Crime

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

Kogi boy trying to ‘arrest‘ thieves on yam farm hacked to death

A boy has reportedly been hacked to death by criminals on a farm in Ikefi village in Igalamela/Odolu LGA of Kogi State. The incident was said to have

Court grants nursing woman, brother bail over stolen phone

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has granted bail to a 22-year-old prison inmate who was delivered of a baby girl in the Uyo Correctional

Court remands Lagos pastor for defiling teenager

An Ikeja magistrates’ court on Thursday remanded a 50-year-old pastor, Lawrence Omoniyi, in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a

Police neutralise 3 gunmen, recover arms

The police in Ebonyi State have neutralised three and arrested two suspected gunmen. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by SP Onome Onovwa

Trader jailed 2 years for stealing 2 cows

A magistrates’ court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, sentenced a 32-year-old trader, Abdullahi Shuaibu, to two years in prison for stealing two co