Crime

In the early hours of Monday, 21 October, Nasarawa State’s anti-kidnapping squad were successful in quelling the attempt to abduct Dr Leon Usigbe, Abuja bureau chief of the Nigerian Tribune...

Multichoice's direct broadcast satellite service - Digital Satellite Television (DStv) sports journalism crew travelling to cover the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, were...

Troops of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, have sustained their crackdown against economic sabotage in the Niger Delta dismantling 20 illegal refineries and impounding...

16 months after he was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine, a 48-year-old businessman Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law...

Students and staff members of Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State, who were kidnapped by bandits, have regained their freedom after seven months in captivity. The victims were reportedly kidnapped...

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of two political thugs during an overnight raid across several locations in Edo State. The operation, aimed at preventing electoral violence, was...

Security personnel foiled an assassination attempt by armed men suspected to be political thugs on a federal lawmaker representing the Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency in Edo State, Henry Okojie....

According to news reports no fewer than 6,675 inmates, including high-profile Boko Haram terrorists and murderers, have escaped in 13 separate jailbreaks that hit Nigerian custodial centres in the last...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug baron, Suleiman Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after a hunt was initiated by the anti-narcotics agency. In a...

A former Miss Switzerland finalist was allegedly murdered and dismembered by her husband, who allegedly blended her remains in a horrific attempt to conceal the crime, a Swiss court has heard. Mother-of-two Kristina Joksimovic,...