Crime

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has called for tougher penalties for kidnappers in the country. Speaking yesterday while receiving in audience at the State House, Abuja, the Senators representing the three senatorial...

Bandits who abducted 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of N1 billion ($620,432) for their release, a spokesman for the...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) heard yesterday that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) acted on forged signatures in releasing $6.23 million on February 8, 2023,...

In News reports, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, bewailed the unabated killings in Benue State and expressed concerns about Governor Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia's non-proactiveness in the situation....

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards Borno neighbouring countries....

In news reports, Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly abducted dozens of female Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Ngala, the headquarters of Gambarou Ngala in Borno State, a local source said....

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the looted warehouse in Abuja, yesterday, does not belong to the agency as was reported in some sections of the media. NEMA, in...

According to news reports suspected criminals plundered the food store belonging to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Agriculture Secretariat in the Gwagwa area of Abuja, yesterday. The spokesman of...

In reports just coming in the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted the largest heroin consignment at Lagos airport. What is described as the single largest heroin consignment...

The Benue government has confirmed the kidnap of information commissioner Matthew Aboh. Mr Aboh was abducted on Sunday evening at about 8:00 p.m. The chief press secretary to the governor,...