By Evelyn Usman She was the cynosure of all eyes last Thursday, at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos. The question on every journalist’s lips was what could have brought such a beautiful and innocent-looking young lady to the command. Alas! She was alleged to be the prime suspect in the murder of  Chief Executive […]

A 45-year-old man simply identified as Mr Christopher, on Saturday night beat his 39 year-old wife to death over N2,000. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the incident happened at No.1, Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro Street, Uselu, Benin City. The man was said to have beaten up his wife, […]

By Festus Ahon & Ochuko Akuopha AN armed robbery suspect, was on Saturday, shot dead in a gun battle with police operatives in the Amukpe area of  Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State. Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Mr. Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement, said the deceased […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos State prosecution witness, Mr Ileojo Ogunte, Wednesday, narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), annex of Igbosere, how he was robbed of condoms, perfumes and provisions, from his shop. Ogunte who said he is a businessman and sells cosmetics, provisions, perfumes and condoms, […]

By Jimota Onoyume Motorists plying Elume bridge on the ever-busy Warri-Sapele road in Delta state are presently gripped with fear following the increasing spate of kidnapping at the scene. Between February and April 2021, not less than 30 persons have been kidnapped at different times around the bridge. Unfortunately, a police checkpoint mounted a few […]

A 14-year-old girl has alerted policemen at the Ipakodo division of the Lagos State Police Command, on alleged defilement by her 45-year-old father. The teenager alleged that her father , Kayoed Adeyanju, had been having carnal knowledge of her for some time, with a stern warning to her never to open up to anyone. However, […]

It is no longer news that Nigeria has been bedeviled by one act of criminality or the other. But what is news is the strategy put in place to tackle this worrisome development and how well the strategy has played out. Results of the crime mapping showed that in the South–East and South-South regions,  activities […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri  Two suspected armed robbers were, Monday, paraded for allegedly robbing a football betting shop and stole the sum of N70,000 at Chukwuma Nwaoha in Owerri Municipal council, Imo state.  The suspects who were paraded at the Imo state Police headquarters, were all males, Stanley Anozie, 27-year-old man, from Ugiri Obollo […]

***One 11-yr-old victim pregnant, another has HIV ***Women, youths protest in Jos By Marie-Therese Nanlong Tension was high Friday at the Abattoir community, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State as residents, mostly women and young girls protested alleged sexual molestation of about 14 young girls in the area by a Lebanese. The alleged […]

•132 cultists, kidnap, robbery suspects arrested •Seven kidnap suspects killed, policemen injured in crossfire •Nine kidnap victims rescued By Evelyn Usman In a move to nip activities of kidnappers, cultists, and other criminals in the bud, the Delta State Police Command has rejigged its crime-fighting strategies. Kidnap and killing in different communities in the state […]

By Evelyn Usman Due to its economic and socio-political importance in the country, Lagos State keeps attracting the highest migration of people from other states of the federation,  a trend that has made it have its fair share of security challenges. Investigation by Crime Guard has revealed that a good percentage of people who migrate […]

•Sweet talked into it, harassed, threatened thereafter •We are trapped, can’t come out •Aiye hit-man accused of killing 15 persons opens up By Evelyn Usman Cultism is one major social ill that the Police are battling to curtail in Lagos State. This is because a good percentage of robbers so far arrested have been discovered […]

The Imo command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 265 suspects for various crimes and secured the conviction of 12 persons in Imo. NSCDC’s commandant in the state, Mr Danjuma Elisha, said this in Owerri on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the command in the […]

By James Ogunnaike A 29 years old herbalist Baoku Gbuyi and a 27 years old Bricklayer Olamide Odulaja have been arrested by detectives of Ogun State Police command, for allegedly killing a housewife, Modupeola Folorunsho and her 4 years old son, Peter Folorunsho for money ritual. The arrest of the suspects, according to a statement […]

CONFESSION: We kidnapped a nurse along to take care of the sick in the forest We once kidnapped my friend because his parents were rich Kidnapping by herders may not end because it gives quick money than rearing cattle By Evelyn Usman and Ifeanyi Okoli Two suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang that has […]