Crime

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

Police nab robber, recover gun in Abuja

Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested a suspected armed robbery suspect at Kurudu, an Abuja suburb. The CP, Benneth Igweh, who disclosed

100,000kg of hemp destroyed in Ekiti forest

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Army have destroyed over 100,000kg of Indian hemp spread across 51 hectares in three

2 tricycle riders arrested over theft of passengers’ phones in Lagos

Two tricycle riders, Idowu Lukuman and Sadiq Ahmed, have been arrested over robbery attacks on their passengers. The suspects were arrested after one

Man inserts scissors, spoon in 8-year-old girl’s genitals

A 32-year-old man, Bashir Umar, has inserted a pair of scissors into the genitals of an eight-year-old girl in Dutse LGA of Jigawa State. The state’s

PoS agent defrauded N5m in Abuja

A Point of Sale (POS) operator, Mansur Ahmad, has lost about N5m to a suspected fraud syndicate, popularly known as yahoo boys, in Bwari Area Council