Tag: criminal
Police raid criminal hotspots in Enugu, detain 15 suspects, recover firearm
Enugu, Feb. 20, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Enugu State has detained 15 suspects found with a gun and weeds suspected to marijuana...
Jigawa judiciary disposes 22,829 cases in 2025
Dutse, Feb. 18, 2026 (NAN) The Jigawa State Judiciary has disposed 22,829 out of the 29,958 criminal cases recorded between January and December 2025.
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Witness protection, sentencing, key to effective criminal trial-Taraba CJ
Jalingo, Feb. 12, 2026 (NAN) The Chief Judge of Taraba, Justice Joel Agya, has said that the fight against crime and corruption could not be...
Cattle rearer bags 3 years imprisonment for stealing father’s cows
Makurdi, Feb 10, 2026 (NAN) A 20-year old cattle rearer, Ibrahim Haruna was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing...
False claim against Tinubu: Court rejects Sowore’s documents in DSS’ trial
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2026 (NAN) The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, rejected two documents tendered by Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters,...
Alleged cyberstalking: DSS plays video evidence in charge against Sowore
Abuja, Jan. 22, 2026 (NAN) The Department of State Services (DSS), on Thursday, played the video evidence of President Bola Tinubu’s speech made on...
Security guard, 55, docked for allegedly defiling 15-year-old male
Abuja, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) A 55-year-old security guard, Mohammed Aminu, on Wednesday, appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Asokoro, Abuja, in answer to...
Man bags double life imprisonment for defiling wife’s 6-year-old niece
Ikeja, Jan.19, 2025 (NAN) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a man, Olumuyiwa Adjoto to double life imprisonment for...
FCTA removes 607 beggars, mentally challenged from Abuja streets
Abuja, Jan. 19, 2026 (NAN)The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT) has removed 607 beggars and mentally challenged individuals from the streets of Abuja, from...
Laundryman jailed 10 months for stealing $6,000
Abuja, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) A Wuse Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has sentenced Livinus Stephen to 10 months in prison for stealing $6,000 (approximately...
Man arraigned over alleged sexual assault on minor
Lagos, Jan. 16, 2026 (NAN) The police in Lagos, on Friday, charged a 25‑year‑old man, Christopher Monday, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, over...
Man, 30, docked for allegedly stealing tricycle worth N4m
Ikorodu (Lagos State), Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) A 30-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Amechi, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly...
Justice stakeholders call for sustained criminal justice administration
Ikeja, Oct.20, 2025 (NAN) Justice stakeholders on Monday, underscored the need for sustained efforts aimed at promoting the administration of criminal justice in Nigeria.
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Police raid criminal hideouts; arrest over 300 suspects in Abuja
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said it has raided some criminal hideouts in various locations in the territory and arrested...
