrested an electronic dealer at Zone 3, shopping complex, for allegedly being…
Nigerian Mint worker arrested for selling fake currency
An employee of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for…
Court Jails man Over $53,500 Internet Scam
A 22 year old internet fraudster, Bike John Niye has been sentenced to one and half years imprisonment by a…
Robbers bomb bank, kill Nigerian cop
Gunmen suspected to be robbers on Friday night, attacked a bank and police station, killing a policeman at Iyara Community…
Ex-civil servant shot dead in Gombe
The Nigerian Police in Gombe state have confirmed the killing of a retired civil servant, Tijjani Magaji, 43, of Idi…
Nigerian police in frantic search for abducted girl
The Nigerian police in Enugu State has launched an operation to rescue a six-year-old girl, who was kidnapped more than a week ago. The…
Benue: Pregnant woman remanded over murder charge
A 38-year-old pregnant woman, Mwuese Manger of Gwer Local Government Area of Benue State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, was…
Teenager convicted for currency counterfeiting
Currency Counterfeiting: 18 Years Old Jailed 10 Justice M. T. Salihu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Bauchi, today sentenced…
Grandpa Remanded For Fingering 3-Year-Old Girl
A 56-year-old grandpa is currently being remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison for allegedly fingering a three-year-old girl. The suspect, who…
Robbers give Auchi banks the fright
Banks in Auchi area in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo state, west of Nigeria, have vowed to remain…
Nigerian charged with stealing chicken, bone and cheese
A 45-year-old Nigerian, Oharuike Hycent, has appeared before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing chicken, cheese and chicken bones.…
Police Pension Scam: Accused Bureaucrat Sings
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Kigo, the embattled Permanent Secretary at the Police Pension Fund under whose tenure the princely sum of…
Police Abort Kidnap, kill 2 suspects
The Police in Osun State, Western Nigeria on Thursday killed two suspected kidnappers and arrested six others following a botched…
Court orders Nigerian phone thieves caned
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court has rewarded two handset thieves with 12 lashes of the cane for stealing. The two…
Nigeria: Man docked for contract scam
Ayorinde Oluokun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned Williams Inalegwu Okpe before Justice Babatunde O. Quadri of…
Worker Pays Spiritualist N11m To Kill Chivita Boss
A self acclaimed spiritualist, Adewale Salami, 35, has been arraigned before Oshodi Magistrate’s court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly…
Cook Disappears After Stealing N68m
A Togolese cook, Alex Flole Timo, has absconded with his employer’s $425,000, equivalent of N68 million. The incident occurred at…