Crime Archives

Man killed, pregnant wife, sister-in-law kidnapped in Edo

Apr 18, 2025Oct 15, 2025 topnews

A man identified as Friday Pius was killed, while his pregnant wife and her sister were abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers at Uloke community, Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. According to information gathered, the assailants invaded the victim’s residence between 1:00 am and 2:00 am while the family was asleep. They shot Pius dead and abducted the two women. They left behind the deceased’s three children, who were found crying beside their father’s body soaked in blood. Security forces, local vigilantes and hunters, have…

Cybercrime: EFCC recovers vehicles, phones, fetish items from 40 suspects

Apr 17, 2025Oct 15, 2025 topnews

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from its Kaduna Zonal Directorate arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Niger State. The arrest was disclosed in a post shared via its official handle on X, on Wednesday. Recovered items recovered from the suspects include 60 Android phones, three vehicles, 10 motorcycles, eight laptop computers, four Bluetooth speakers, eight power generating sets, one Hisense air conditioner, and two power stabilisers. “The operation was based on credible intelligence linking the suspects to a syndicate engaged in cybercrime activities.” According to the commission,…

Outrage in Plateau over killings, Gov Mutfwang apologises

Apr 16, 2025Oct 15, 2025 topnews

Caleb Mutfwang, Governor of Plateau State, yesterday apologised to the people of Bassa Local Government Area for the failure of government and security agencies to protect lives and properties, as condemnations trailed the killings. This is as a survivor of the attack lamented that his sister wouldn’t have died if she had not, out of fear, run out of her hiding. The governor’s apology came on a day former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Presidential candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in the 2023 elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, ex-governor of…

23 Anambra indigenes on death row in Indonesia over drugs – Soludo

Apr 10, 2025Oct 18, 2025 topnews

Chukwuma Soludo, Anambra State Governor, has said 23 indigenes of the state are currently on death row in Indonesia for drug-related offences. Soludo made this known on Wednesday while addressing a group of All Progressives Congress members who defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance in support of his re-election bid. “Go to Indonesia, 23 Ndi Anambra are on death row there for drug-related offences,” he said. He attributed the development to the influence of fake native doctors who deceive young people into believing they can evade security checks when…

Plateau killings are sponsored, bandits have taken over 64 communities -Muftwang

Apr 9, 2025Oct 18, 2025 topnews

Caleb Muftwang, Plateau State Governor, has described the recent wave of violence across the state as a “sponsored genocide” aimed at wiping out entire communities, alleging that armed bandits have seized control of at least 64 villages. Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme on Tuesday, Governor Muftwang expressed deep concern over the sustained attacks that have claimed over 50 lives and displaced thousands in the Bokkos Local Government Area and beyond. “I can tell you in all honesty that I cannot find any explanation other than genocide sponsored…

Ondo: Popular transporter abducted, son killed, wife shot

Apr 4, 2025Oct 18, 2025 topnews

A popular transporter, Muihili Adebayo who operates within Akure-Lagos route, is the latest victim of abduction by armed bandits. The assailants attacked him on Wednesday night at his residence in the Shagari area of Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State; killing his son and injuring his wife while he was reportedly taken away by the gunmen. It was gathered that, Adebayo’s wife was shot in the hand while resisting the kidnappers, but one of their children was killed during the struggle. The injured woman was later rushed to the Federal…

Fraud suspects operating “Yahoo School” apprehended in Lagos

Apr 3, 2025Oct 18, 2025 topnews

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command uncovered and dismantled and internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School”, operating at Iju area of the state. This was confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday. Hundeyin said that the police apprehended four yahoo experts and six trainees. “During the successful operations, the police detectives apprehended four yahoo experts, of ages 22, 23, 25, and 26, who were running the notorious school. “The other six suspects, who are between…

Woman arrested for trafficking daughter for N50,000 to Mauritania

Apr 2, 2025Oct 18, 2025 topnews

A woman and her syndicate have been arrested by operatives of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly trafficking young girls to Mauritania as commercial sex workers for N50,000. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, Umma Ayuba, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested at their hideout in the Meiran area of Lagos State on March 22. She disclosed that the syndicate worked with other accomplices in Mauritania to traffic young ladies as commercial sex workers. According to Ayuba, the suspects confessed to…

Cyber fraud: Nigerian sentenced to eight years imprisonment in India

Mar 28, 2025Oct 19, 2025 topnews

A Nigerian national, Jefferson Eze Henry has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a Kolkata court for defrauding an elderly man of Rs 1 crore in 2021 through a cybercrime scheme. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Henry following his conviction under the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code. Henry was found guilty of posing as an official from the Royal Bank of London to deceive the victim, Saibal Banerjee, through fake email IDs and websites. Investigations revealed that he used virtual…

Suspect arrested with 488 rounds of live AK-47 ammunition concealed in palm oil

Mar 25, 2025Oct 19, 2025 topnews

A large cache of live ammunition cleverly concealed in jerrycans filled with palm oil has been intercepted by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, while the suspects linked to the smuggling operation have been arrested. The breakthrough came after operatives from the Nyanya Division, in collaboration with officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, apprehended Nuhu Aminu, a 32-year-old man from Katsina State, at the Nyanya bus terminal. A statement on Monday by the command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said upon searching his consignment, officers discovered 488 rounds of…