A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The police charged Lanre Kayode, 34 and Olanrewaju Aremu, 35, with conspiracy, armed robbery and burglary. Delivering judgment, Justice Lucas Ogundana held that the law has prescribed mandatory punishment for the offence committed by the Kayode and […]

By Ozioruva Aliu THE police in Edo state have arrested three suspects including a pregnant woman and two men for alleged armed robbery with the woman alleged to usually pretend that she was in labour along the road while her accomplices would pounce on any would-be helper and rob them. The three persons were identified […]

By Ike Uchechukwu There was pandemonium Monday night when two out of a three-man gang were lynched along Marian road after robbing Sunnytex Supermarket, opposite Lion’s park in Calabar, Cross River. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:00 pm at Sunnytex near Lion’s park when three unidentified gunmen stormed the shop to rob […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Mohammed Adamu, has urged traditional rulers to support the fight against armed robbery, banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling.

As police begin manhunt of hoodlums By Adeola Badru A middle-aged man, Taoreed Olusola, who was shot by two yet to be identified armed robbers, while returning from a commercial bank where he had gone to transact business, had finally died from the gun injuries he sustained. The ugly incident occurred along with Oyo State […]