Crime

Young lady arrested in UK after travel agent she paid N15m scammed her with fake documents A Nigerian lady has landed in trouble in the United Kingdom after being scammed and deceived by a travel agent. The 20-year-old reportedly paid the agent about €20k (approximately N15 million) to process student …

Tragedy in Ondo as 75-year-old woman sets her son, daughter-law and two grandchildren ablaze   A 75-year-old woman, Iforiti Oloro, has allegedly set her son, daughter-law, and grandchildren abl@ze in Ondo State.   According to reports, the tragic incident occurred at Aponmu, a suburb of Akure, Ondo’s capital city, at …

      A 24-year-old suspected rapist was taken into custody by the Amotekun Corps, a security network of states in the South-West, on Friday in Iwo, Osun. He was accused of having had carnal knowledge of the 16-year-old girl while keeping her in his room for three days.   The …

  In the capital of Ogun State, Abeokuta, a gardener at one of the private institutions has been arrested on suspicion of cult membership and weapons possession.     Emmanuel Victor, a 32-year-old gardener, and his five other conspirators were also apprehended. The So-Safe Corps identified them as some of …

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted bail to accused Nollywood actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin known as Simisola Gold, who was detained for reportedly spraying new naira notes during a party. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arrested the 31-year-old thespian in court on Monday, February 13. (EFCC). According to Channel …

A Nigerian pastor, Nduka Anyanwu, was on Tuesday, February 14, sentenced to double life imprisonment by a sexual offence and domestic violence court in Lagos for raping and impregnating two biological sisters in a church complex. The convict, who is said to be a pastor at a Lord’s Chosen Church branch in Oshodi, …

A 31-year-old man, identified as Edeh Tochukwu, has been arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, Ijeoma Felix, 48, in Abuja on October 24, 2022. Edeh was nabbed by operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) after he was found culpable for the death of his lover. While being paraded before journalists on …

A video of the moment an alleged thief was attacked by two dogs in a compound he broke into is currently making rounds online. The petty thief stormed the compound in the middle of the night with plans to steal from the occupants, unknown to him that the house was heavily …

An 8-year-old boy who was abducted by his stepfather has been rescued by detectives in Kenya and returned him to his devastated mother. The suspect, Nemwel Ondar, abducted the boy early on Saturday, November 12, following a domestic dispute with his wife, Everline Nandera. The perpetrator was apprehended when the …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier order of the court. Justice Chizoba Oji, in a ruling, …