Crime
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Hoodlums hack community chief priest to death in Delta
Bloody violence has erupted in the Hausa quarters area of Igbudu market in Warri South Council Area of Delta State as...
Kogi monarch, 10 others to cool their heels in prison over alleged culpable homicide
A 69-year-old traditional ruler in Adavi Local Government, Asema Uka (Otumi-Ajoko) of Kogi State, Momoh Nasir and 10 others have been remanded in...
Cyber crimes: 10 suspects in EFCC net in Ibadan
10 suspected internet fraudsters were on Friday apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. They were...
Some rich men of God are our partners-in-crime, we use their accounts to receive money, says Yahoo boy
By Boye Ajayi Internet scammers have devised other means of beating police, other security agencies, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Female banker bags 98 years in jail for stealing bank’s N49m, $368,000
Caught stealing N49.3 million and another $368,203 belonging to her employer, First Bank Plc, a woman, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has bagged 98 years imprisonment...
Monarch’s security guard breaks into palace, bolts with his N400, 000, N20, 000 microphone
By Boye Ajayi A 52-year-old security guard, Adebayo Samson, who allegedly broke into the palace of a monarch, his employer, with others...
COVID-19: UK-based Nigerian robbed at Quarantine hotel
By Boye Ajayi A Nigerian, who just arrived from the United Kingdom, has cried out for help after being allegedly robbed at a hotel...
16-year-old gunboy, five other underage nabbed in school
A 16-year-old gun-boy and five underage boys have been apprehended by the police in a secondary school at Igboukwu, Anambra State, for various...
After 13 days in custody, MKO Abiola’s children freed
By Boye Ajayi Two sons of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, have been freed after they...
Knife-stabber faces trial, gets N100, 000 bail
By Boye Ajayi For knife-stabbing a man during a brawl at a village in Ogun State, a 25- year-old man, Obinna Ubah,...
Bizarre: Woman palmwine seller disgraces, beats policewoman
An unarmed policewoman was beaten hollow by a woman for her audacity to come and arrest her over a patron’s missing N150,...
Carrot thief banished from circulation for two years
Guilt-racked carrot thief is to spend the next 24 months behind the bars, a court ruled on Thursday. The 25-year-old trader, Abba Arando,...
Woman allegedly defrauds Ambassador, employer, others of N364m, $7m
For allegedly defrauding an Ambassador and others of N364 million and $7million, Blessing Ogwatta, former Head of Logistics at Jezco Oil Nigeria Ltd, has...
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,...
