Tag: robbery
Court convicts 4 men for robbery
A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced four men to five months imprisonment each for robbery. The convicts:…
Farmers, residents decry robberies in Nasarawa
Some farmers and residents in Nasarawa on Friday called for 24 hours police patrol in order to checkmate incessant robberies…
Boutique burglar caught on camera, remanded in prison
A security guard, Okoh Abel-Uchenna, who allegedly broke into a boutique at Ikotun, a Lagos suburb, and robbed its owner…
Kogi gets 300-man security outfit to fight robbery, kidnapping
The Kogi State Government has inaugurated a new 300-man-joint security outfit dedicated to fighting kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism and other…
4 remanded over murder of Oyo State Assembly member
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of four men for allegedly robbing and shooting to…
“Be wary of taxis”, Consul-General counsels Nigerians
Nigeria’s Consul-General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, on Thursday, urged Nigerians travelling to South Africa to be wary of…
Woman robbed of her car and baby in Delta
A woman was on Sunday, left in pains as hoodlums attacked her and made away with the car she was…
Nigeria loses $1.5bn monthly to robbery, piracy at sea
Nigeria is losing about 1.5 billion dollars a month to piracy, armed robbery at sea, smuggling, and fuel supply fraud,…
Corps member, 8 others arrested for robbery, kidnapping
lice The Anambra Police Command has arrested nine suspects including a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)…
Customs foil Seme robbery, recover arms
Jeff Ezemadu The men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command’s strike force led by Mr. Fidelis Nwanze, a Chief…
Delta: Two welders to die by hanging for robbery
Jethro Ibileke/Warri A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has sentenced two welders, Monday Godwin (27) and Ochuko Ego…
RRS smashes teenage motorcycle robbery gang
Kazeem Ugbodaga Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three teenage robbers, who…
Police foil bullion van robbery
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Several persons were injured and vehicles parked in front of an old generation bank branch at Mile…
Police foil robbery attack, kill two in Ogoniland
The Rivers State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attack at a petrol station along East-West road by Etohu…
Vigilante arrested for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A man who claimed to be a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Mr. Adesiyan Adeniyi,…