A Kano High Court on Monday sentenced four men, Nafi’u Isah, Haruna Ya’u, Nadabo Mohammed and Sa’adu Musa, to 40 years and six months imprisonment each for armed robbery and attempted murder. These suspects were convicted on a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, attempted murder and causing grievous harm. Delivering judgment, Justice Usman Na’abba, held that the prosecution …

Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the death of the national chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. Harold Udokwere. A three-man armed robbery gang attacked and killed Udokwere in his house in the Kubusa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. After the incident, the FCT Commissioner of Police, …

The Inspector-General of (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has clarified that the video circulating on social media depicting alleged harassment and robbery at a traffic stop was not recorded in Nigeria. This clarification was provided in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, via his social media handle on Thursday. The statement disclosed that the Inspector-General has directed the …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced six persons to death over their involvement in bank robberies which took place in Akure and Idanre in 2011. The convicts include a pastor, Adewale Adelu, and five others – Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho. They were found guilty of robbing …

The Ondo State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun has arrested no fewer than 33 persons for involving in various criminal activities in the state. The state Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adeleye, said the suspected criminals were arrested in various locations across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. While parading the suspects on Monday, at the …

The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, foiled a bank robbery at one of the old-generation banks opposite Maplewood Estate, in the Oko Oba area of Lagos. One of the suspects was arrested. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hudenyin, confirmed the arrest and explained that “a distress call was received at 4.20 a.m., yesterday, at the Control Room, Ikeja. A …

Two suspected Lagos-based robbers have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command after they unleashed terror on the residents of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state The suspected robbers were reported to have been terrorising the people of Ijebu-Ode and its environs in recent times. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on …

For about two decades, CEO of Superior Mobile Investment Limited and iClick Gadgets, Dr. Helen Eto has been doing business peacefully at Ikota shopping complex, which borders Victoria Garden City, Lekki Peninsula, Lagos. The shopping facility is run by HFP Engineering Limited. However, robbers struck at the complex that has about 1,850 shops in the early hours of 7th March. …

Scores of residents of the Olomo community in Apete, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, are currently in panic over the invasion by some armed robbers. Apete is one of the communities in the Ido Local Government Area in Oyo State. It was gathered on Saturday that some armed robbers invaded the Eleshin area in the Olomo community in Apete and robbed …