Crime

  An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Monday sentenced a 21-year-old driver, Kenneth Divine, to one month imprisonment for stealing 14 cartons of ”Indomie” noodles worth N48,300. The police charged Divine, alongside Joel Olawale,34, with two counts of conspiracy and theft. Delivering ruling, Magistrate A .O. Adeyemi, sentenced the ...

  Police in Osun have arrested three young men on the Osogbo/Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife Campus Road, Ile-Ife, for being in possession of a human heart. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said two of the suspects are 21 years old, while the third suspect is 25 years ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges of money laundering and tax fraud. The socialite, whose real names are Pascal Okechukwu was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials kept quiet about it due to pressure ...

    Yoruba activist, Adeyinka Grandson has been sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison. He was convicted of inciting racial hatred for posting messages on social media encouraging violence in Nigeria has been jailed. The British Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command launched an investigation in March 2019 ...

    Embattled Police Chief, Abba Kyari has been remanded in Prison Custody. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, ordered that Kyari and six others that are facing drug trafficking charges be moved to Kuje Correctional Center. Trial Justice, Emeka Nwike ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement ...

    The Alayetoro of Ayetoro-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Olufisan Ajayi (Odundun Asodedero 1) and some other persons led by one Chief Femi Ajibola, the Sajuku of Ayetoro-Ekiti have been quizzed by the police on missing electric transformers. The monarch and others were alleged to have conspired to vandalise and steal ...

  The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday revealed that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) that the late Oluwabamishe Ayanwole boarded doesn’t have an in-built camera. The Lagos State Governor made the revelation while briefing newsmen at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Onikan to commemorate International Women’s Day. According ...

  The BRT Driver, Andrew Nice Omininikoron, during the parade by police on Monday, March 7, 2022. Police authorities in Lagos State have taken into custody the driver of the BRT Bus involved in the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole. The driver, Andrew Nice Omininikoron, and another accomplice ...

  Nigerians have commended the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for arraigning embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and six others over drug trafficking-related offences. Naija News reports that the suspects were brought to the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday by officials of the anti-narcotics agency. ...

  A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. Bandits kill 7, injure student travelling for JAMB in ...