Crime
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Fatal shooting in Imo church: Trigger-happy priest taken into police custody
A tragic incident occurred at St. Columbus Catholic Church in Amaimo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, resulting in the fatal shooting...
Four drug kingpins jailed, surrender assets worth millions of naira to FG
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced four drug lords to a total of 28 years of imprisonment...
Horror as loverboy lures girl to his house, slaughters her for money rituals in Ogun
A young man and suspected ritualist, who specializes in luring beautiful girls to his house and enticing them with irresistible huge sums of...
Ghana Hands Over Nigerian Abiola Kayode to US Authorities for Prosecution Over $6m Cybercrime
Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian and former FBI most wanted cyber criminal, has been extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, USA. This development comes...
Alleged money laundering: Ex-Gov. Yahaya Bello denied bail, co-defendant Oricha gets N300m bail
Justice Maryann Anenih of a Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to grant the bail application of Yahaya Bello, a...
Updated: Alleged cybercrime: Dele Farotimi faces another 12-count charge, gets N50m bail
A Federal High Court in Ekiti has granted Dele Farotimi, a human rights activist and lawyer, N50 million bail with one surety, following...
Customs-led joint security agents border patrol intercepts N36bln worth of rifles, cartridges, other contraband
The Joint Border Patrol Team in Lagos has made a significant impact since its inception in August 2019, intercepting contraband including six pump-action...
N65,000 he-goat theft: Teenager gets magistrate’s mercy, jailed for 30 days with N10,000 fine option
Guilt-racked goat thief, David Jonah, a teenage student, was lucky to have enjoyed rare leniency and mercy from the temple of justice at...
Brazil-based Nigerian businessman busted for allegedly importing 700g of cocaine at Lagos airport
For allegedly importing 700g of cocaine into the country, a 50-year-old Nigerian businessman, who has been living in Brazil for 35 years, has...
Alleged Cybercrime: Court grants N1bln bail to 109 alleged foreign hackers
Justice Ekerete Akpan of a Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to 109 foreign nationals charged with money laundering, attempting to...
Carjacking in FCT: Police recover Land Cruiser Prado after high-speed hot chase
In a swift response to a distress call, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has recovered a 2012 black Toyota...
Just in: Abuja Court remands 109 alleged foreign hackers in prison
No fewer than 109 alleged foreign hackers, including females who attempted to defraud some Nigerians, are now cooling their heels in the various...
NDLEA busts N22.74bln Opioids at Lagos, Port Harcourt ports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized large consignments of opioids valued at N22.74 billion across three major seaports....
Horrific! Hubby stabs fatally newlywed wife, sets house on fire in Lagos
In a fit of rage, 30-year-old Motunrayo Olaniyi has allegedly stabbed his newlywed wife, Olajumoke, to death in the Ikorodu area of Lagos...
In Lagos, man arrested for stabbing father to death
Chibunnma Chimelie, a 25-year-old man, has been arrested for fatally stabbing his 68-year-old father in Aswani, Lagos. The incident occurred on Thursday at...
Unleashing of wild dogs on police: 2 people remanded in prison, face life imprisonment
For allegedly unleashing four wild dogs on police to obstruct the arrest of a suspect, two people, including a woman, are now cooling...
