Crime

By News Desk The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, says it has arrested a 41-year old father for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year old daughter. The Kogi State Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, who spoke after parading the suspect on Wednesday at NSCDC Command Headquarters, Lokoja, said the command received a complaint…

By News Desk The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over alleged armed robbery and car snatching. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who paraded the suspects on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, said they were arrested in…

Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested a 56-year-old man, Aminu Abubakar, for allegedly beating his wife to death in Shagari Phase 2 Estate, Yola South LGA of the state. The suspect was said to have attacked his wife, Nana Fadimatu, 38, on Friday night, May 5, after he heard she was going to marry…

By our Correspondent The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Usaini, has ordered manhunt for Ibrahim Musa, 22, who allegedly stabbed his biological mother, Hajara Mohammed, 50, to death. The Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Kano State Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made this known in a statement in Kano. “On May 3, at…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Dare Ogundare, yesterday, narrated how officers of the Command in Kogi State arrested a notorious kidnapper, alias ‘Danger’. The suspect was believed to be responsible for most kidnappings in Ekiti and neighbouring states. According to him, officers of the Command trailed “Danger” to his hideout in Kogi…

News Desk A 29-year-old lady simply identified as Hanaa, has hacked her five-year-old son, Youssef, to death with a machete at their home in Egypt before boiling and eating parts of his head. Hanaa allegedly killed her unsuspecting son with four blows to the head before butchering his body in the bathroom. Police arrested Hanaa…

By Musa Aliyu Nasidi The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a bail application filed by the alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, who was detained and held in custody by the State Security Services. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Inyang Ekwo, said it was persuaded by a counter-affidavit…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Lagos couple in police net for ‘self-kidnap, demanding N5m’ from UK-based relativesThe Lagos state police command says it has arrested a couple over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson, who spoke to NAN on Saturday, said the husband, 53, and wife, 48, were arrested after a family…

Aliyu Abdulwahid A kidnapper, Haruna Musa, has lamented that he wasted two million naira realised from kidnapping. The 28-year-old from Farang in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State told newsmen in Yola on Thursday that he wasted all the money he got without buying anything of value. Musa was among nine suspects apprehended and…