Crime Facts

Police Sergeant Shoots Self, Lover In Kwara

  A Police sergeant, on Thursday, killed his female lover and later shot himself dead in a school premises in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The incident, it was gathered, occurred around 8am at premises of the Chapel of Redemption, Agba Dam Housing Estate, Gaa Akanbi, Ilorin, where Redemption Model Nursery and Primary School is located. […]

ISWAP Distributes Old Naira Notes To Passengers On Borno Highway

  Suspected members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have distributed huge amounts of old notes to scores of commuters in the Lake Chad Basin ahead of the deadline of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cashless policy, sources have said. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred after Mairari village, along […]

Bandits burn Catholic priest to death in Niger

  Bandits in an attack on Kafin Koro Community in Paikoro Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours of Sunday have burnt a Reverend Father, Isaac Achi of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church, to death. The bandits were said to have invaded the community at about 1 am and began shooting […]

ISWAP fighters killed as troops repel attack in Borno

  Troops of 25 brigade of operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Azir, Borno state. Azir is a village on the outskirts of Damboa town, Damboa LGA of the state. According to a situation report seen by TheCable on Saturday, the ISWAP fighters were said […]

Trial of Boko Haram suspects in detention to resume March — FG

  The Federal Government has perfected plans to commence the second phase of the prosecution of Boko Haram suspects currently being held in a military facility at Kainji, Niger State. The Solicitor-General of the Federation, SGF, and Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, who made the disclosure to newsmen on […]

Boko Haram, ISWAP clash claims 30 terrorists in Borno

  Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists have clashed at Tumbum Allura and Kangar camps, killing over 30 fighters in Borno State. The rivalry of December 30, 2022 began 4p.m. to 5a.m. Saturday and was led by five commanders of Boko Haram in Abadam, a border community with Niger. A […]