A Lagos High Court has sentenced 42-year-old tricycle operator Godswill Akpan to 10 years in prison for the death of fellow operator Baba Ali Bukar, 30, following a violent dispute
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A South African high court has handed down a combined 37-year prison sentence to a Nigerian national, Victor Udoh, and his South African accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, after finding them guilty
A coordinated response by security forces and local vigilantes has halted a night-time assault on Kwargaba community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two armed bandits and
Bauchi State has recorded 592 criminal cases in the 2024–2025 legal year, with rape, homicide and kidnapping among the most prevalent offences, according to official figures released by the Ministry
A late-night fire has killed five members of the same family in Katsina State, leaving residents of Kofar Sauri district in shock. The blaze swept through the family’s home shortly
A string of violent attacks by armed bandits has left multiple communities across Kogi, Kano, Sokoto, and Kwara states in chaos, with dozens abducted and lives threatened. In Kogi State,
Six Lagos-based real estate marketers have been kidnapped in Ogun State after gunmen ambushed them during a routine land inspection in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The victims were on a
A serving police inspector in Benue State and his elder brother have been taken into custody after allegedly mobilising more than 50 youths to seize a corpse and launch coordinated
A senior cleric in Plateau State has accused the Nigerian government of undermining the country’s security architecture by integrating repentant Boko Haram members into security networks, particularly in the North.
Two bodies believed to be part of a group of three kidnapped Cameroonian women have been recovered from the Omambala River in Anambra State, the police confirmed on Saturday. The