Category: Crime

Gunmen operating at a community in Nasarawa, on Wednesday, April 23 shot a newly-wedded man and kidnapped his wife to unknown destination. The gunmen were suspected to be Fulani bandits. They invaded the home of the newly-wedded couple named Mr. and Mrs. Alu Anzaku, at Akaleku village in Obi Local Government Area along Lafia/Markurdi Highway about 11 p.m. “They shot the man and abducted the wife. This couple wedded on April 12, and barely two weeks after, they were attacked”, a source said. The incident has devastated family members. As…

Fatimah Ibrahim, a 40-year-old woman, and resident of Tashan Jama’are in Bauchi State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old boy employed to assist her with her business. In a statement released on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, it stated that the victim, an Arabic pupil identified as Abubakar Yakubu (name withheld for privacy), was housed at the suspect’s residence in Tashan Jama’are. However , within a period of two months, the boy was subjected to repeated sexual abuse…

A landlady in the Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested following the disappearance of four children reportedly abducted on Sunday by child traffickers. It was gathered that two of the children, identified as Ebube and Miracle, are of the same parents. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at the Umuokwe quarters of the community, with residents pointing accusing fingers at three women who had secured an emergency accommodation in the neighborhood. Community sources alleged that the women lured the children from their homes on…

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…

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,…

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…