Crime

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

Police kill robbery suspect in gun duel, recover pistol in Abuja

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have killed one suspected armed robber and recovered a pistol at Kabusa, an Abuja sub

NSCDC responds to ‘beating’, detention of journalists, lawyer in Kwara

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reacted to the alleged beating and detaining of some online journalists and a female lawyer i

Man steals phones from Ogun church

The Ogun State-owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, has arrested a 19-year-old man, Abiodun Elegbede, for allegedly burgling a church and two houses

Three policemen gunned down at Ebonyi checkpoint

Gunmen shot three policemen to death in Abakaliki on Saturday. The police spokesman in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, revealed this on Sunday in Abakaliki

NDLEA busts trans-border cartel, arrests 5 kingpins

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully burst a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syn