Crime Facts

Alleged Assault: Court Fines Senator Elisha Abbo N50m

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama, Abuja has awarded N50 million damages against the Senator representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo, to be paid as compensation to Osimibibra Warmate, a female attendant at a sex-toy shop, whom he assaulted. Justice Samira Bature gave the order in her judgment on the […]

Man dies from Customs’ stray bullet in Ogun

A middle-aged man, Atanda Idowu Moses who sustained gunshot injury during a clash between men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and smugglers in Oja Odan in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State has died. A relation of the deceased, Olatunji Olaniran who confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday, disclosed that Atanda died […]

Court dissolves 11-year-old marriage over battery, threat to life

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday, dissolved the marriage between two school teachers, John Fawole and his wife, Mary, over battery and threat to life Delivering judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, who granted Mary’s application for the dissolution, the two avoid confrontation with each other in the future. Mary, who lives in Kolapo Isola-Genral […]

Imo Police allegedly detains poor couple over land issue

Operatives of the Nigerian police in Imo have allegedly detained one Mr Paul and Mrs Nnenna Osuji (couple) over land issue. Crimefacts.News gathered that the incident happened at Ehime Mbano LGA in Imo state. According a family source who spoke to Crimefacts.News on the condition of anonymity said ,” According to my information, the victims […]

My husband harasses me with his concubines, woman tells court

A fashion designer, Kudrat Oyewole, on Tuesday, petitioned an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her two-year-old marriage with her husband, Sikiru. Kudrat is seeking the divorce on grounds of harassments and unfulfilled marital life. The mother of one testified before Chief Henry Agbaje, the court’s President that she had endured sadness and […]

CP orders post-mortem on lady allegedly killed by SARS in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it will investigate the alleged murder of one Ifeoma Abugu, a graduate of the Institute of Management and Technology , Enugu. The spokesman for the command , DSP Anjuguri Manzah, said the FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma, had ordered a discreet investigation and post-mortem on the […]