The Nigeria Police Force said one person died, while eight vehicles and ten shops were destroyed and burnt following Tuesday’s unrest in Wuse, Abuja. FCT Police...
A 30- year–old graduate of the Federal Polytechnics, Nekede in Imo state, Nerus Elemamba, has committed suicide. Elemamba’s body was found dangling in his room in...
The pandemonium that erupted at the popular Wuse Market in Abuja on Tuesday afternoon was solely the handiwork of unruly hoodlums, says the market’s manager, Zubairu...
A commercial tricycle operator simply identified as Musbau has been found dead in the Okoolowo area of Kwara State. He was allegedly killed by suspected ritualists...
Hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Deputy Director, Nursing Services of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, in Enugu State. LEADERSHIP gathered...
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iseyin, Oyo State has remanded a 23-year-old husband, Aderoju Timothy, at the Correctional Center, Abolongo, Oyo for beating his pregnant...
At least 14 commercial sex workers have been arrested by operatives of the Yobe State Hisbah Board over their alleged involvement in immoral acts and use...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed two fighters as they uncovered and destroyed a major firearms and drone manufacturing factory operated by armed fighters of...
The Abia Government has commenced investigation into the death of a student of Abia State University (ABSU), who lost his life in a clash between rival...
A Police Anti-Crime Squad of the Anambra State Police Command has rescued four men abducted by dare-devil kidnappers on Friday, March 8, 2024. The Police team,...
Police in Lagos State have arrested a mother for attempting to kill her sick child, using a poisonous insecticide, “Sniper’’. The police spokesman in the state,...
Tragedy struck the agrarian community of Ubune-Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State on Friday as gunmen suspected to be herdsmen killed a...
Suspected gunmen struck in two local government areas in Sokoto State, killing three persons while abducting a woman and fifteen Tsangaya students in two separate attacks....
Suspected gunmen struck in two local government areas of Sokoto State, killing three persons and abducting a woman alongside 15 Tsangaya students in the two separate...
Troops of Operations Hadin Kai have neutralized four terrorists and cleared their camps in the Sambisa Forest and Buluwa areas, both in Borno State. Director Army...
An Abia High Court sitting in Ukwa has sentenced two members of Abia Vigilance Group (Bakassi), Ugochukwu Amaugo and Udo Ogba Oka to death by hanging...
Bandits have kidnapped an unknown number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto State on Saturday. It was gathered that...
Four persons have been shot dead when unknown gunmen attacked the Abacheke community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. Reports indicated that the gunmen...
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a shipment of 36 live African Grey Parrots en route Ghana. The operation, conducted...
At least 16 people have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by armed invaders on Wandor community of Mbakyor, Mbalom District in Gwer East Local...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled a terrorists’ attack on Damba Dikko village, a community in Illela local government area of Sokoto State, killed two...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has justified the interception and arrest of 21 trucks loaded with food items allegedly being smuggled into neighbouring countries. The...
The Police Command in Jigawa has said that suspected robbers killed three persons in Birninkudu LGA of the state. This is contained in a statement by...
Residents of the Pipeline area of Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari Area Council of the FCT, have raised alarm over the activities of drug hawkers....
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a man, Lukman Salau, 50, be remanded in Agodi Correctional facility for allegedly raping his...
Four yet-to-be identified students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, have been arrested for reportedly beating a fellow student to death. The incident, it was...
Suspected kidnappers have invaded a farmland in Kugba-Ajagbe village in Odeda LGA of Ogun State, and abducted a teacher. It was gathered that the incident occurred...
Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers reportedly abducted a Chinese engineer and killed a yet-to-be-identified civil defence officer in the process at Obagende in Okehi LGA of...
A middle-aged man has been arrested for allegedly killing a monkey in Awka, Anambra state capital. City & Crime learnt that monkeys are regarded as sacred...
Armed robbers on Thursday raided two banks at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, reportedly killing two persons in the process. It was...
A 15-year-old boy has shot his mother’s younger brother while playing with his grandfather’s hunting gun at Ogbotobo community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested 254 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists from across the country in the last two weeks Force PRO, ACP...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested 254 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists in the last two weeks. Force PRO, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi,...
The Solicitors Scheme Advisory Committee set up by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has uncovered over 300 awaiting trial inmates languishing in Kurmawa...
After weeks of combing forests, bodies of six police officers that were murdered in Delta State have been discovered and recovered. The slain policemen were drafted...
Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly abducted a large number of female internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquaters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State. A...
Suspected gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped one Mr Adegbenjo of Community High School, Alabata in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. The victim, a secondary school...
Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have impounded 123 vehicles over illegal parking around bridges across the Lagos Island. LASTMA General Manager, Mr...
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a truckload containing 400 bags of beans valued at N61.4 million. A statement posted on...
Ogun State government has warned residents of the state to refrain from dumping corpses of babies and faeces in public waste bins placed along major roads....
A Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, has convicted three persons over involvement in naira racketeering. They were dragged to the court by the...
Following an investigation into the matter, the Nigeria Police have absolved one of its officers, Cordelia Nwanwe, accused of involvement in N22 million extortion.The counsel to...
A driver of Bus Rapid Transit also known as BRT, identified as Sunday Bukola allegedly ran over a 35-year-old woman, Rofiat and her two sons at...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Destiny Paul (24) for allegedly impersonating the Kaduna State government and using the same to defraud...
Two ex-convicts, Hassan Bala (30) of Epigi-Lunko, Garatu Ward, Bosso LGA and Hamza Adamu (32) of Gwada area, Shiroro LGA of Niger State have been arrested...
The Edo State Police Commissioner, CP Funsho Adeboye, has disclosed that the police have arrested 10 illegal Bureau de Change operators in the state. Addressing journalists...
Operatives of the Kano State Hisbah Board have arrested 10 suspects exhibiting acts of immorality at a ‘Gala’ Home located amid residential buildings in Kano. The...
One person has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the hostel of two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. The suspects, Abdulkareem Yusuf and...
Bandits have shot dead two herders and rustled 223 cows at Haying-Dam, in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. City & Crime reports that Haying –Dam shares...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Ambrose Christopher 24, for illegal possession of arms and ammunition. The suspect, it was gathered, was...
Two persons, Ibrahim Naimat Biola of Nda Compound, Ojo-Oba and Sulaiman Olarewaju Danjuma, of Olunlade area, have been arraigned at a Kwara State magistrate court over...
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 23-year old man, Usman Aminu, to six months imprisonment for alleged house breaking and theft. The...
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested Mr. Adamu Garba Hudu, a lecturer at Al-Ma’arif College of Health Science and Technology, Potiskum, a private school in...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45kgs of cocaine concealed in his luggage while...
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe State Command has resolved over 50 conflicts between farmers and herders in the four frontline local government...
The Police Command in Kwara State said it had arrested three suspected kidnappers with their share of ransom from recent operations while on stop and search...
The police in Edo State have arrested two suspected fraudsters for allegedly hacking a woman’s WhatsApp page and using it to defraud members of the public...
Following the looting of a warehouse in Tasha area of Abuja on Sunday, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested 15 persons in connection...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage. Solomon was...
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday, looted a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) over the current economic hardship in...
The Katsina State Police Command has announced that N50 million would be given to whosoever provides information that could lead to the arrest of two suspected...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed two illegal oil refining sites at Krakama and Temakiri in Degema local government area of Rivers State....
The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, operating under Operation Delta Sanity, has successfully intercepted a Motor Tanker SWEET MIRI on Saturday, March 2, 2024, preventing the potential...
…They confessed killing 10 women – CP The police in Ogun State on Thursday paraded two additional suspects, Adebayo Olamide Azeez (35) and Mariam Awuraji...
An unspecified number of women and others returning from a local market have been reportedly kidnapped on Idah – Egabada-Odolu road in Igalamela/Odolu LGA in Kogi...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says a 54-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to take 12 children to Lagos...
A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, sentenced a 19-year-old trader, Khalid Salish, to two years in prison for stealing 10 chickens after he pleaded...
Police operatives in Benue State have apprehended four suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of a school boy and a civil defence personnel. Our correspondent...
A Kano State magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of two vigilantes, Baffa Muhammad and Abdullahi Ismail, over alleged culpable homicide. The prosecution counsel, Barrister Farida...
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB), FORMOSO, have arrested a fishing trawler and 13 crew members for involvement in Illegal crude oil activities...
A man, Seyi Oyedele (21), was on Thursday brought before an Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly defrauding a pastor to the tune...
The Kwara State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded 28 criminals, made up of suspected kidnapping gang members, armed robbers and cult members. The State’s Commissioner of...
A suspected ritual killer, Adebayo Olamide Azeez, on Thursday revealed how he lured seven women through a dating app, “MyChat” and killed them for ritual purposes....
The operatives of the FCT Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested three suspects, who specialised in car snatching and robbery in the Abuja...
The FCT Administration, through its City Management Team, has demolished shanties at the Bureau De Change (BDC) headquarters in Zone 4 area of Abuja. Fielding questions...
Men of the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State have apprehended seven suspects over...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested five suspected cultists, Emeka Eke, Chizoba Okolie, Samson Ochonobor, Friday Agbebayo and Julius Eguasa, for allegedly engaging...
The police in Benue State have arrested three gun manufacturers in Agu community of Vandekiya LGA of the state. State Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, made...
The body of a 20-year-old man, Sodiq Olorunleye, who jumped into an abandoned well in the Shasha area of Lagos State has been recovered by officials...
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Paul Okpe, has disclosed that the corps arrested 2,147 motorists for traffic violations in...
Men of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS) have neutralised a suspected rustler and recovered 74 cows in Jarkuka village in Arewa LGA of...
A 20-year-old admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, has been reportedly raped and killed in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was killed at...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has successfully dismantled and arrested members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa,...
The Plateau State Police Command has paraded one of the suspected kidnappers of two reverend fathers of St Vincent de Paul Parish, Fier, Pankshin LGA, Frs...
…1 for possessing pistol The Ekiti State Police Command has charged four suspects in a magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, over alleged theft of 8,700...
The management of Bartholomew College of Health, Shao, Moro LGA of Kwara State, has said that students who took part in a twerking party whose video...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and smashed a transcontinental cartel which specialises in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and...
Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Victor Olaiya, has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of three siblings who suffocated in a car...
A magistrates’ court sitting in the Eti-Osa area of Lagos State has ordered the remand in prison of a 26-year-old woman, Jennifer Omorogbe, for allegedly assaulting a...
The police in Anambra State have announced the arrest of four suspects over the murder of Mr Silas Onyima, President General of Umuoji Community in Idemili...
The FCT Police Command has said that its operatives have arrested the second most wanted kidnapper, Samaila Wakili Fafa, alias Habu Ibrahim. The FCT CP, Benneth...
Men of the Yobe State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agents, have arrested 30 suspects for criminal conspiracy, trespass, theft and homicide. The spokesman...
A 20-year-old man, Yusuf Muhammad, has been stabbed into a coma allegedly by his neighbour, one Hassan Wanzami, in the Dan Rimi area of Fagge LGA...
One gunman was killed when the police and vigilantes in Kwara State rescued three victims kid-napped in two villages in Omupo District in Ifelodun LGA. It...
Gunmen have shot dead the village head of Katakpa in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Ahmadu, two police officers and 11 civilians. City...
Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robber, Attah Godwin, for allegedly attacking a man, Ogo Chukwuemeka, with a knife and dispossessing...
Security operatives on Monday rescued 16 kidnap victims in Kogi State. Speaking on Monday, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, spokesman of the Kogi Police Command, de-scribed the rescue...
After taking a suspected hard drug, a young man, Adebayo Peter, has killed his friend, simply known as Lekan, in Akure, Ondo State capital. LEADERSHIP gathered...
At least seven people have been killed in cult-related clashes at the North Bank community in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State. Residents said that the killings...