Crime

A 27-year-old trader, Jamiu Fagbemi, on Monday appeared in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly biting a man’s ear. Fagbemi, who lives at No.26 Sanoye St., Iyana-Iyesi, Ota, is charged with two counts of assault and breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Cynthia Ajezie told the court that the defendant committed the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and quizzed four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for alleged…

The Nigerian Police evacuated more than 300 male students from a house in Rigasa, a community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State; where many of…

The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit on Friday raided a brothel around Mile 2 area and arrested 14 persons for alleged possession of illicit drugs. Chairman of the task force, Mr Olayinka Egbeyemi, in statement said: ”during the raid, five notorious miscreants and nine commercial sex workers…

An armourer to Boboski, a suspected notorious kidnapper and armed robber operating in the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State and its environs, was…

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has ordered the closure of operations of Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID), Virgin…

The father of Egyptian football star Mohammed Elneny discovered a dead body in his son's house located in Gharbia Governorate Egyptian security operatives have started an investigation into the corpse found in Mohamed Elneny's home. The house, situated in the Egyptian city of El Mahalla El Kubra, is still under construction, although the…

The International Criminal Court has found former Congolese rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Judges at the ICC…

The police command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of Maryam Suleiman over the killing of her brother Sani Suleiman. The young man Sani who is aged…

Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, abducted Mrs Suzzy Nathan, Permanent Secretary, Taraba Ministry of Water Resources, Jalingo from her home. The Police Public Relations Officer in Taraba, DSP David Misal, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Jalingo. Misal said the command was deploying every intelligence to establish if it was a…