Crime

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

Abducted wife, daughters of Kogi journalist, 9 others released

The kidnapped wife and two daughters of the Kogi State correspondent of Daily Telegraph, Bashir Mohammed, alongside nine of their family members, in K

Police arrest 3 ‘one-chance’ robbers in Plateau

The Plateau State Police Command has said that it has arrested three suspected “one-chance” robbers operating in Jos North and Jos South LGAs. The spo

Man jailed 9 months for stealing 2 tubers of yam

A magistrates’ court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday, sentenced a 40-year-old man, Cletus Gandu, to nine months in prison for stealing two tub

Police, vigilantes rescue driver, 3 others from kidnappers in FCT

Operatives of the Rubochi Divisional Police Headquarters in Kuje Area Council of the FCT and vigilantes have rescued a tipper driver, identified simpl

‘We were paid N50,000 each to carry hemp from Togo to Nigeria’

Four fishermen arrested on Lagos waters with N216 million worth of Indian hemp have confessed being paid N50,000 to ferry 72 bags into Nigeria from Lo