Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested no fewer than a total of 273 suspects for various crimes, including robbery, kidnapping, murder, unlawful possession of firearms, among others, in April 2025. The command Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent (DSP) Abubakar Sadiq, gave the figures on Monday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Katsina. According to him, …

A trigger-happy operative of the Delta State Police Command has allegedly killed a 17-year-old for shooting a knockout in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area. An X user, @SabuDaniels, in a post on Sunday, shared two videos: one showing the lifeless body of the victim in a pool of blood and the other depicting youths transporting the deceased on a …

The Osun State Police Command has arrested one Adeyemi Adijat and four other males for the alleged murder of Adewale Temitope. The Police Command made this known during a suspect parade in Osogbo on Thursday. According to a statement made available to newsmen, Adeyemi Temitope was beaten to death when he and an accomplice attempted to steal a bottle of …

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has ordered the remand of a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her colleague, Habib Salau, aged 17, to death. The magistrate ordered her remanded at the Ondo State Juvenile Home, in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The …

A Judge presiding over a Delta High Court in Kwale Judicial Division, Justice F.O Enenmo has in separate judgments convicted two for murder and armed robbery and a woman 21 years imprisonment with hard labour for murder. In the case marked (HCK/13C/2021), Justice Enenmo convicted Izagwu Obodo, who on 21/8/ 2021 shot to death Nonso Dibia in Umu-Itchi Community. While …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday, sentenced four persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, murder and conspiracy. The court also convicted and sentenced the defendants to life improvement for attempted murder. They are Ogunleye Sola, Adebayo Ebenezer, Lasisi Afeez and Ojo Oba. The charge read, “The defendants committed the offences on May 29, 2017, …

A Delta State High Court sitting at Asaba, has sentenced a police Inspector, Ubi Ebri to death for murder. The police inspector was accused of killing one Mr. Ibeh Onyeka, a telephone repairer and seller on 5 April 2023, while on a stop and search duty along the Ugbolu Asaba Road, in the State capital. The incident  caused pandemonium  as …

The Nigeria Police Force, on Sunday, declared a Lagos socialite and blogger, Dorcas Adeyinka wanted for alleged cyber-stalking, abduction and murder, among others. The police urged members of the public to “arrest and hand over the suspect to the nearest police station or the office of the IGP Monitoring Unit, Force Headquarters, Abuja”. The police further described Adeyinka as a …

The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island, on Monday, sentenced suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging over the death of Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem. Justice Ibironke Harrison sentenced the ASP after finding him guilty of the murder of the pregnant lawyer. Justice Harrison held that the prosecution …

A 38-year-old man, Raphael Agu has been remanded at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos State for alleged murder. Agu was brought before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba Lagos on Tuesday on two counts of murder. The defendant was accused of allegedly stabbing his friend, Stanley Ugo, in the stomach with a knife on May 25, 2023, during a fight …