A 52-year-old housewife has been kidnapped from her residence in Jagunna village in Olorunsogo in Ogun State. The police spokesman in the state, Omolola Odutola, said...
A pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Olugbenga Olawore, who was kidnapped alongside others has regained freedom. This was revealed by the...
Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four members of a syndicate, Jeremiah Ekanem, Bashiru Mohammed, Abdullahi Yerima, and Hassan Abdul, who specialise in...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three members of a criminal organisation which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South...
A Bureau de change (BDC) operator identified as Abubakar Mannir has been accused of defrauding the Chief Executive Officer of Allkraft Technology and Industries Limited, Mr...
A Nigerian-American, Timothy Sule, who is the eldest son of the late philanthropist, Chief Y. A. Sule, has vowed to drag one Yakubu Inu-Umoru, popularly known...
Suspected gunmen, on Saturday night, invaded Dutse Makaranta community in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnapping at least five persons. From...
At least two farmers have been killed and an unspecified number of residents kidnapped during attacks by bandits on Karaga and Rumace communities in Bassa Ward,...
Suspected gunmen have killed at least 12 persons in Pushit community in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State on Thursday in a fresh attack....
Bandits have attacked Maraban Agyaro village of Kakangi Ward along Birnin Gwari -Kakanhi road, reportedly killing four local vigilantes. The bandits also reportedly burnt seven motorcycles...
Nigerian Army troops have foiled a kidnap attempt on Mr Musa Arewa by three armed persons in Lankaviri community of Karim Lamido local government area of...
The Kano State Police Command has apprehended eight suspects for attempting to disrupt the swearing-in ceremony of four new Commissioners at the Government House in Kano....
Unknown gunmen killed on Thursday killed a third-class chief, Abdulmutalib Nuhu at Sensani Village in Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State. Nuhu was murdered a...
Iwuagwu Patricia popularly known as DJ Commissioner Wysei has been arrested for obstructing the police while on duty, resisting arrest as well as assaulting police officers...
An Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has ordered the remand of 29 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators for invading the premises of the Oyo State...
A magistrates’ court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 45-year-old woman, Rayinat Bakare, in prison for allegedly stealing a nine-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs...
Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State have arrested six suspected power cable thieves. The state’s Commandant of NSCDC, Adamu...
Justice R Irele-Ifijeh of the Edo State High Court has sentenced three men, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, to death by hanging for armed...
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilọrin has ordered the remand of two men, Segun Obatunlese and Sola Ajayi, for allegedly killing one Wasiu...
A suspected motorcycle thief was yes-terday stripped for allegedly stealing a motorcycle along Ijah-Sarki road in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. City & Crime learnt...
A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year-old trader, Bitrus Dalo, to six months in prison for assaulting his sister-in-law, Mary Simon....
A magistrates’ court in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered the remand in prison of a 20-year-old man, Peter Ezekiel, for allegedly abducting and defiling a...
Police in Edo State have arrested three men, Emeka Samuel (23), Michael Peter (25) Noah Joseph (30), for allegedly stealing 180 litres of diesel valued at...
The trial of a Pastor Emmanuel Orekoya at the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Vio-lence Court for defiling his 17-year-old daughter was stalled on Wednesday...
Rampaging bandits Wednesday evening invaded the Angwar Danko village in Kakangi Constituency of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State where they abducted a yet-to-be-ascertained...
A 40-year-old man, Riba Kwanta has been taken into custody of the Adamawa State Police Command after surrendering himself following the alleged killing of his wife....
A personnel of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was on Wednesday killed by an angry mob in Kaita Local Government Area of Katsina State. A credible...
Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted bail to businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, also known as Cubana Chief Priest,...
At least 28 people including six personnel of Benue State Community Volunteer Guards (BSCVG) have been reportedly killed by armed invaders in Gyaruwa axis of Gwer...
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested 46 persons in connection with the public disturbances that occurred in some parts of Ilorin, the state capital between...
A 40-year-old man, Inyangake James Peter, has reportedly killed his mother, Mma-Offiong James Peter, claiming a voice directed him to do so. Peter, who confessed to...
A 22-year-old man, Dipo Femi has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti for conspiracy, burglary and...
Nigerian Army troops operating in Taraba and Benue States have intercepted three gunrunners, foiled kidnap attempt and killed one kidnapper. A statement by the Director, Army...
Police operatives in Enugu State Command’s Central Police Station have arrested two suspected kidnappers identified as Ejike Okorie and Christopher Kindness both of Ameke Ngwo, Enugu...
The family of Suleiman Ozakwo of Anguwar Baiyi in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State were thrown into mourning after a drunk man, Ya Zakari, driving a...
At least three persons suspected to be Yoruba nation agitators who invaded secretariat of the Oyo State Government in Ibadan were killed by security agents while...
No fewer than six Boko Haram logistics suppliers have been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno State. It was gathered that the troops...
No fewer than six Boko Haram logistics suppliers have been arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno State. The troops of 112 Task Force...
The Kano state Police Command has arrested 61 suspected thugs during the ‘Hawan Daushe’ Durbar as part of Eid-el-Fitr celebrations in the five Emirates of the...
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed an attack on Terwase Orbunde, the former Chief of Staff to the immediate-past Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, by...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops on internal operations across the country killed 188 terrorists, arrested 330 others and rescued 133 hostages in the last one...
It was a horrible day for the staff and management of a feed mill farm located in Oke Old site in Sabo-gida Ora, in Owan West...
The Nigerian Army troops have uncovered an armoury containing significant cache of arms and ammunition at the residence of a suspected gunrunner in Olota community and...
Troops from the Nigerian Army (NA) at Ibagwa in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa State have reportedly burnt down homes of two suspected cult leaders...
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police officer by yet to be identified hoodlums who attacked the Ishieke Junction police check...
The Nigerian Navy arrested two suspected crude oil thieves, one tanker truck and a Mazda vehicle loaded with 1,300 litre illegally refined products in Bayelsa. The...
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of 54 suspects during the Eid-El-Fitr celebration in the state. Commissioner of Police in the state,...
Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Thursday and killed a policeman. The police spokesman in Ebonyi, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack...
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two persons, Eyo Wisdom and Kamara Mohammed, for their alleged involvement in the theft of vehicle batteries...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested seven suspected cultists in possession of illegal firearms and other dangerous weapons at a hideout in the State. The...
Two undercover policemen on a mission to arrest a wanted cult leader and notorious armed robber were attacked when they embarked on a discreet mission to...
A notorious bandit kingpin called ‘Dangote’ has been killed in a gun battle with a rival gang of Kachalla Dankarami along the Dumbunrun Forest between the...
The Imo State Police Command on Monday arrested a terrorist suspected to be a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra and Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN),...
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja yesterday remanded a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele,...
Two men have been arrested in Nigeria after allegedly trying to extort an Australian teenager by threatening to release compromising photos of him online, Australian police...
A young woman, Simbiat Moshood, has told an area court that her father, Alhaji Moshood, has been having sexual intercourse with her with a threat to...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe Command, has deployed 862 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state. Mr Bala Garba,...
Men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) have arrested a 24-year-old ex-convict, Ezekiel Victor Thankgod, for allegedly burgling a store...
Niger State Government has directed security operatives to shoot at any hoodlum seen with dangerous weapons in the streets of Minna, the state capital. The resolution...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of...
The Defence Headquarters DHQ has confirmed the killing of one of its officers, A.S Maidawa, a lieutenant and four others wounded soldiers in an ambush that...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, at the screening point of Terminal 2 of...
At least, 85 suspects have been arrested when police operatives raided raided some identified black spots and criminal hideouts in Durumi and Dei-Dei axis of Abuja,...
The Kano State Police Command says it arrested 120 suspected criminals within the state in the month of March. In a statement made available to newsmen...
The Kano State Police Command on Friday said its operatives arrested a total of 120 suspected criminals within the State in the month of March. Spokesperson...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will on Monday, April 8, arraign former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele on a...
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, announced that it seized contraband worth N2.87billion between January to March, 2024...
Controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Friday pleaded guilty to the allegation of abusing the Naira brought against him by the Economic and...
Unknown gunmen on Thursday invaded Agojeju Odo Community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing 19 persons and setting several houses ablaze. Confirming the...
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested, a 17 years old boy, Lucky Okubo over the suspected murder of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Shallon Ebitare,...
The Katsina State Government has refuted the claim by the Debt Management Office (DMO) that the Governor Dikko Umaru Radda-led administration has ballooned the state’s debt...
Anxiety has enveloped some areas of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following the killing of Olumide Ifeoluwa, an alleged cult kingpin and popular area boy. Our correspondent gathered...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has received a man parading himself as soldier but fake from the Nigerian Army. The command’s spokesperson, SP...
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have intercepted a vessel laden with...
An 80-year-old man, identified as Adebola Ezekiel, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, have been found dead in their apartment at Apo area in the Federal Capital...
A 23-year-old Sanusi Umar has been apprehended by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy. Umar, a garden egg seller...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Abba Garba Ibrahim, for allegedly stabbing his friend, 22-year-old Zaharaddeen Iliyasu, to death. The incident occurred...
No fewer than thirty children were abducted by bandits in the early hours Monday at Kasai Village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. LEADERSHIP...
In a brazen assault on Monday night, bandits struck at a mosque in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, abducting numerous worshippers during the Tahajjud congregational prayer. Tahajjud...
Operatives of the anti-crime squad of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a man from whom they also recovered an AK-47 rifle. The team intercepted...
Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, a lecturer of the Department of Physical and Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has been brutally murdered in his office....
No fewer than 11 terrorists have been killed by troops in Katsina and Zamfara states during raid on identified kingpins’ hideouts in the North West. A...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced two officials of Keystone Bank, Anayo Nwosu...
A battle of supremacy by two bandit groups over the control of some mining sites has led to the killing of several terrorists. A credible intelligence...
The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson of...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested one Isyaku Babale, a 30-year-old resident of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his older brother to...
Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested an Islamic cleric, Oluwafemi Idris, over alleged unlawful possession of human parts which consisted of three kidneys,...
The police in Niger State have arrested three men, Mohammed Abdullahi Chumo (30), Aliyu Salihu (20) and Arzika Ahmadu (25) over alleged rustling of 132 rams....
The people of Oke-Oroma community in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State have appealed to the state government; the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II; the police...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue. She was detained after being caught attempting to export...
A 27-year-old trader has been stabbed to death by a yet-to-be-identified soldier in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday. LEADERSHIP gathered that the trader, Mr....
The Imo State Police Command has arrested an alleged serial kidnapper, Richard Ebony and another suspected cultist, one Chukwuemeka Peter Ekechi over their alleged involvement in...
The Police in Anambra said they have raided and destroyed a camp operated by suspected criminal gangs in the forest of Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government...
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested eight suspects in connection with the murder of its officers on a fact-finding mission in the Ughelli area...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of eight individuals linked to the brutal murder of six policemen in Delta State. NPF said it...
An Anti-Crime Squad of the Anambra State has destroyed several insurgents’ camps in Ogbunka community in Orumba-South Local Government Area of the state. The police team...