crime

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has decried the growing level of crime in the country, saying that it has convicted over 90 persons in the Southeast geopolitical zone between January and November this year for alleged…

The Ekiti state government has reiterated its commitment to the welfare and security of the people with a pledge to developing workable strategies with security agencies to reduce crime to the barest minimum in the state.The deputy…

A 37-year-old man, Kelechukwu Chukwuanugo, accused of killing his girlfriend, on Tuesday told a Lagos High Court, sitting in Igbosere that he fled the crime scene to save his life.Chukwuanugo, who is facing a murder charge, said this…

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Saad Abubakar, on Monday cautioned Nigerian against labelling an ethnic group to a crime or tracing a crime to a specific ethnic group in the country.Abubakar who stated this while delivering a…

An armed robbery suspect and police impersonator, Mr  Hassan Abubakar has said that he is not an armed robber but police impersonator and that frustration with five children was behind his zeal in joining an impersonation syndicate to…

A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered that a 24-year-old man, Charles Okon, accused of aiding and abetting an offender, be remanded in prison custody, pending his sentencing.The judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, gave the order…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has received an application that would enhance intelligence sharing in the tracking of organised crime including money laundering and terrorist financing.EFCC Acting Spokesman, Mr…

Mr Philip Ayuba, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger, on Tuesday, said the command recorded zero crime during the Easter.Ayuba told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that officers…

As Christians all over the world celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ,  a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu representing Eti-Osa constituency 02 has urged Nigerians to shun crime and embrace…

A 30-year-old mother, Ayo Sheriff, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly burning her 16-year-old daughter’s upper and lower right limbs with an electric iron over a minor misunderstanding. The incident reportedly…