Crime

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OPL 245: Protect Nigerian whistleblower on graft sacked by Dutch Embassy, FG told

The Federal Government has been urged to intervene without further delay to save a sacked whistleblower whose actions exposed the complicity of Shell...

Bandits break into MKO Abiola’s Ikeja home, cart away cash, valuables

About 22 years after the demise of Chief MKO Abiola, some gunmen have invaded and ransacked his Ikeja residence. The robbers, who invaded the...

Hackers Stole N900 million From First City Monument Bank Via Malware: EFCC

    Hackers stole N900 million from First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in what could be one of the largest online heists ever,...

Two “bloody civilians”caught impersonating soldiers in Osun

  By Boye Ajayi The long arm of the law has caught up with two men, who allegedly impersonated soldiers in Osogbo, Osun...

Alleged filling station robber, 22-year-old Agbaje, behind bars in Osun

By Boye Ajayi For allegedly robbing a petrol station manager of N1.2 million at gun-point, a 22-year-old, Tunde Agbaje, is to spend the...

Abule-Egba, Lagos surburb, erupts in violence as bus driver, conductor feared killed

  By Boye Ajayi The U-turn area of Abule- Egba, Agbado  in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, on Wednesday morning erupted in...

Serial killer re-arrested after escape in police custody

Detectives from the Nigerian police have re-arrested Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect in the series of ritual killings at the Akinyele Local government...

Police Divisional Crime Officer’s murder: 3 nabbed 

For daring to abduct and murder a Divisional Crime Officer (DCO),  three members of a gang have been apprehended in Rivers State. The man...

Oil deal: Nigerian mogul, Abdulrahman Bashir, to cool his heels in UK prison

  For breaching multiple orders of the court in a pending suit instituted by Sahara Energy Resources Ltd,  Abdulrahman Bashir, the CEO of...

Pedophilic rape: Sexagenarian gets multiple stoning judgment

  Caught on the wrong side of the law for ravishing an underage girl, 60-year-old Mati Abdu is to die by multiple stoning,...

Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison

A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...

How Kashamu’s death ends drug Case No. 1:94-cr-00172 in Chicago

  Sen. Buruji Kashamu had used the last 22 years fighting the plans to extradite him to the United States to face a...

Night bloodletting in the House of God in Nigeria, 4 fatalities recorded 

  In what looked like a terror attack, some yet-to-be identified gunmen have broken into Azikoro village in Yenagoa Council Area of Bayelsa State, and unleashed...

Incestuous relationship with daughter: Shamefaced Ogun village ruler stripped of royalty

    Shamefaced local community traditional head, Rasheed Sholabi, is now cooling his heels at the Ogun Police cell in Abeokuta for serially...

Paedophile pastor rapes pastor’s daughter

  A paedophile pastor of the Winners Chapel in Njaba, Imo state, who allegedly defiled an 11-year- old daughter of a fellow pastor,  has been nabbed...

2 Nigerians in U.S Army in $3 million business scams, elderly women romance scandal

  Two U.S Army reservists have been accused of coordinating a fraud scheme involving business email compromises and  romance scams against elderly women,...