Crime

The Federal High Court in Lagos, granted bail in the sum of N2m to up-and-coming musician, Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, who was arraigned on cyber fraud charges. Justice Nelson Oweibo granted the bail to the defendant with two sureties in like sum. The judge said one of the sureties …

Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University. Sources in the community told the Newsmen that the incident occurred early on Sunday and that the gunmen fired many shots to announce their arrival. The gunmen reportedly entered …

The Katsina State Government on Friday introduced the death penalty for kidnappers and cattle rustlers in the state. Governor Aminu Masari, who signed the amended Penal Code into law, said rape offences would attract life imprisonment. Masari told reporters in Katsina that the state government decided to be tough on …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, arraigned a Malaysian, Tan Richard, before a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for allegedly attempting to defraud Polaris Bank of €250m. Richard was arraigned alongside his company, Coastal Asia Investments Limited, on five counts bordering on forgery, intent to defraud and use …

Policemen from the Warri area command in Delta State have arrested three suspects over the alleged child trafficking of a two-and-half-year-old baby girl. Those arrested included, the matron of Divine Orphanage Home, Rosemary Johnson and Madam Rose IIogbo in Ughelli. The third person was a lady, who allegedly bought the …

Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Ene Okon, has warned men and officers of the police in the state to be cautious with their rifles and avoid extra-judicial killings. Okon spoke while interacting with police officers from Eziama Divisional Police Headquarters and their Ogbor-Hill Division counterparts in Aba. He stressed …

  Days after an attack left five troops dead and 30 missing, Boko Haram jihadists have taken over a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources source said. A column of fighters from the IS-affiliated Islamic State West Africa Province in trucks and on motorcycles stormed into the base in …