Crime Archives

Man buries grandchild alive in Bauchi

Sep 20, 2020 topnews

It was a double loss for Hafsat Badawa, a 17 year-old lady from Rimin Zayam in Toro L.G.A of Bauchi, as she was raped and impregnated, now the newly born baby, a male was also killed by Hafsat’s father who buried the day old baby alive. According to the reports, one Danjuma Malam Uba had carnal knowledge of Hafsat sometime early 2020 now at large. On September 14, 2020, the victim was delivered of a baby. Her father, a 50-year old man named Audu Badawa took the baby(his grandchild) from…

Herdsmen arrested for rape and robbery in Ogun State

Sep 14, 2020 topnews

Two herdsmen, Abu Adamu and Muhammadu Aliyu were arrested by policemen from the Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters Ogun State and transferred to Ogun State Police Command. The suspects were arrested for invading a farm in the Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, allegedly stealing the sum of N140,000 and gang-raping the 16-year-old daughter of the farmer. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the suspects invaded a farm settlement at Afowowa Gbelu, dispossessed one Amina Okeshola of N140,000 and gang-raped her 16-year-old daughter on the…

Notorious armed robber, Bobisky dies from multiple gunshots

Sep 12, 2020Sep 12, 2020 topnews

‌ Honest Diagbara, a notorious armed robber and kidnapper otherwise known as Bobisky is dead after he was arrested alive by men of the Nigerian Police Force in Rivers State. Recall that Governor Nyesom Wike had earlier placed a N30 million bounty on Bobisky’s head, saying he will reward any member of the public who can provide useful information that will lead to the arrest of the criminal. Bobisky was arrested alive early Saturday at Korokoro in the Tai Local Government Area in a sting operation led by the Divisional…

COVID-19: Two men allegedly defrauded German firm €14.7 million, nabbed

Sep 7, 2020 topnews

Babatunde Adesanya alias Teddy, a Masters degree holder, aged 50 and his accomplice, 41-year-old Akinpelu Hassan Abass were arrested by men of the cyber crime unit of the Nigerian Police, Abuja, INTERPOL and National Central Bureau for their involvement in a COVID-19 scam and defrauding a German firm of €14.7 million. Their arrest was based on information that they were members of a sophisticated transnational criminal network which defrauded one Freiherr Fredrick Von Hahn, a representative of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The statement by the Nigerian Police reads:…

General Hospital’s Medical Director abducted

Sep 2, 2020 topnews

Police at the Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Medical Director of a General Hospital in Idoani, Ondo State, Dr. Olufemi Adeogun. The medical doctor was reportedly kidnapped at the bad portion of Owani/Idoani road, Ose Local Government Area of the state. Also abducted along with the medical director is a record officer with the hospital, Mrs. Foluke Ajibola and another victim, yet to be identified. Reports say, the driver of the vehicle in which they were traveling was shot in the arm, but escaped from…

Internet fraud: Unilorin udergraduate to clear drainage for 3 months

Sep 1, 2020 topnews

Akinsanya Olamide Ridwan, a 400-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin has been sentenced to three months Community Service for committing romance scam. Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin convicted and sentenced the undergraduate The service requires him to clear the drainage at Bekind petrol filling station near Tipper Garage, Tanke, Ilorin up to the gate of the University of Ilorin for three months commencing from September 2, 2020. Ridwan got the sentence on Monday, August 31, 2020, after being arraigned on a one-count…

Reckless drivers to get death sentence in Zamfara State

Aug 31, 2020 topnews

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State is set to introduce punishment of death for reckless drivers in the state following the accident that claimed 16 lives on Wednesday evening. The accident occurred when a BUA company truck lost control and rammed into four vehicles conveying supporters of Matawalle along Gusau/Funtua Road. The governor made this known when he led his cabinet members and the management of BUA Group to a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, on Saturday. He announced a donation of N2m to families…

Bayelsa councillor shot dead

Aug 31, 2020 topnews

‌ A councillor representing Ward 6 in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Mr Karma Agagowei has been killed by unknown gunmen. Agagowei was shot at Opolo area of Yenagoa, the state capital, while returning from the ward congress of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday. It was gathered that, the victim was rushed to two hospitals in Yenagoa, but was allegedly not treated due to the absence of a police report. So, he died after losing so much blood. It was learnt that one person, who was…

Suspects revealed how 100 level UNIBEN student was murdered inside church

Aug 29, 2020 topnews

The police in Edo state on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in its investigation into the murder of a 100 Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Mary Uwaila Omozuwa, three months after the incident, as it paraded six persons believed to have been directly and remotely connected to the killing. The late Uwaila, who was 22 years old at the time of her death was purportedly gang-raped, beaten, inflicted head injuries on her and abandoned for dead. She died three days after the attack at the University of Benin…

JAMB blacklists 22 centres for defrauding 11,823 candidates of N59m

Aug 28, 2020 topnews

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted over 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding 11,823 of its candidates to the tune of N59 million. According to the registrar and chief executive officer of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, he said they carried out the fraud by charging candidates more than stipulated amount for effecting correction on profile as well as bypassing One-Time Password (OTP) required of candidates to initiate such changes. While saying 22 centres from nine states were indicted for the infractions, Prof. Oloyede said any…