Crime

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

Customs impounds expired tomato paste worth N116m in Lagos 

The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has announced the seizure of 20 containers loaded with ex

Kidnappers free remaining Ondo church members after ransom payment

The remaining worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke gan in Akure, Ondo State, abducted last Friday have been freed after payment of a

Police decry rising cases of sexual assaults in Benue

The police in Benue State on Thursday decried the rising cases of sexual assaults in the state. State Commissioner of Police, Bathelomew Onyeka, stres

Navy intercepts N200m cannabis on Lagos waters  

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy attached to NNS BEECROFT have intercepted a large consignment of cannabis sativa on Lagos waters. The drug was being f

Pastor, brother to die by hanging for murder in Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Essien Udim have sentenced two brothers – a pastor and a motorcyclist – to death by hanging for killing a fa