Anxiety in Benue as criminal gang of late militia kingpin, Gana embark on killings, kidnapping
Police rescue 52-year-old man from suspected kidnappers in Kebbi
Assistant Commissioner of police hacked to death in Calabar
Court remands mechanic over alleged culpable homicide
We beheaded vigilante men, took their heads round our community —Suspected kidnappers
#EndSARS crisis: Lamentations of families of slain policemen
SARS: Background, formation, modus operandi, and deviation
SARS: What Nigerians want, what govt is doing
We’re now relieved Gana is dead — Elder brother
How SARS deviated from original concept
Maritime security: Nigerian Navy in five years
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SubscribeAlleged sexual molestation of five months old baby: My side of the story — Kafaru
…Raises alarm over alleged attempt by in-laws to rip him off By Evelyn Usman Queens Park Event Centre, in Victoria Island area of Lagos, was filled to capacity on August 31, 2019, with guests adorned in burgundy, blush pink and gold colours, which added glamour to the soothing ambience. Nigerians and non-Nigerians from all walks […]
Girl allegedly raped, murdered by SARS officers 5 days after her introduction
By Ikechukwu Odu Ifeoma Abugu, who was allegedly raped and murdered by personnel of Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, while in detention at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, a fortnight ago was said to have been killed exactly five days after her introduction. Recall that Abugu was arrested and whisked away from her new fiance’s apartment […]
Bishop in rape, child marriage saga opens up says ‘I wooed her because of her beauty’
By Evelyn Usman The name Bishop Stephanus Lucky Enofe was only known to members of Spirit and Grace Ministry, in Idi-Oro, Mushin area of Lagos, until recently when he was arrested for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl and putting her in the family’s way. He was alleged to have been sleeping with the Senior Secondary […]
How we swap real phones with fake ones – suspects
By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command have smashed a syndicate that specialized in advertising telephones on an online marketplace- Jiji.com, only to exchange it with a fake one , while delivering them to customers in Lagos. Arrested were two suspected members of the syndicate : […]
Dilemma of a widow: Ejected from late husband’s house with 12yr old son
•Accuses in-laws of confiscating late husband’s property, company •Police recover deceased’s bank cheques, vehicles from relatives By Evelyn Usman She created a scene, as she stood motionless in front of a building on 33 Owodumi street, off Liasu road in Lagos, with flashes of thoughts on how she had lived there with her late husband […]
How Gov Obaseki annulled marriage of 14-year-old pupil in Katsina
•Gov vows to stamp out child marriage in Edo •Parents, teachers who abuse children to face sanctions •As field officers comb communities for victims By Evelyn Usman Millions of girls across the globe especially underaged, have had their rights violated owing to early marriage. Many of them have been robbed of their childhood experience and […]
Prostitute arrested for stealing customer’s car in Nasarawa
By Evelyn Usman A 25-year-old prostitute, Emeerga Stella, has been arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for masterminding the stealing of a 2014 Toyota Camry saloon car, driven by one of her clients, John Simon, who came to patronize her at a popular brothel at New Nyanya area of Nassarawa State. […]
Policemen in Nigeria frustrating my coming home — UK based Nigerian raises alarm
•Alleges trumped up charges, extortion •As UK court throws out police request for extradition By Evelyn Usman For some years now, a United Kingdom based Nigerian entrepreneur, Mr Bankole Ogunowo, has had his dreams of visiting home to see his aged mother and relatives shattered, owing to allegations of trafficking in persons levelled against him […]
They turned us to prostitutes, starved us for days ― Libya returnees
•Many died in the desert, at sea •As Edo State govt engages over 400 of them By Evelyn Usman Nigerians, especially youths, left the shores of the country in search of better living conditions, owing mostly to unemployment. , in their desperation, most of them fell prey to agents who sweet-talked them into believing that […]
How we killed 100 level UNIBEN student inside church — Suspects
By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Three months after the gruesome murder in the church of a 100 Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Mary Uwaila Omozuwa, an incident that generated national and international outcry, the police in Edo state on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in its investigation as it paraded six persons […]
We got N6.8m ransom for Appeal Court Judge’s wife — Kidnap gang
By Ifeanyi Okolie On Saturday, July 4, 2020, the wife of a Court of Appeal Judge, Ekwele Agube, was kidnapped by six armed men who accosted her along Ministry Road, off NPA junction in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, killing her aide, Glory Egbela, before whisking her away in their operation vehicle. The victim, who spent […]
7-man gang that specialises in withdrawals from dead persons’ bank accounts busted
… We have both local and international banks insiders-suspects By Evelyn Usman Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command has smashed a syndicate which specialised in withdrawing cash from bank accounts of dead customers, within and outside Nigeria. It also foiled an attempt by the syndicate to transfer N25 […]
Kidnap gang of teenagers abducts 6-yr-old boy for N1m
Four teenagers have confessed to kidnapping a six years old boy in Bauchi for one million naira ransom which they said they wanted to use to set up a business.
Why Forensics?
By Avril Eyewu-Edero Forensics is simply put as the application of scientific procedures to matters of law. So, rather than just listening to testimonies, which are great, science can explain to the court issues like who committed a crime (DNA, Fingerprint), when the crime was committed (Determine time of death through forensic entomology), what happened […]
How Okada rider raped, murdered nursery school senior prefect in Ondo
By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor On Friday July 17th, 2020, Mama Zainab, as she was popularly called, sent her 12-year-old daughter, Zainab Justina Adeyemo to a neighbouring village, Eshe-Akoko in Akoko North west Local government Area, Okeagba, Ondo state. The vivacious Zainab, a senior prefect at Saint Augustine Nursery and Primary School in her village, […]
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