Crime

Latest crime news, stories and headlines in Nigeria and across the world.

3 sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping housewife in Kwara

  The Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, has sentenced three convicts to death for armed robbery and kidnapping. The crimes were committe

72-year-old man accused of stealing goat in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a 72-year-old man, Ojo Ezekiel before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing a goat

Police recover arms, fake currency, 25 vehicles in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has recovered fake foreign currencies, firearms, and 25 vehicles from criminal suspects between December 2025 and Janua

Soldiers neutralise 2 suspected bandits in Benue

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have neutralized two suspected armed bandits and recovered an AK-47 rifle during an int

5 Ekiti farmers remanded over alleged cyberstalking, unlawful assembly

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of five young farmers in correctional custody over allegations of conspiracy, threatening