Crime Facts

5 to die by hanging for murder of Rivers vigilante leader

  A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging or by lethal injection until they are confirmed dead. The verdict came following the prosecution and sentencing of the five convicts over the murder of the Omudioga Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, Commander of […]

Man beheads daughter, buries body in shallow grave in Edo

  The operatives of the local vigilante in Edo State, Edo State Security Network (ESSN), have arrested a middle age man for killing his daughter and burying her body in a shallow grave in Uteh Community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Mr. Emmanuel Ovwarueso, said that he killed her […]

Father of three allegedly strangles wife in Rivers

  The Police in Rivers State said it has arrested a man identified as Michael Chidozie, for allegedly beating his wife and strangling her in their residence in Mile 4, near Port Harcourt, the state capital. Though it was not clear how the incident happened, it was learned that the victim and mother of three, […]

Alleged cult clash claims FUTO student, others injured

  The Imo State Police Command said it has arrested an alleged  21 years old 300-level student of Imo State University (IMSU) Owerri named Francis Marvellous, who hails from Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo State for allegedly stabbing to death Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley in an alleged cult clash on Wednesday. The deceased is a final […]

Nigerian man ends his father’s life with pestle

  A 29-year-old man, Joseph Yakubu, has been arrested by the Plateau State Police Command for allegedly killing his father, Yakubu Dalyop, with a pestle. Yakubu was said to have picked a pestle and hit his father during a disagreement. This led to the victim’s unconsciousness and eventual death. The suspect who committed the act […]

Varsity Student Killed Classmate Over IPhone

  The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said the female student at the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ifeoluwa Adekunle, was killed over an iPhone. Daily Trust had reported that Adekunle, a 300-level student in the Department of Economics in the institution, was found in a pool of blood on Saturday, February 3 […]