Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
2 found dead in Edo community’s well
RRS nabs robber, electric cables’ vandal
Lucky Church Member: I escaped after human parts’ dealers killed my pastor in Osun bush
EFCC arrests Zamfara SSG’s brother with N60m cash
How gunmen kidnapped lecturer’s wife in Bayelsa
4 cultists nabbed over death at Ogun birthday party
Police nab 2 cultists at Yaba Tech’s matriculation
Man kills wife, son, hangs self in Lagos
Magu drags 247Ureport to Court over libelous story
I’ve stolen 10 cars by posing as applicant — Suspect
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SubscribeKidnappers want N10m for abducted Kaduna choristers
The kidnappers of 15 choristers from a church in Kaduna State last Saturday, have allegedly demanded a ransom of N10 million from leaders of the church as well family members of the victims for their release.
Court remands painter for raping 17-year-old girl
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Thursday ordered that a painter, Zubairu Apaila, be remanded in prison, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
Man in court for allegedly threatening to kill clergyman
A 48-year-old man, Patrick Sylvester, on Thursday appeared in Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening to send assassins to deal with one Rev. John Orji of the Mind of God Deliverance Church.
Man nabbed for smuggling hard drugs into Kuje Prisons
Operatives at the Kuje Medium Security Prison in Abuja have apprehended one Mr Clement Jacob of Deidei village in Abuja for attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be Indian hemp into the prison facility.
My wife denies me sex, says my manhood’s too small – Pastor tells court
A Pastor, Samson Farounbi, has told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, in Ibadan, that his wife has denied him sex for a very long period of time now all because his manhood is very small in size.
Gunmen storm ECWA, Baptist Churches in Kaduna, abduct 10 female choristers, others
Unknown gunmen have, reportedly, stormed two churches in Kaduna state, abducting 10 female choristers including others.
Priests, herbalists, others move against killers, kidnappers, cultists, robbers in Benin Kingdom
BENIN CITY—Residents of Benin Kingdom, Edo State Capital, were weekend stunned to see traditional priests and priestesses of different deities, native doctors, Ewuaise palace society and different ancient traditional worshippers including Olokun and Ovia priestesses in their regalia parading some major streets.
Police operatives kill mastermind of UBEC chair’s abduction
ABUJA—THE Police, yesterday, announced the killing of one Sumaila Sule, mastermind of the abduction of Alhaji Mahmood Abubakar, Chairman of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, and his daughter.
Police demmolish kidnappers’ hideout in Akwa Ibom
Uyo —OPERATIVES of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, weekend, demolished a kidnappers hideout sited at Ekpri Nsukara village in Uyo Local Government Area of the state.
Why we target women in expensive cars — Suspect
Three members of a notorious robbery gang, which specialized in snatching vehicles from women driving expensive cars around the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, and smuggle them to Niger Republic, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT.
Murder of Bureau de Change operators: SARS arrest additional suspect
One of the suspected killers of the two Bureau-de-Change operators whose corpses were dumped inside a septic tank in Ikorodu area of Lagos has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS attached to Ipakodo, Ikorodu.
UNIABUJA student sentenced to death for killing brother
A 33-year-old student of the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, Allen Abiodun was Monday sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja for killing his younger brother, Wale with a broken bottle.
Police gun down two suspected armed robbers
THE Nigerian Police Force Special crack team of Ebrumede Division Saturday night gun down two suspected armed robbers during a gun duel.
We cut victims’ wrists, fingers during operation-robbery suspect
Residents of Agboru community in Lagos state, were jostled from sleep on January 13, 2019 by an unusual sound, which turned out to be from robbers numbering over 10.
SARS uncovers kidnappers den where victims are murdered, buried
The unprecedented visit by operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS at an abandoned company in Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos, Thursday, sent shivers down the spines of residents , over what could have warranted the visit.
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