A Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced twin brothers, Ojomo Taiwo and Ojomo Kehinde, alongside two others, Emmanuel Bamidele (also known as DPO) and Peter Samuel (also known as Mogaji), to 14 years’ imprisonment each for armed robbery. The trial judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, delivere...
The Akure Division of the Ondo State High Court has sentenced a lecturer at the College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Shittu Isiaka, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Omolara Adejumo delivered the judgment after finding the lecturer guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery, reports The Natio...
•Some of the convicts Four Nigerians who were part of a phone-robbery syndicate terrorising the London metropolis have been sentenced to a combined jail term of 55 years by a Kingston Crown Court in the United Kingdom. This was contained in a statement obtained from the UK Metropolitan Police website yesterday. According to the statement, [&he...
The Nigeria Police Force says it has recorded a significant breakthrough in its fight against transnational organised crime with the arrest of two internationally wanted fugitives, Felix Omoregie alias “Eghosa Johnson Omoregie,” a suspected ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate wanted by Belgian authorities, and Okwudili Sabastine Ezeje,...
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10 years’ imprisonment. The sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers s...
The Police in Delta State have arrested Mr. Buhari Bala along with other suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, and cultists at various locations in the state. In a press release today, Friday, February 21, 2025, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe, stated that some of the suspected kidnappers who [&he...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) across the country have apprehended multiple groups of armed robbers, cultists and hoodlums targeting fun seekers and engaging in gangsterism during Christmas celebrations. The police said that twenty three criminals have been arrested, reports The Nation. The Force said the ar...
•Segun Olowookere The Osun State Judiciary has condemned mischief-makers for spreading false information regarding the case of Segun Olowookere and Sunday Morakinyo, who were wrongly reported to have been sentenced to death for stealing a fowl. The judiciary criticised those responsible for the misleading claims, accusing them of intellectual ...
•Prof Chigozie Ogbu Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Prof Chigozie Ogbu, has decried the spare of robbery, vandalism, and other forms of criminal activities in the institution. Ogbu, former Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, disclosed this while refuting the allegation on the social media that the University management auctioned...
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo today, Thursday, April 18, sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Kola Adeyemi, and a battery charger, Wasiu Afolayan (36yrs) to death by hanging over armed robbery and murder. The prosecution counsel, Bewaji Adeniji from the Ministry of Justice, upon arraignment, dragged the two before Justice Ayo Oyeb...
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