crime

A 23-year-old man, who has been bragging online of his alleged sex encounters with minors has been arrested in Mpeketoni, Lamu County, Kenya. William Hanga Mwazonbo, a guard at a security firm was picked from his workstation by police…

The Nigerian community in South Africa has condemned the killing of 28-year-old Okolie Olileanyi Paul from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State by a fellow Nigerian in that country. The Nigeria Union, South Africa, made the…

A man was paraded through the streets for allegedly raping a student and getting her pregnant. The school teacher in Andhra Pradesh, named only as Rambabu, 38, allegedly promised the student more marks then raped her. When members…

A woman has been arrested for allegedly scalding her 16-year-old maid with hot water for stealing two eggs. Mrs. Darasimi Martins, who lives at 16, Olomowewe Street, is said to have sent her teenage house help to buy six eggs but the…

An eight-year-old girl was raped and murdered by a family friend in Johannesburg, South Africa. Vutlhari Sithole disappeared last Friday evening, August 17, at a playground in Lehae, south of Johannesburg. Her body was discovered on…

A man convicted of attacking couples at New Jersey motels and forcing them to have sex at gunpoint before he robbed them, has been sentenced to 148 years in state prison. 43-year-old Rasheed Powell from Elizabeth was convicted in March…

Kenya's directorate of criminal investigations has arrested 19 Nigerians residing in Umoja, Kasarani and Roysambu estates within Nairobi for allegedly engaging in electronic fraud targeting Kenyans. According to a statemnt released…

The Bayelsa State Volunteer Security Outfit led by Hon. Lucky Oyinkuro Asanakpo, at the early hours of today, apprehend a 30-year-old tricycle repairer for theft. It was gathered that the suspect Steven Ogbodo, from Enugu State stole…

The Nigerian Police force has declared nine bankers wanted for stealing various amount of money from depositors of a new generation bank, the police acted on petitions it received from the bank and its customers on the disappearance of a…

Tension rocked Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State as a man was killed by unidentified gunmen in broad daylight yesterday. The man was killed on Monday evening, at about 5: 30 pm, three days after a close ally of former Gov. Segun Oni, Mr. Bunmi Ojo…

A landlord has made 183 videos featuring how his tenants had sex. Looking for a beautiful and intelligent girl? Then come in … The unsuspecting tenants discovered that the man who rented the house to them had installed cameras…

A member of the National Youth Service Corps, Azeez Bakare, has accused a 400-level Computer Science undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Eric Idowu, of absconding with phones valued at N1m, after allegedly purchasing the products…

A man has been shot dead in Anambra state by men alleged to be police officers. According to Ngini Ebelechukwu, the Metro Patrol Police shot the young man while trying to intimidate his driver to bribe them. Unfortunately, the…

Gladys Osaigbovo-Omon, yesterday narrated how suspected assassins allegedly sent by her United Kingdom-based younger sister to kill her, ‘repented’ after she served them food and treated them well. It was learnt the assassins were…

The body of a staunch member of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) political party was found lying by the roadside in Abia state. The young man, popularly known as Bisha B, was murdered by unknown assailants and his body was …