Category: Crime

A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr. Edward Nkwegu was said to have lost the sum of N4.5m to a fake Chevron worker, Uguru Justus who promise to help his facilitate a contract from the oil company. Justus was arraigned on one count of obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N4,500,000 by a Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, under Justice Phoebe Ayua. The petitioner, Nkwegu, alleged that Justus approached him in May 2019, claiming to have secured a job…

A woman named Tolulope Oluwafemi has been arrested alongside a male suspect, Oshilaru Biodun for allegedly robbing Pastor Godwin Ojerinde of God’s Will Praying Ground, Siun in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The two suspects are members of an armed robbery gang of five, that broke into the pastor’s house around 3:15a.m. on February 9, armed with guns and other dangerous weapons. The hoodlums held the pastor and his family hostage, ransacked the house and dispossessed them of one Pathfinder SUV with registration number: WDE-38-MM, one Samsung…

Hassan Saka, a commercial driver, has been arrested by men of the Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday, with two human heads. The suspect, was reportedly arrested with the two heads hid in a brown carton. The state Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Haruna Gagara, at the state command headquarters in Akure, said, “Saka was arrested by men of the command who were on stop and search duty along the Akure-Owo Expressway.” The suspect, who said he had been plying the Akure- Okene (Kogi…

Armed bandits raided a school dormitory in Zamfara overnight, raising fears of another mass kidnapping in the Northern region. Reports say more than 300 girls are unaccounted for after a headcount of remaining students, said a teacher at the Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe. He said the attack happened around 1:00 am (midnight GMT) on Friday, but did not provide details on the number of students present in the school at the time. Heavily-armed criminal gangs in northwest and central Nigeria have stepped up attacks in recent years, kidnapping…

Gunmen have killed three persons, abducted nine women and injured many others in Sabuwa Council of Katsina State. The bandits, who operated late Monday night into the early hours of yesterday, ransacked three communities of Mai Bakko, Kawarawa and Unguwar Bako. According to a source who pleaded anonymity, the deceased were identified as Ahmed, Jabir and Abubakar. It was learnt that three of the casualties in critical condition were receiving treatment in a hospital at the council headquarters. A resident, simply identified as Umar, said that his new wife was…