Crime

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

2 rustlers jailed 2 years in Niger

A magistrates’ court in Minna, Niger State, has sentenced two rustlers, Umar Magaji and Abdullahi Mohammed, to two years imprisonment each. Earlier, t

Man charged with stealing ATM card, withdrawing N36m

A 47-year-old man, Olanrewaju Alonge, was on Monday brought before an Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for stealing an ATM card and w

Defilement: Absence of accused doctor stalls hearing in court

The absence of the Medical Director (MD) of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation (OCCF), Dr Femi Olaleye, for defiling a 16-year-old girl in an Ikeja domest

4 bike thieves nabbed with firearm

The police in Edo State have arrested four men involved in the stealing of a motorcycle and recovered a firearm. The suspects: Umar Sanusi (28), Savio

8 human trafficking victims rescued in Jigawa

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued eight victims of human trafficking in Jigawa State. The NIS Controller in the state, Mr Ahmed Bagari