Thursday, 26 June, 2025

Category: Crime


The suspected killer of Niger State ex-permanent secretary, 18-year-old Fatiha Abdulhakeem has died in the Minna General Hospital, the Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, has said. Abiodun made this known on Wednesday when he confirmed that the suspect, Abdulhakeem, Read more…


Tension has gripped residents of Anambra State over the safety of the kidnapped member of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. Hon. Azuka, according to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Read more…


Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted attempt by an import and export businessman, Olisaka Chibuzo Calistus, to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine weighing 6 kilograms into the country through the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Read more…


Nigerians were stunned on Tuesday as social media was awash with reports of an only child, Segun Olowookere, who was sentenced to death in Osun State for stealing fowl. There were different versions of what truly transpired and why the Read more…


By Don Peter Okoro. The Apostle of New Covenant of God Mission and Presiding Archbishop of Masterseed College of Bishops and Ministers Network, USA and Nigeria, Archbishop (Prof.) Emmadavid Okafoagu JP2 has made a passionate appeal to the abductors of Read more…


The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has stated that the nation’s security agencies have made significant progress in tackling the issue of kidnapping over the past two years. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the inauguration of the Multi-Agency Read more…


Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) was behind the assassination of Russian General Igor Kirillov, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources in the agency. Kirillov, the commander of the Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defense Forces, was killed by an explosion, Read more…


Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has accused the Nigeria Police of robbing citizens instead of protecting them, The Niche has reported. Badenoch, who has been trolling Nigeria prior to becoming leader of the UK opposition Conservative Party, Read more…


AN Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of 12 mechanics at the Agodi Correctional Centre over alleged treasonable felony and sundry offences, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The defendants were Abdullahi Alajiga Read more…


An Ekiti State Magistrates’ Court in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, sent lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, back to prison after the police vehemently opposed his application for bail, accusing him of intimidating witnesses. The magistrate adjourned till December 20 to Read more…


Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, 10 December 2024, refused to grant bail to former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello on the grounds that his bail application was filed prematurely and Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor Operatives of Anambra State Police Command have arrested a forty two year old Friday Emenike Alias Ekpo from Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State, for allegedly lending guns/weapons to criminals for their operations within Awka and its environs. Read more…