Crime Facts

Many escape death as storey building collapses in Jos

At least thirty people escaped being killed after a storey building collapsed at the Yanshanu suburb of Jos , Plateau state. The building housing eight households, it was gathered , collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday. A resident , Adamu Mubiro, told our correspondent in Jos on Saturday that the occupants were lucky as […]

Hoodlums in Warri stab priest to death for denying pregnancy

There is palpable tension in Igbudu community in Warri South Council Area of Delta as hoodlums in the area allegedly stabbed a man, simply identified as Mr Victor, to death for denying a pregnancy. According to sources, the deceased until his alleged murder, was a priest of the community. They said trouble started when the […]

Edo college of education lecturer commits suicide

Tragedy struck staff, colleagues of College of Education, Ekiadolor in Edo state as a principal lecturer of the school identified as Friday Osadolor has committed suicide in his Obakhavbuaye, off Ekenwan Road residence. His lifeless body hanging in a rope around his neck with a protruding tongue and the rope tied to the rail of […]

Police arrest man, 21, for defiling 13 years old girl in Ogun

A 21-year-old man, Julius Afuape has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl (name withheld). The suspect, according to a statement by the command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a report by the aunty of the victim who reported at Ayetoro […]

NSCDC arrests 29 illegal mining operators in Imo

The Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo Mr Danjuma Elisha on Saturday, paraded 29 alleged illegal mining operators arrested in various locations in Imo. The Commandant said the suspects were arrested following a directive of Gov. Hope Uzodimma to crack down on illegal mining operators in the state. He […]