Crime Archives

50 Students Escape From Bandits in Niger, Authorities Step Up Rescue Efforts

Nov 24, 2025Nov 24, 2025 topnews

Panic spread through parts of Niger State on Tuesday after a group of 50 students fled into nearby bushland to escape an attack by suspected bandits, prompting an urgent response from security agencies, local officials said. According to community sources, the students were on their way to school in the early hours when gunmen reportedly attempted to intercept them along a rural route in the Munya area of the state. Startled by the sight of armed men approaching, the students scattered and ran into surrounding fields and wooded areas to…

Suspect Arrested in Ghana Over Murder of FRSC Officer and Her Daughter

Nov 24, 2025Nov 28, 2025 topnews

In a dramatic turn of events, Ghanaian police have arrested a Nigerian national accused of abducting and killing a female officer of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and her daughter. The suspect, 26-year-old Victor Benjamin Fajemirokun, was apprehended in Akyem Wenchi, a suburb of Akwatia, after fleeing Nigeria. The arrest was confirmed by the Eastern South Regional Police Command during a press briefing on Sunday, November 23, 2025. DCOP George Ohene-Boadi, regional commander, said the operation was intelligence-led, prompted by a viral video that brought the case into the…

Fake Doctor Arrested for Sexual Assault, Fraud in Ogun

Nov 22, 2025Nov 28, 2025 topnews

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old man, Victor Cletus, for allegedly impersonating a medical doctor, sexually assaulting a young woman, and defrauding her under the guise of performing surgery. Cletus, who claimed to be a surgeon, was discovered to be a cleaner at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo. Police said he contacted the victim on Snapchat, where he falsely presented himself as a medical professional. Trusting his claims, the victim sought his help over a lump in her right breast. The suspect allegedly demanded money…

Court Jails IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu for Life After 10-Year Trial

Nov 20, 2025Nov 22, 2025 topnews

The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to life imprisonment, bringing an end to a decade-long terrorism trial that has gripped national attention. Justice James Omotosho delivered the judgment on Thursday, four years after Kanu was controversially arrested in Kenya and returned to Nigeria to face a seven-count terrorism charge. The ruling was handed down in Kanu’s absence. Moments before the judgment, the IPOB leader caused a stir in the courtroom when he insisted that no verdict would…

Female Archbishop Arrested After Video Shows Naira Spraying on Live Cow

Nov 20, 2025Nov 20, 2025 topnews

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Archbishop Angel Oyeghe, founder of Faith Healing Ministry in Warri, Delta State, over alleged conspiracy, naira mutilation and suspected money laundering. Operatives from the Commission’s Benin Zonal Directorate picked her up on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, following a viral video that showed individuals under her supervision spraying naira notes on a live cow during a church programme. The EFCC said the act violates Section 21 of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which prohibits the abuse and mutilation of the…

Missing FRSC Officer, Daughter Found Dead at Herbalist’s Home in Osun State

Nov 19, 2025 topnews

The search for a missing Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer, SRC Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her young daughter, Sewa, has taken a horrific turn after their bodies were reportedly discovered in the home of a suspected herbalist in Osun State. Lasisi, 38, attached to the FRSC Abeokuta Unit, disappeared with her daughter on Sunday, November 2, 2025, after leaving their residence at Obasanjo Hilltop Estate, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Efforts by family members and colleagues to reach her were unsuccessful, prompting a missing person report at the Kemta Divisional Police Headquarters…

Bandits kill five, abduct worshippers in Kwara church attack

Nov 19, 2025Nov 22, 2025 topnews

Eruku community in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State was thrown into panic on Tuesday evening after armed, masked bandits stormed a church service, killing at least five worshippers and abducting several others. The attackers, who struck at the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun branch, opened fire on congregants during a service, witnesses said. A viral video from the scene showed the chaos that followed as residents fled for safety. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the gunmen shot indiscriminately, leaving about five people dead before whisking away an…

U.S. Lawmaker Accuses Tinubu of Lying Over Christian Killings, Protecting Personal Interests

Nov 18, 2025 topnews

A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has accused President Bola Tinubu of making false claims about the scale of Christian persecution in Nigeria, alleging that the president is “protecting his own interests” by downplaying the crisis. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Moore dismissed Tinubu’s assertion that “the characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality,” describing it as “completely false.” He said several states still enforce blasphemy laws, with some individuals facing the death penalty for alleged offences against Islam. “I know President…

How Bandits Killed Vice Principal After Abducting 25 Schoolgirls in Kebbi

Nov 18, 2025 topnews

Heavily armed bandits on Sunday night invaded the Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, abducting at least 25 schoolgirls and killing the school’s vice principal. According to an eyewitness, the attackers stormed the school in large numbers and opened fire indiscriminately before gaining access to the premises. He said several unidentified bodies were also sighted within the school compound during the aftermath of the assault. “They came in mass numbers at night and began shooting sporadically before gaining entry into the school,” the source…

Police arrest five men for assaulting 55 year-old married woman in Imo

Nov 17, 2025 topnews

Imo State Police Command has concluded plans for the arraignment of five men who brutalised a 55 year-old woman, Mrs. Ndudiamaka Agu, who is based in Emekuku, Owerri North Local Government Area of the state. In a viral video which has been circulating for more than a week, six men allegedly manhandled the woman, lifting and throwing her heavily against a building wall, leading to public outcry. The men were said to have visited Agu unexpectedly in her marital home and attacked her because she was suspected of cooperating with…