Category: Crime

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four persons — including two sisters and a married couple — for orchestrating a fake kidnapping to extort N5 million from the father of one of the suspects. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the case began on July 18, 2025, when one Mr. Innocent, a resident of Jikwoyi Phase II, reported that his 16-year-old daughter, Lead Way Innocent, had gone missing after leaving home to sit for an examination at…

An Ilorin-based Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Bello, was on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of his lover, Hafsat Yetunde Adefalu Lawal, a final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education. Justice Hannah Ajayi of the Kwara State High Court delivered the verdict, describing Bello’s actions as the “highest form of human wickedness.” The court found him guilty of killing the 23-year-old woman in February 2025 at the Olunlade area of Ilorin, under the guise of a romantic relationship initiated via Facebook. Four other…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old woman, Somtochukwu Nwafor, in connection with the gruesome murder and dismemberment of a pregnant nurse in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the lifeless body of the victim was found dumped in a soakaway, sparking a major investigation into what authorities now suspect is a case of ritual killing. During interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed to being the girlfriend of the alleged mastermind, Chiemerie Obika…

Tension enveloped the Odigbo community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday evening after residents lynched a 26-year-old man, identified simply as Daniel, for allegedly killing and beheading his younger brother, Emmanuel. The siblings, sons of a respected police officer in the community, had reportedly left home together for the nearby Origbara River—a secluded area popular with locals—before the grisly incident occurred. According to eyewitnesses, Daniel allegedly lured his 15-year-old brother to the riverbank, where he murdered and beheaded him. His attempt to conceal the severed head…

Fresh details have emerged surrounding the tragic death of an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Blessing Akpan, who was fatally stabbed by an unknown assailant in Bwari, a suburb of Abuja. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, last week, in front of the deceased’s residence located in Piawe, behind the Chief’s Palace in Bwari town. Akpan, a mother of four and personnel with the NSCDC’s Bwari Central Division under the FCT Command, was said to have died after being taken from…

— Synthetic Cannabis Concealed in Moimoi Sachets, Canned Food Seized Nationwide A Chinese businessman and an 80-year-old woman were among several suspects arrested across Nigeria last week in a series of drug enforcement operations by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), which also led to the seizure of large quantities of illicit substances, including synthetic cannabis strains such as Colorado and Canadian Loud. The NDLEA in a statement on Sunday, through its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the crackdown uncovered sophisticated concealment methods used by traffickers, including hiding drugs in…

Tragedy struck in Lokoja this week following the gruesome murder of a local photojournalist, Ayo Aiyepekun, as the prime suspect, a serving correctional officer, Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, reportedly committed suicide while evading arrest. Pelumi, an officer attached to the Nigeria Correctional Service in the Benue/Kogi Command, was alleged to have killed Aiyepekun, who worked with Inside Story, an online news outlet based in Lokoja. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, July 22, around 8:30 p.m., inside a residential compound located in the Government House area of Lokoja. Eyewitness accounts and…

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have abducted the Secretary of Kukawa Local Government Area in Borno State, along with another individual, in a brazen attack on Tuesday afternoon. The victims were seized around 1:35 p.m. at Garin Kashim while travelling to Kukawa in a Volkswagen Golf vehicle, multiple local and security sources confirmed. According to eyewitnesses, the insurgents intercepted the vehicle, ordered the secretary and one other passenger to disembark, and allowed the remaining occupants to continue their journey. The abducted duo were then led into the bush by the gunmen.…

The Nigerian Army has arrested 183 suspected internet fraudsters and a cultist during a raid operation in Warri and its environs, Delta State. According to a statement signed by Captain Iliyasu Bawa Rijau, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 63 Brigade, the operation was conducted on July 19, 2025, by troops of Headquarters 63 Brigade and Sector 1, Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), following credible intelligence on the criminal activities in the area. The 183 suspects, all males between the ages of 16 and 29, were apprehended…