Crime

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

Guard arrested for stealing generator

A 35-year-old security guard at Ojota New Garage, Lagos, Yekini Opeyemi, has been arrested for leading a gang to steal generating sets from shops in a

Okada rider bags life jail for raping pupil in Ekiti

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Ojo Idowu Adebayo, to life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl. In he

Police kill kidnappers sharing ransom in forest

Two suspected kidnappers were killed by the police in Kwara State during a gun duel inside a forest in Moro LGA on Tuesday night. The incident, it was

Police kill 3 kidnappers, rescue 1-year-old baby

The police in Edo State have shot dead three kidnappers and rescued a kidnapped one-year-old baby. The state command’s deputy spokesperson, ASP Iwegbu

Hunters arrest 4 kidnappers who killed NSCDC operative in Ekiti

Four kidnappers who are suspected to have killed an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Segun Ayebulu, in Ekiti State,