Crime

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested an alleged financier of banditry, alongside suspected motorcycle thieves, in a series of coordinated operations across Sokoto and neighbouring…

Two Nigerian men and a Sudanese woman have been handed lengthy prison sentences in the United States for their roles in a complex online romance scam that resulted in the suicide of a…

A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced an ailing drug trafficker, Segun Blessing, 37, to one year imprisonment for peddling 850g of Cannabis sativa. Justice Nkeonye Maha…

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday convicted and sentenced a man, Chinedu Chukwudole, to 21 months and 18 days’ imprisonment for obtaining the sum of N50 million under false…

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) North-East Operation Hadin Kai have neutralised a terrorist and recovered arms and ammunition during a clearance patrol around Delwa and Tojiri villages…

A self-styled traditional healer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Rusape court in Zimbabwe after he was found guilty of attempting to rape a woman during a purported spiritual…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an opioids cartel in an intelligence-led operation during which a baron and five members of his gang were arrested. The…

Bandits have launched another attack in Kwara State, abducting at least 11 residents including a pregnant woman, children, and nursing mothers in Isapa, a community near Eruku in the Ekiti…

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 32-year-old filling station attendant, Olayemi Abidemi, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over an alleged theft of N4.6 million. Abidemi, a…

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 37-year-old man, Joseph Olasope, in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly inserting his finger into the private part of a…