Crime

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

Charcoal dealers nabbed for providing logistics to bandits

Soldiers have arrested two charcoal dealers over allegedly conveying foodstuffs and drugs to bandits in the Akoti Forest in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna Stat

54 touts arrested over extortion of truck drivers on Lagos roads

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce have apprehended 54 miscreants involved in illegal ticketing and extortion activities in the state. The targets

Cyclist, 2 others nabbed for stealing cables in FCT

A commercial cyclist, identified simply as Nura, and two others have been arrested by vigilantes for allegedly stealing transformer cables in Paso com

Kano court remands 3 suspected robbers

A Kano State magistrates’ court has remanded three men, Abdullahi Hassan, Garba Ali and Abubakar Mukhtar, suspected of armed robbery. The defendants w

Kidnappers gun down Hotel owner, manager, guest despite N25m ransom

Kidnappers of a hotel owner, his manager and a guest abducted in Gauraka community in Tafa LGA of Niger State have shot them dead after collecting N25