Category: Crime
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Man nabbed for killing only son, buries corpse in shallow grave
A 35-year-old man, Christian Alisigwe, has allegedly killed his four-year-old only son and buried him in a shallow grave in his compound. The incident happened in Ihite, Azia in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. “The man killed his son, Ebubechukwu, and buried the corpse in a shallow grave at his compound. It…
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Police nab 7-man robbery, car snatching syndicate
The Nigeria police Operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 7-man criminal gang that attacked and robbed three commercial banks in the South-West States of Ondo and Ekiti between 2019 and 2020, killed innocent citizens including six (6) policemen and carted away several millions of naira. Investigation reveals that the dare-devil armed…
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Woman, 24 arrested for inflicting fatal injury on house maid
The Police in Enugu have arrested a 24-year-old mother of 3, Mrs Ifeoma Ozougwu, alongside her husband, Mr Jude Ozougwu (40) for inflicting severe body harm on her 10-year-old female relative, Nneoma Nnadi. Preliminary investigation by the Police indicates that Mrs. Ozougwu, a resident of Akomaeze Street, Thinker’s Corner, Enugu, was in the habit of…
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How SSS1 pupil absconded home to live with Facebook lover in Bayelsa
14-year-old girl (name withheld), has fled her parents’ home in Biogbolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, to cohabit with her Facebook lover, Victory Age, aged 17. Victory, along with his friend, identified simply as Gospel, were paraded at State Police Headquarters, Yenagoa, for harbouring the underage SSS1 pupil for one month without parents’…
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Taraba housewife cuts off husband’s genital
Tella, a village in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State was thrown into confusion on Wednesday morning as a 32-year-old housewife, Halima Umar, cut off her husband’s penis with a knife. The younger brother to the victim, Usman Umar, said that his brother, Aliyu Umar, was sleeping in the same room with his first…
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Kidnappers demand N100m ransom to free abducted 9 passengers in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday evening abducted nine passengers aboard an Abuja bound vehicle. The driver of the Sienna Toyota bus heading to Abuja from Lagos was stopped by the gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Isua Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo state. The gunmen were said…
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Cousins in court for killing Maersk boss’ wife
The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, arraigned two cousins, Olamilekan Adegoke and Akande Adeyinka, for allegedly killing the wife of the Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria Limited, Bernadette Tohouo. A PUNCH report says the defendants were arraigned before Justice Modupe Nicole-Clay of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on eight counts bordering on conspiracy,…
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(Photos) Arms dealers, robbers paraded in Abuja
Police on Wednesday paraded some suspected arms dealers and armed robbers at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office in Abuja. Those paraded included, three women. 443
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Woman who stripped husband’s ex-lover nabbed in Ogun
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a couple after the wife, Tomisin Onyeokweni, allegedly stripped her husband’s ex-lover, a Punch report says. The incident happened in the presence of Tomisin’s husband, Osas. The couple allegedly lured the 20-year-old victim into an uncompleted building, where the wife, who was armed with a pair…
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You’ll have us to contend with, EFCC warns ‘Yahoo Boys’
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has warned internet fraudsters to desist from their criminal acts, cautioning that the commission will spare no efforts in making lives unbearable for them. Mr Muhammed Rabo, the Lagos Zonal Head of EFCC, issued the warning in a statement signed by the EFFC’s Lagos Zone Spokesman, Mr Ayo…