Crime

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

Plateau man jailed 2 years for stealing 10 chickens

A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, sentenced a 19-year-old trader, Khalid Salish, to two years in prison for stealing 10 chicken

4 kidnappers who allegedly killed, buried man arrested in Benue

Police operatives in Benue State have apprehended four suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of a school boy and a civil defence perso

2 Kano vigilantes remanded for murder

A Kano State magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of two vigilantes, Baffa Muhammad and Abdullahi Ismail, over alleged culpable homicide. The pro

Navy intercepts vessel, 13 crew members over illegal bunkering in Bayelsa

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB), FORMOSO, have arrested a fishing trawler and 13 crew members for involvement in Illega

Oyo man charged with ‘defrauding’ pastor

A man, Seyi Oyedele (21), was on Thursday brought before an Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly defrauding a pastor to the