Crime/Legal
Angry Mob Undresses Woman, Rip Her Clothing After She Dressed Provocatively
A group of men attacked a woman who was dressed in a mini skirt. The men attacked the woman claiming that she was dressed inappropriately. The ...
3 Youths Gang-Rape Teenager On Footbal Pitch
Three youths, Chizoba Amara, 23, ThankGod Okoro, 23, and Godwin Godday, 20, have been arraigned before a Lagos court for gang-rape and trespassing into a ...
UK arrests Arik crew members for drug trafficking
Two crew members of Airk Air were on Monday arrested by the United Kingdom Border Force for being in possession of substances suspected to be ...
Current criminal laws can’t fight corruption – Ex-EFCC boss
Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Tuesday said the war against corruption could not be won with the ...
Community policing: Sokoto residents expose Togolese with 316KG of marijuana
Residents of 500 Housing Estates, otherwise called ‘Bafarawa Quarters’ in Sokoto metropolis, recently demonstrated how communities can assist in fighting crime in their vicinity. It ...
Cult clash claims 2 in Lagos
Two people were feared dead, while others were injured, Tuesday, when two rival cult groups clashed in Odo-Kekere area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.The incident, which ...
Police nab fake army officer, recover N15m cars
Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, has said that his command has recovered various brands of cars worth over N15 million. He said that ...
Acid Attack Victim Fights For Justice
At 17, Sonali Mukherjee had everything going for her. She was a beautiful, intelligent and ambitious young woman, dedicated to excelling in her studies. She was ...
120 Boko-Haram Members Arrested During Burial Of Their Commander, Curfew relaxed
The Special Forces in Borno State on Monday said about 120 terrorists have been arrested in Maiduguri, the state capital, as they organised a burial ...
You’re enjoying prison, magistrate tells accused
Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. | credits: Temitayo FamutimiA magistrate of the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, Mrs. S.K Matepo, expressed surprise after two ...
Police smash robbery syndicate, recover stolen items
Some of the stolen items. | credits: The Cross River State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested three armed robbery suspects who ...
Lawyer advocates death penalty for rapists
A member of Forum of Legal Practitioners, otherwise known as ‘Lex Fora’, has advocated death penalty for rapists. Mr Paul Eshiemomoh, a former Chairman of the ...
Man battles to keep motherless twins alive after 13 yrs of wrongful imprisonment
With tears dripping down his cheeks, Oluwarotimi Sikiru looked lost. He knelt down as if addressing some audience. “I am appealing to good spirited Nigerians ...
We won’t arrest Asari-Dokubo – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has said there is no cause for any action on threats by the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, ...
Abomination!: How Son Killed Mother, Hid Body for 10 Years
Dr. Chimezie Osigwe, 64, is a retired school principal of Awa Community Secondary School, Ejemekwuru in Oguta local government area of Imo State. He not ...
WAR AGAINST TERROR: Over 20 Boko Haram Members Killed so far
At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria’s military carried out an aerial bombardment of suspected militant Islamist camps in the country’s northeast, a ...
14yr old girl killed & set on fire by boyfriend because he thought she was pregnant
Shaniesha Forbes, 14, (pictured above) was killed by her 20 year old boyfriend who then burnt her body and dumped her remains on a beach ...
Boko-Haram Stole Over N200M From Banks In Daura Attack
Fresh facts have emerged that raw cash worth over N200 million were carted away by Boko Haram insurgents numbering over 200 who invaded the hometown ...
Killings in Nigeria: One too many
Nigeria today has been described as a war zone, no thanks to the many killings in the country. In fact, the killings have gone from bad ...
PICTURES: 11 Women Arrested For Shooting Adult +18 Movie With Dog
Eleven women and one foreign man have been arrested after they were caught shooting an adult movie with a dog in Nyali Mombasa.The 12 are ...
Explosion rocks Buhari’s hometown, Daura
Explosion and sporadic gunshots rocked the quiet town of Daura, Katsina state, home town of opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari Thursday night.The attack started about 10 ...
Police Found Man Reported Missing By His Wife During Honeymoon With A Prostitute (PICTURED)
Mohammed Ahmed, a Lincolnwood, Ill. resident, was arrested for soliciting a prostitute — while on his honeymoon in the Orlando area.It didn’t take long for ...
Woman Charged For Beating Her Mom To DEATH Over Mother’s Day
Janette Glenn, of Chicago, has been arrested and charged with murdering her 82-year-old mother Catherine Glenn.A 51-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with beating her ...
How we escaped death – OAU Students
Johnson Olawale Ikudayisi and Temitope Orebe are student leaders from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. When they set out to their home state, Ekiti to ...
Girl, 12, raped in a Primary School in Benin
Residents of Ekpenede Street in Benin city yesterday woke up to find a 12 year old girl who was allegedly raped by unknown man soaked ...
12 Arrested For Shooting An Adult Movie With A Dog (LOOK)
Eleven women and one foreign man have been arrested after they were caught shooting an adult movie with a dog in Nyali Mombasa.The 12 are ...
Dismissed DPO arraigned for killing, injuring protesters
Divisional Police Officer, Segun Fabunmi, who was accused of killing a young protester and injuring four others at Yaya-Abatan, Agege, Lagos during the protest against ...
‘Why soldiers were excluded from Nasarawa operation’
The security operatives on Tuesday broke the silence on the puzzle surrounding the shocking massacre of an estimated 103 security operatives in the country. The Deputy ...
How I was raped and defrauded by fake prophet – fashion designer
A 27- year-old man identified as Morufu Garba is currently cooling his heels in police net for defrauding and assaulting a 20 -year- ...
Boko-Haram Kills CAN’s Borno Secretary Minutes After GEJ Broadcast
Barely 30 minutes after President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno State alongside two other states because of terrorism, the Secretary ...
ICPC Vs Ogbulafor: Court adjourns hearing to June 6
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday adjourned to June 6 hearing in the trial of former PDP Chairman, Vincent Ogbulafor, over alleged N107 million fraud. The ICPC ...
Tailor, 27 Breaks Into House From The Ceiling, Rapes 15-Year-Old Girl
A 27-year-old tailor, Sulaimon Jelili, has been arraigned before an Osogbo magistrate’s court for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl (name withheld). The charge sheet obtained ...
Nigerian Court Jails Iranian Accused of Importing Arms to Nigeria
Azim Aghajani, a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been found guilty of smuggling weapons into Lagos and sentenced to five years in prison by ...
Biggest Planned Armed Robbery Attack In Nigeria (LOOK)
But for Providence, 6 May, 2013 would have gone down in the history of the country as one of the bloodiest days of crime. The ...
Gunmen launch fresh attack on police barracks in Borno, chanting Allahu Akbar
Barely a week after the military, police and prison formations in Bama, Borno State were attacked by Boko Haram gunmen, police barracks in the outskirts ...
Private jets used to smuggle cash, fugitives – FG
The Federal Government on Sunday said illegal consignments and cash in local and foreign currencies were being smuggled on daily basis in and out of ...
Breaking News: Court Orders Farouk Lawan, Emenalo To Answer $620,000 Bribery Charges
The move by a ranking member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, and his colleague Boniface Emenalo, to dismiss bribery charges against them has ...
Man Arrested For Stealing N680,000 From Internet Lover
A 26-year-old man, Jolaoye Oyewole, yesterday, appeared before an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged theft of his Indian girlfriend’s N680,000.Oyewole, who ...
Masquerade shoots Alfa dead during festival at Abeokuta
An “egungun’’ festival in Ijaiye-Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital ended on a tragic note as a masquerade allegedly shot and killed a Muslim cleric. A ... Full story
UNILAG student jailed for defrauding an American lady
For allegedly defrauding an American lady, Kathy Lunsford through the internet under the pretext of marriage, a University of Lagos student, Michael Opaleye has been ... Full story
Husband sets wife on fire for accepting wine from another man at party
Love is said to be the fire of life that neither consumes nor purifies; but for 35-year-old Janeth Odehgbe, hers was a different case as ... Full story
