Crime

NDLEA destroys eight hectares of cannabis farms in Edo The Edo Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday, destroyed eight hectares of cannabis sativa farms in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…

A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ordered the remand of 10 suspected cultists, in a correction centre for allegedly killing a 22-year-old boy,  Samson Ajekonye The suspects who live at various addresses in Apa Local…

EFCC arrests 13 Chinese nationals for illegal mining in Kwara Operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 13 Chinese nationals over their alleged involvement in illegal mining…

A Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday, ordered the remand of a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as Trinity Guy, in Agodi correctional facility over alleged sexual exploitation of a 10-year-old girl…

A man suffering from epilepsy, Amos Christopher, has been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beheading his ​​four-year-old brother, Thyson. Amos, a 24-year-old who lives in Dobi village in Ga’anda District,…

A man confessed to the killing of his wife who has been missing for two and a half months in western France and has led investigators to her body, police said on Friday. Karine Esquivillon, 54, a mother-of-five, disappeared on March 27…

EFCC arrests 56 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 suspected internet fraudsters. In a statement issued…

Father-in-law places N100k bounty on Edo man who killed pregnant wife A bereaved father, Adun Samuel, has offered to pay N100,000 to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of his son-in-law, simply identified as…

Man defiles five-year-old girl in Gombe A 20-year-old man, Babangida Isah, from Tike quarters in Bajoga, Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State has been paraded by the police for defiling a five-year-old girl, name withheld.…

Pastor to die by hanging for killing choir mistress, others A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder. Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of…