EFCC Arraigns Philomena Chieshe, JAMB Official Who Claimed Snake Swallowed N36m

EFCC Arraigns JAMB Official, Philomena Chishe, Five Others For Claiming Snake Swallowed N36million. She is being prosecuted on an eight-count charge bordering on fraud.More details to come later.

I Pretended To Be Dead When Gunmen Killed Six In My Family

Six members of a family were killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen inside their home in Dangwal village, Ganawuri district of Riyom local government of Plateau state along Jos-Kaduna-Abuja…

US police name Chris Attoh as suspect in wife’s assassination

Popular Ghanaian actor, Chris Attoh, has been named as a suspect in his wife’s murder a few days after a sketch of the suspect who shot Bettie Jennifer was released.      &nb…

Police parade 71 suspects in Kaduna, list their crimes

The Kaduna state Police Command has paraded 71 suspects said to be engaged in various criminal offences in the state.The Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Aji Janga, while briefing newsman in Kaduna, sa…

Police discover kidnapers’ den in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command, said on Wednesday it had discovered a child-stealing kidnapper’s den and arrested two female suspects and rescued a victim.        Acco…

62 suspected kidnappers in police net in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested 62 suspected kidnappers within the last one week. Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters …

Man sentenced to five years imprisonment for posing as Customs officer

According to the News Agency Nigeria (NAN), Magistrate T.O Babalola, sentenced Mohammed after he pleaded guilty to three counts of impersonation, stealing and obtaining under false pretense. &nb…

Robbers Write, Demand Money From Popular Socialite, Flees Banana Island Home

A female socialite, Mrs. Angela Adelagun, has reportedly temporarily gone into hiding after some bandits allegedly wrote to her and demanded an undisclosed amount of money in exchange for her life.&n…

Alleged N8bn Fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Skye Bank Chair, Ayeni, MD Oguntayo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 27, 2019 re-arraigned a former Chairman, Board of Directors, Skye Bank Plc (now Polaris Bank), and the former Managing Director, MD of the B…

Woman attempting to smuggle drugs into Kano prisons arrested

The Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) attached to the Kano Central Prison, has intercepted a female visitor, Rifkatu Anthony, for attempting to smuggle in 39 wraps of Indian Hem…

Police Arrest 10 Traffic Robbers In Lagos. Photos

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command says it has apprehended over 10 suspected traffic robbers and recovery of firearms and ammunition in different parts of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city.&…

How Polytechnic Security Guard Killed Colleague On Duty

The police have arrested a security guard, Cletus Williams, over the alleged murder of his colleague, John Okoro, while they were on night duty in a polytechnic campus.      …

Woman attempting to smuggle drugs into Kano prisons arrested

The Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) attached to the Kano Central Prison, has intercepted a female visitor, Rifkatu Anthony, for attempting to smuggle in 39 wraps of Indian Hem…

Gunmen abduct Niger Delta University lecturer’s wife as don escapes

Gunmen at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa on Sunday abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University (NDU). Sources in the community told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the inci…

NDLEA apprehends two suspected hard currency smugglers in Abuja

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it had apprehended two suspected hard currency smugglers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.       …

We Are Interested In Newly-Wed Women - Niger State Kidnapping Suspect

A Niger kidnapping suspect, has disclosed that they are mainly interested in newly-wed women. The suspect identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Mohammed, who confessed to the abduction of one Halima Ibrah…

Court remands painter for raping 17-year-old girl

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Thursday ordered that a painter, Zubairu Apaila, be remanded in prison, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl. The police charged Apaila, 23, with three counts unla…

Job scam: Ex-convict dupes 47 people of N2.2m

Following a tip-off, the Niger State Police Command has apprehended and paraded a 57-year-old former convict, Mohammed Bello, for allegedly collecting N2.2 million from 47 job-seekers.  &nb…

Man Attempts To Swindle Police Boss, Arrested

A 52-year old suspected fraudster, Tayo Ogunmola, has been arrested by police detectives while attempting to defraud the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama. It was disclosed by the O…

7 Men Gang Rape 21 Years Old Lady

A 21-year old lady has allegedly been gang raped in Lagos by seven men who engaged her in sex romp one after the other. It was reported that the incident happened at Oshodi area where the victim and …