Tag: robbery
Police nab 9 over robbery, kidnapping in Rivers
Tunde Ogunsakin, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, said on Thursday that they had arrested 11 persons in connection with…
Police foils robbery attack on media house, loses officer
The Rivers Police Command has confirmed that two armed robbers were killed when a gang raided the office of Nigerian…
England’s Ian Wright ‘leaves Brazil over robbery’
Former England striker Ian Wright flew home from the World Cup in Brazil after his wife and children were held…
Rivers Police Bust 7-Man Robbery Gang
Paul Iyoghojie The anti robbery team of the Rivers State Police Command, Port Harcourt, south-south Nigeria, have arrested five members…
Nigerian Jailed In Ghana For Robbery
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday handed a 30-year jail term to Kingsley Ibe, 23, a Nigerian, for robbery and…
Police arrest 3 robbery suspects in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command on Saturday said it arrested three persons suspected to have carried out armed robbery at…
A 20-Storey Building Where Criminals Hide
Yusuf Muhammed A 20 storey building abandoned by the federal government some years back at Abule Odan-Era, a suburb of…
OPC Rescues Raped Teenager
Falobi Moses Members of the O’odua People’s Congress, OPC, and concerned Lagosians have rescued a teenager (name witheld), who was…
Robbing Santa Claus gangs hit jewellery shops in Albania, Kosovo
TIRANA (AFP) – The image of Santa Claus is that of a generous giver. But two jewellery shop owners in…
Nigerian troops kill 13 Boko Haram robbers
The Nigerian army said Thursday it had killed 13 suspected Boko Haram gunmen in a shootout near the border with…
Robbers stun Del Potro, Argentine tennis star in Paris
Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro has revealed that he was robbed at a Paris railway station with thieves…
2 Suspected Car Snatchers Sent To Jail
An Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men, Iyanda Dauda and Idris Tirimisiyu, at Agodi Prisons for allegedly…
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…
2 Brothers Arraigned For Alleged Robbery
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded two brothers, Mohammed Abubarkar, 25, and Jaye Abubarkar, 22, for allegedly robbing Audi…
Butcher Arraigned For Armed Robbery
A 27-year old butcher, Ahmed Musa, has been remanded in prison custody on the order of a magistrate’s court sitting…
Police Arrest 14 Robbery/Kidnap Suspects In Imo
The Imo Police Command said it had arrested 14 out of 15 kidnap suspects in connection with the murder of…
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…
Life Jail For Rapists, Robbers
An Ughelli High Court in Delta State, south south Nigeria, has sentenced two men, Ernest Steve, 30, and Jerry Godwin,…
Kidnappers On The Loose
The rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria and government’s inability to curb it is creating tension in the country Nigeria,…
Bus Conductor Bags 2-Year Jail Term
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, has sentenced a 26-year old bus conductor, Rasaq Sikiru, to two years…
Baby & Family of 4 paraded for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A two month old baby, her mother, a senior secondary 3 student in Abeokuta, in the western…
Nigerian Police Nab Alleged Mushin Gang Leader
A suspected Mushin robbery gang leader, Shakiru Sanni, 31, a.k.a. Osama bin Laden, has been arrested by the operatives at…
Robbers kill 4 on Abuja Highway
Four persons have been killed in a robbery attack launched by a gang of armed robbers on a luxury bus…
America Warns Citizens Against Trips To Nigeria
Simon Ateba/Lagos The United States Government has warned its citizens against travelling to Nigeria, particularly during the holiday season, saying…
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…
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,…
Bureau De Change Robbery: Police Declare 2 Wanted
The Police Command in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, has declared wanted two identified major suspects in Tuesday’s robbery incident at…
Motor bike bandits attack Bureau de Change
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the WAPA Bureau De Change in Fagge area of Kano, northwest Nigeria…
107 die in motorcycle accidents
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least, 107 people have been killed and 512 others injured in okada accidents in the last two…
Bloody Monday In Ogun As Robbers Kill 5 Cops, 2 Others
It was a bloody Monday in Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria as at least five policemen and two civilians were killed in…