Crime
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Sexagenarian abducts, rapes teenage daughter of widow who declined his marriage proposal
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 60-year-old man, Mgbechi Wekwea, has been accused of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint...
My exploits: l have raped 50 women using charms, robbed over 100 houses, says bricklayer-robbery suspect
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 46-year-old bricklayer, Shina Adaramola, has confessed to robbing about 100 houses and raping at least 50 women. Adaramola,...
For defrauding American of N19.6m, Oteyowo Samuel, to spend 14 months behind bars
By Boye Ajayi An internet fraudster, 32-year-old Oteyowo Akinkunmi Samuel, has been sent to jail for 14 months, according to a Federal...
Boyfriend and l took blood oath, aborted three pregnancies, says lover who sets boyfriend ablaze
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The 18-year-old girl, Esther, who burnt her boyfriend, Chidinma Omah, to death in Makurdi, Benue State, has given...
55-year-old serial rapist nabbed for violating 7 teenage hawkers
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 55-year-old man identified as Abdulhamid Sale, has been arrested for allegedly raping seven teenagers in Bukuru community in...
Jealous 18-year-old lover sets boyfriend ablaze for jilting her
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A young man, Chidinma Omah, has died after he was set ablaze by his 18-year-old girlfriend, Esther, in...
Hunter becomes the hunted: Notorious Abuja kidnapper kidnapped by another kidnapper
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Even among criminals they get masters and superiors. This played out in a case of an Abuja notorious kidnapper,...
Bartender bags 8 years for stealing his employer’s ATM card, withdrawing N1.07m from his account
By Boye Ajayi A 35-year-old bartender, Godwin Job, is to spend the next eight years in jail for stealing the ATM...
Greed, jealousy possessed me, pregnant woman who killed stepson confesses
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A pregnant woman, Musa Mariam, has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command, for allegedly poisoning...
Ogun donning the toga of most crime prone state In Nigeria as Police nab 2,735 rape, kidnapping, robbery suspects In 6 months
By Boye Ajayi With Ogun gradually becoming a hot bed of crime in the country, the Police Command says it has arrested...
Public nuisance chases worshippers from church, faces trial
For harassing and preventing worshippers from entering or going out of the church, a man, Paul Alaba, is facing trial at...
Nigerian doctor killed his wife, attempted to strangle his sons, police say in U.S
A spousal tragedy occurred at Greatwood, Texas, in the United States on Friday as Dr Ben Okigbo reportedly pulled the trigger and...
Two Lagos lawyers sent to jail for 24 months each for N24m fraud
For their involvement in financial fraud, two Lagos lawyers — Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi — have been sent to jail for two years...
#EndSARS: Police nab two men for selling policemen’s skulls for N1000
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Two suspected hoodlums, 24-year-old Aliu Mubarak and 17-year-old Adewale Abiodun, are now in police net in Ibadan,Oyo state for...
Couple nabbed for theft of friend’s 3-day-old baby
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A couple has been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command for stealing a three-day-old baby. The couple, Kabiru Suleiman...
Incestuous father bags life jail for raping daughter
A randy father, Alo Olusola, is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping his daughter, an Akure High Court...
