Category: Crime and Judiciary

A suicide bombing occurred at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, June 22, 2025, resulting in at least 22 fatalities and over 60 injuries. The attack took place during Sunday Mass, with reports indicating the assailant was linked to Islamist groups. The Syrian health ministry and security sources confirmed the casualties

The Nigerian Correctional Service has started investigation into the circumstances surrounding the movement of a robbery convict, Haruna Ayo, to a passport office in Lagos for processing of travel documents. Saturday PUNCH exclusively gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday, May 19, 2025, when warders from the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Apapa, moved the...

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of Wasiu Akinwande, a 44-year-old notorious hired killer and cultist kingpin. Akinwande, also known as Olori Eso, was arrested in a special operation code-named “Silence, Speed and Surprise” in the Agbado area of Ogun State. The police recovered a cache of firearms and ammunition, including: Akinwande’s...

Gunmen have reportedly attacked Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Anambra State in the early hours of today, resulting in the death of at least 7 individuals and abduction of two lecturers. The incident took place around Total and Tipper Junctions near the campus. The motives behind the attack remain unclear, with speculations ranging from cult-related violence...

The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of notorious cultists allegedly involved in the brutal killing of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Rivers State. The murdered officer, SP Bako Angbashim, was ambushed in 2023 during a tactical operation against cult groups in the Ahoada East LGA of the state. His death sent shockwaves...

Operatives of the NTERPOL NCB Abuja, working in collaboration with INTERPOL NCB Accra, recovered a Toyota Prado (2020 model) in Accra, Ghana. The vehicle, which belongs to a Federal Government Agency in Nigeria, was stolen during a robbery incident in Abuja in recently. Three suspects were arrested in Ghana and have since been charged to...

 A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. He was executed for shooting a friend and then cleaning out his bank account in Horry County in 2005. Stanko also...

 An Australian man was shot and killed and a second Australian tourist suffered injuries at a villa on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, police said. Police Chief Arif Batubara said the shooting Saturday at Villa Casa Santisya near Munggu Beach in Badung regency is under investigation and police are looking for witnesses. The victims...

Nine of them have been sent to jail after pleading guilty to Cyber-t£rrorism and Internet Fraud charges. Their names are: LI Dong, Deng Wei Qiang, Huang Bo, Xiong Zhen, Lai Rui Feng , Zhao Xiao Hui, Lui Hai Rong, Lui Gang and Du Ji Feng. They committed the offences using Nigerian identities and fronts. In...