Crime

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 53-year-old man, Bitrus Daniyan, in a correctional centre for alleged indecent sexual assault of his seven-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, E. Kubeinje, who did not take the…
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The Kogi State Police Command has arrested and paraded four suspects in connection with the gruesome killing of Damilola Olowoyo, a 19-year-old first-year student of the Federal University Lokoja. The main suspect, Jeremiah Paul, 20,…
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A 26-year-old Ibrahim Mohammed has been declared wanted for allegedly stealing a car belonging to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In a statement released on Friday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said Mohammed is…
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The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted drug baron, Suleiman Ganiu Aremu, fondly called Barryshine, two years after coming under the radar of the anti-drug agency. The NDLEA Director of…
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The Agbowa-Ejirin Police Station has arrested a 70-year-old father, simply identified as Mr. Abiodun, for allegedly “penetrating” his 14-year-old daughter and also repeatedly using his fingers to defile her at the Ikorodu area of Lagos…
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A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has remanded a man, Oluwasegun Victor, in prison for allegedly impregnating a minor (name withheld). The 31-year-old defendant was arrested by the men of State Command…
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A Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court yesterday remanded a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Ganiyu Oyedepo (aka Kokozaria), in prison custody for assaulting an actor, Alhaji Ade Adele (aka Baba Lawori). …
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The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of Adeleye Ayomide, suspected of killing 300-level Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUAA) student, Idowu Christiana. Christiana was abducted along Ikorodu-Yaba Road, Lagos State, on…
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A former beauty queen declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has surrendered to the Lagos State Command of the anti-drug agency after…
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Kwara state Police command has arrested parents of the suspected killer of a 21-year-old female graduating student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Awesu Mojisola, among other five suspects, for allegedly causing…
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