Crime

The police in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, have seized Dh150m -- N16bn -- in cash and more than a dozen luxury cars from Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abbas known as Hushpuppi. In a video shared by the police, officers explained…
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A man, Osas Onyeokweni, and his wife, Tomisin Onyeokweni, have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for molesting and indecently assaulting a 20-year-old girl (name withheld). This was made known on Monday by the…
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Governor Emmaneul Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law , VAPPL, 2020, which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment to anyone convicted of rape in Akwa Ibom state. The state’s commissioner for agriculture…
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Security agencies foil planned Hezbolla attack on Lagos The Nigeria Police Force says its investigation shows that Boko Haram, Ansaru and other terror groups are getting support from some Nigerians. A major operation by the Islamist…
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About 80 cases of rape were reported in Anambra State during the lockdown. This was disclosed by Mrs Nkechi Anazodo, the Director of Child welfare services in the State Ministry of Women Affairs on Monday. She said, “Sexual violence…
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A 66-year old man Baba Sahabi of Daban kare area of Sabon-Gari, Gashu’a has allegedly defiled two year old girls after luring them into his compound using chocolate to achieve his animalistic target. It was learnt that the victims…
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has published the names and photos of convicted sex offenders, including rapists. The names and photos were published via the agency’s Twitter handle on Sunday. From…
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Twenty-Nine Fulani herdsmen were massacred by men dressed in military fatigues, in a village in central Mali, a local government official and a Fulani association said on Saturday. The attackers on Friday targeted the village of…
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The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, says the troops of the newly-launched Operation Accord on Friday killed 70 armed bandits and cattle rustlers in Kashia Forest in Kaduna. The Spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a…
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A Canadian Court of Law has granted Nigeria right to seize a 6000 Bombardier Jet owned by former Petroleum Minister, Dan Etete. Etete, who is currently in a French prison over money laundering charges, was Petroleum Minister between 1995…
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