Billionaire kidnap kingpin: Evans loses in court

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has dismissed three appeals by suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, seeking to stop his trial at two high courts in Lagos …

Five ‘Yahoo boys’ sent to jail in Enugu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office on Monday secured five separate convictions that involved Orji Uchenna, Chime Isaiah, Ogbu Obinnna, Dunu Franklyn Tochukwu a…

Armed robbers kill 2 Mopol escorting money in Rivers

Two Mobile police officers were killed by some suspected armed robbers, around 11:30a.m, today, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The officers were escorting some money belonging to a private company, …

Vigilance group rescues 5 kidnapped victims in Edo

A local vigilance group in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State on Saturday, rescued five kidnapped victims from Egoro Na Oka community who were Kidnapped on their way from a burial ceremony.…

Thugs storm Bayelsa police station, kill DPO, other policemen: loot riffles

Some gunmen at the wee hours of Monday stormed Agudama- Ekpetiama community police station in Yenagoa Local Government area, firing and killing four police personnel. Though the identity of the seven…

Man Arrested For Giving Out His 18-yr Old Girlfriend To A Ritualist In Delta

The Delta state police command has arrested two persons, including a prominent Abraka herbalist, politician and chief, Kings Okpako aka Kuti, in connection with the ritual killing of an 18-year o…

UNILAG students re-arraigned for alleged gang rape

The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, re-arraigned five students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Thursday in an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court by the prosecution team of …

Court remands man for allegedly beheading wife

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday remanded a 23-year-old man, Yusuf Mohammed, in prison, over alleged murder of his supposed wife, Safiat Yakubu.      &nbsp…

Housewife Arrested For Kidnapping Herself For N5m Ransom

The Police Command in Kwara said it had arrested a housewife, Mrs Yemi Samuel, who allegedly arranged her kidnap in order to collect N5 million ransom from her husband’s family.    &nb…

Reps member’s aide’s ID card found as EFCC nabs ‘Yahoo boys’ in Kaduna (PHOTOS)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in their hideout at No.15, Giwa Road, Barnawa High Cost area of Kaduna State. &…

Taxi driver lands in trouble for kidnapping 10 children

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old taxi driver, Kenneth Edet, in a Grade I Area Court in Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly kidnapping 10 children. The police charged Edet, who lives in Mpape, …

Togolese cook sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Credit Switch boss, Bademosi

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday sentenced a Togolese cook, Sunday Anani, to life imprisonment for the murder of his employer, the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Switch Ltd., Opeye…

Abuja Pastor Jailed For Raping, Impregnating And Drugging 14-Year-Old Girl

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has sentenced a pastor and founder of Mountain Movers Ministry International, Nyanya, Abuja, Pastor Basil Princewill, to seven years jai…

Court Remands 65-year-old Father For Raping Own Daughter

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered a 65-year-old man, Bayo Akinwete, to be remanded in prison custody over allegations of raping his 13 year old own daughter. This according to the ma…

Gunmen kidnap canteen owner in Oyo, demand N20million ransom

Some unknown gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted a canteen owner identified as Mrs. Folakemi Olufunmilayo, in Igbo-Ora, town in Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo state. It was g…

Man remanded for macheting pregnant wife to death

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 30-year-old farmer, Baba Musa, for allegedly macheting his pregnant wife, Hauwa Musa, to death.         The Magistrate…

Two Nigerian Drug Peddlers Arrested In India With 254 Grams Of Cocaine

Two Nigerian drug peddlers and one from Ivory Coast, were arrested and 254 grams of cocaine worth 15 lakh was seized from their possession after a raid at their residence at Khadarbagh near Golconda …

Salesgirl in court for allegedly stealing N2m from Coca-cola depot

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 30-year-old salesgirl, Temitope Akinola, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2 million from Coca-cola depot.     &n…

Metro 27-year-old man commits suicide in Lagos

The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed that a 27-year-old man, Omotola Onayemi, also known as `Ola-brain’, on Monday, committed suicide over alleged frustration. The News Agency of Nigeria (…

Father remanded for allegedly defiling 2 of his daughters

A father, Chukwuma Eze, accused of defiling his teenage daughters, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos on the orders of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court.        The …