Tag: crime

A drug dealer was arrested after he accidentally texted his price list to a police officer. A true criminal genius, eh? Martynas Benosenko, 22, from...

A Jos Upper Area Court on Monday sentenced a driver, Rabiu Mohammed, 26, to one-year imprisonment for stealing a cell phone, valued at N34,000. The...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of Zacchaeus Atte, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Kogi...

A Dutse Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja on Friday sentenced a 20-year-old man, Aliyu Musa, to six months imprisonment for stealing yams valued at...

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded one unemployed Charles Eze in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre after he pleaded guilty to stealing 16 Subscriber...

A 37-year-old businessman, Lawrence Atikekeresola, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly making noise in a police station. The defendant, a...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, Lagos, has said that the percentage of illicit drug offenders it...

According to Channels, the two middle-aged men have been arrested by the Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)...

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Thursday, sentenced a 22-year old roadside mechanic, Daniel Konzen to five years imprisonment...

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in Anambra says it arrested 249 suspected drug dealers in 2019. Mr Charles Odigie, the command’s Public...

A 42-year-old oil dealer, Joshua Momodu, who allegedly obtained N42 million under the guise of delivering 20,000 litres of diesel, was, on Monday, arraigned...

The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters at the popular Club 360 located...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday preferred a drug-trafficking charge against a 42-year-old man, Aliyu Amao, at a Federal High Court...

A 19-year-old man, Adeku Akintayo, on Monday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stealing N158,000 and a Glo sim...

Although I have read about the victimization of journalists and the repressive attacks on press freedom, last week added to my first-hand experiences of...

Troops of 1 Division, Nigerian Army deployed to Operation Whirl Punch have arrested 50- year-old Ahmadu Mohammed, a suspected gun runner, and recovered 10...

A 35-year-old mechanic, Akintunde Iwayemi, on Friday, appeared before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly stealing two goats, valued at N25,000. The...