Crime

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

3 kidnapped Kogi pastors, 16 others rescued

Men of the Nigerian Army and other sister security agencies have reportedly rescued 19 kidnapped victims, including three pastors abducted on Monday a

Kano ward head detained over sodomy

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested the ward head of Kabara Quarters in Kano City for allegedly sodomisin

Man docked over assault on wife

A 51-year-old man, Jido Samson, on Thursday, appeared before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly assaulting his wife. Samson, wh

2 hoodlums nabbed stealing diesel from trailer in FCT

Vigilantes have arrested two suspected hoodlums for allegedly stealing diesel from a trailer at Unguwar Dodo junction in Gwagwalada Area Council of th

Man docked for allegedly setting N12m crops on fire

The police in Osun, on Wednesday, arraigned one Momodu Abubakar, 25, before an Ile-Ife magistrates’ court for allegedly setting fire to cash crops wor