Crime/Legal
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
Suspected Cultists Kill Uniben Final Year Student
This is so pathetic, to send a child to school and for him to be shot dead 20 days before graduation. May God help parents ... Full story
SSS makes arrests, hunts masterminds behind the leakage of the data of its personnel
The State Security Service has begun hunting for those behind the leakage of the data of its personnel on the Internet. Investigations on Tuesday showed that ... Full story
Police officer arrested for killing driver in Bayelsa State
The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday evening confirmed the arrest of a police officer attached to MOPOL 30 Squadron in connection with the killing ... Full story
Chinedu Ezeona, Fake US Embassy worker arrested for defrauding people
A suspected fake United States of America (USA) Embassy worker who has been allegedly defrauding people through visa racketeering is now in police net. Chinedu Ezeona ... Full story
Man surrenders to police 8 months after kidnapping, burying prophetess alive
A 27-year-old man, who allegedly took part in the kidnap of a prophetess after which the woman was buried alive in his compound, has surrendered ... Full story
Lagos State Female teacher accused of defiling three-year-old pupil
Detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, Lagos, are currently investigating a teacher, Patience Orunma, for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil at a ... Full story
Two Islamic Clerics Arrested Over Alleged Money rituals
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police has arrested two Islamic clerics, Fatai Bamidele and Lateef Ahmed, for allegedly obtaining N30m from Lawal Sulaiman, ... Full story
Nigerian facing death sentence in Malaysia for drug trafficking
An Australian nurse and a Nigerian man face the possibility of death by hanging after a Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday charged them ... Full story
Nigerian Army Provides Churches And Mosques Anti-Bombing Devices
Nigerian Army, Thursday, unveiled and presented vehicle stoppers to some Churches and Mosques, as part of its corporate social responsibility in curtailing the spate of ... Full story
President Goodluck Jonathan vows to clamp down on oil thieves
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that his administration would do everything legally possible to clamp down on crude oil thieves, pirates and other criminals ... Full story
Samuel Owoyele, Ex-bank manager jailed for fraud
Justice Dije Aboki of Kano High Court, has sentenced Mr. Samuel Owoyele, a former manager with the United Bank of Africa Plc, who was prosecuted ... Full story
70-year-old man and son charged with killing 68-year-old professor
A 70-year-old man, Jimoh Ayeni, on Thursday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of a professor. Ayeni of Ose-Egbeda Camp in ... Full story
Two Sisters Arraigned For Beating Up Father Over N45K Debt
Two sisters, Halisa Junaidu, 28, and Aina’u Junaidu, 26, of Tudun-Wada quarters, Katsina, were on Friday arraigned before a Shari’ah Court in the state for ... Full story
Mastermind In Police HQ Bombing Arrested; US Tags Boko Haram Leaders “Terrorists”!
Reports reaching us confirm that the United States has finally put a tag of “Foreign Terrosists” on three Boko Haram leaders. These are Abubakar Shekau, ... Full story
Nathaniel Udama Adu, 26 Yr Old Nigerian Kills 19 Year Old Ghanaian Lover
A TWENTY-six-year-old unemployed Nigerian, Nathaniel Udama Adu, is in the grips of the Mile 7 Police in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old SHS ... Full story
Fake Lawyer Who Buys Snatched Vehicles From Robbers Arrested
Oh, so this man is not lawyer? You that appeared with me at the High Court taking pleas and repeatedly asking for adjournment for your ... Full story
Deji Oloyede, Osun State Middle Aged Man Machetes Two Brothers To Death
A middle-age man, Deji Oloyede, yesterday, in Ipetumodu, headquarters of Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, allegedly went berserk and macheted two brothers ... Full story
$3m bribery: Femi Otedola submits video, audio evidence to IGP
Oil magnate, Femi Otedola, yesterday, stoked his charge against embattled Rep. Farouk Lawan, by handing over to the police, audio and video evidence of how ... Full story
$3m Bribery Scandal: Femi Otedola Confirms Bribe Given To Lawmakers
The full details of the $3 million bribery scandal involving members of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Fuel Subsidy probe were revealed ... Full story
Calabar High Court sentences 17 year told to death by hanging
Justice Tambe Ebuta of the Calabar High Court on Friday, sentenced a 17-year-old boy to death by hanging.Justice Ebuta found the accused, Solomon Ezukwa, guilty ... Full story
Peter Ogar, 26 yr old Cook Steals Employer’s $50,000
The police at Ikoyi Police Division, Eti-Osa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a steward, Peter Ogar, 26, and his younger sister, Angela Ogar, ... Full story
Attempted Murder Of Alex Ibru: Al-Mustapha, Others Cleared
After about 12 years of incarceration and legal tussle, Justice Muftau Olokoba of Lagos High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), yesterday acquitted and discharged Major ...
Ibru has right to challenge removal –Court
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed the preliminary objection by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi and ...
