Category: Crime and Judiciary

Four persons has reportedly lost their lives on Wednesday when suspected bandits launched a deadly attack on Irunda Ile, Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. Cornfirming the incident, the State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (retd), who told journalists in Lokoja that the bandits invaded the community in the early hours of Wednesday...

The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed, a ceiling tile collapsed and alcohol pooled on the floor. The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact,...

A University of Delaware student was arrested after police found a handgun, ammunition and written plans for an attack in his vehicle that included references to “martyrdom” and named a campus police officer as a target, authorities say. Luqmaan Khan, 25, had a notebook containing writings about “urban warfare,” according to an FBI complaint filed...

 A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country. Joly Germine declined to say anything before U.S. District Judge John Bates in Washington,...

A former suburban St. Louis police officer admitted that over several months last year, he pulled over 20 women’s vehicles and searched their phones for nude photos and videos. In a deal with federal prosecutors entered Tuesday, former Florissant Officer Julian Alcala pleaded guilty to 20 counts of willfully depriving someone of their right to...

owners in the Ijegun and Ikotun area of Lagos State have cried out to police authorities and state government over incessant cases of shooting, extortion, violent intimidation, harassment and other violent crimes allegedly perpetrated by a rogue police inspector Kolawole Olanrewaju Olopade, with AP No. 229055, popularly known as Olopade, attached to the CP Tactical...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has recaptured a top commander of the Ansaru terrorist group, Abdulazeez Obadaki, believed to have masterminded the August 7, 2012 attack on worshippers at a Deeper Life Bible Church near Okene, Kogi State..

A young Nigerian lady has cried out in distress over the arrest of her father by Department of State Service—DSS—according to the family, the SIM was legitimately bought and registered, however, Nigerian telecoms like MTN and Glo had reassigned it after it went dormant—previously used by alleged kidnappers. The Lady’s father went to visit her...

The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work at the housing complex. The youngest person who died in the fire was a 1-year-old infant, police said. The oldest was 97. Police said they have...