The Kano Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested four persons for allegedly trying to plant a time bomb at Waje Friday mosque in Fagge local government area of Kano. It was gathered that the incident which resulted in the arrest of the suspects had ...
Niger State police command has arrested members of a seven-man robbery gang who have been terrorising the state and neighbouring ones, while five others were arrested with N2.7m counterfeit naira notes . LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that the gang which ...
Gunmen on Thursday attacked traders of Eke Awka main market during an executive meeting of chairmen and secretaries of the various lines and zones in the market, disrupting the gathering. An eyewitness told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that the gunmen, numbering...
Habibu Bama, the man suspected to be the mastermind of the 2011 Christmas bombing at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, near Abuja is dead. According to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND source, the suspect who was arrested on Thursday along other of his ilks, d...
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court on Friday remanded eight men in police custody for alleged armed robbery and snatching of three cars. The accused are -- Olanrewaju Saadu, 27; Biola Odubanjo, 17; Mukaila Taofeeqi, 15; Sheriff Rafiu, 25; Nurud...
A 37-year-old businessman, Raphael Anasonye, was on Friday charged before an Ejigbo Magistrates` Court in Lagos over alleged fraud and the forgery of a visa for his client. Anasonye, who resides at No. 12, Bashiri St., Igando, Lagos, is stan...
The Police on Friday arraigned a 38-year-old automobile mechanic, Adeoye Saka, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos over alleged theft of a Primera car worth N1.3 million. Saka,who resides at Isolo Area of Lagos, is standing trial on one ...
A man, who allegedly broke into a shop and carted away some valuables in Olodi-Apapa, Lagos, was on Friday charged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused, 39-year-old Omerhi Afoko, lives in Olodi-Apapa and is facing a four-cou...
A Jos High Court on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old man, Obinah John, to death by hanging for robbing a woman of N1,705. The convict, aside the cash, also robbed his victim, one Dorothy Olaniyi, of two rolls of peak milk in satchets, v...
A 25-year-old teacher, Mrs Rafat Agboola, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beheading her husband, Olatunji. According to the charge sheet, the accused was said to have committed the offence on ...
The police on Thursday arraigned a 42-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Ikechi, of Lugbe Zone 6, Abuja, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of three minors. The accused, who was alleged to have committed the offence with three male m...
Enugu State Police Command has arrested a five-man robbery gang that specialises in robbing people of their property inside commercial vehicles popularly known as `one chance.' This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Re...
The Nigeria Police will transform its Central Criminal Registry (CCR) operation from manual to e-Finger print to meet the global challenges. The Commissioner of Police in charge of CCR at the Force CID annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Mr Salau Olayinka disclosed...
Gunmen yesterday, in Makurdi, attacked and collected the sum of N500, 000 from Mr. Samuel Ejembi, husband to the Benue State correspondent of The Sun Newspaper, Mrs. Rose Ejembi. LEADERSHIP gathered that the dare devil robbers, four in number, th...
The Katsina State Police Command has arraigned one Ahmad Musa before a Katsina Chief Magistrateas' Court III for arson. Musa was accused of burning down the Funtua Upper Shariah Court on June 4. Police prosecutor Okolo Usman told the court that the...