Crime

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

2 charged with stealing of cocoa seeds worth N7m in Ekiti 

The police in Ekiti State have arraigned two men, Opoola Olufemi Akure (40) and Bamisaye Peter (50) before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Eki

6 injured, shops razed as residents, drivers fight over well water in Kogi

Over six persons were said to have been critically injured, with several shops destroyed in  a clash between truck drivers and indigenes of Ilughagba

Father arrested for allegedly impregnating daughter in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a 32-year-old man, Samuel Alfred, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his stepdaughter in the

Student caught with axe, cutlass inside school bag

A yet-to-be identified student of Adewole Senior Secondary School, Ilorin, has been arrested with an axe, cutlass and other weapons inside his school

Police arrest fraudsters ‘enticing’ men with female photos online 

The police in Kano State said they have arrested suspected fraudsters, who specialise in the use of social media platforms to lure victims with offers