Crime

Security personnel foiled an assassination attempt by armed men suspected to be political thugs on a federal lawmaker representing the Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency in Edo State, Henry Okojie....

According to news reports no fewer than 6,675 inmates, including high-profile Boko Haram terrorists and murderers, have escaped in 13 separate jailbreaks that hit Nigerian custodial centres in the last...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug baron, Suleiman Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after a hunt was initiated by the anti-narcotics agency. In a...

A former Miss Switzerland finalist was allegedly murdered and dismembered by her husband, who allegedly blended her remains in a horrific attempt to conceal the crime, a Swiss court has heard. Mother-of-two Kristina Joksimovic,...

Tyrese Haspil, the personal assistant convicted of killing and dismembering his former tech entrepreneur boss, Fahim Saleh, after stealing about $400,000 from him was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to...

On Thursday, 05 September, Elizabeth Uruakpa, an assistant chief nursing officer with the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo was kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Uruakpa, 66, was said to be...

According to fresh reports, 19 individuals have been kidnapped by bandits in the Mani community near a factory in Rido Ward of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State and...

A 300-level student of Philosophy at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ogun State, Ayomide Adeleye, has been arrested over the kidnap and alleged murder of Christiannah Idowu, a student at...

A Canadian-Nigerian woman is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, September 2, 2024, following her arrest by Toronto Police for allegedly making hate-motivated threats against the Nigerian community. Amaka...

The Observatory of Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA) has statted in a report that an alarming 55,910 Nigerians have been killed, and 21,000 others abducted by terror groups between 2019...