Crime

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

‘I beat my neighbour for pretending to be a pastor’

A 38-year-old man, Ken Udoh, has been arraigned in an Isolo magistrates’ court, in Lagos, for beating up his neighbour on Omiyala Street in the Ejigbo

Man, 75, arrested for defiling 4-year-old niece in Nasarawa

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested a 75-year-old man, Isa Nana Okpoku, for allegedly raping his four-year-old niece in Obi LGA. Daily Trust fi

VC raises alarm over drug abuse among admission seekers

The Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Noah Yusuf, has advised other VCs in the country to screen students on dru

Police arrest 2 robbery suspects in Kwara

The police in Kwara State have arrested two suspected armed robbers, Abubakar Jimoh, alias Abu Carrot, and Abdulwaheed Murtador Olalemikan said to be

Pregnant woman, others nabbed with hemp, cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 30-year-old pregnant woman, Evelyn Aniekem, with 1,161kg of Indian hemp