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Justice Oyindamola Ogala of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday convicted and sentenced a man, Adamu Francis to 35 years imprisonment for armed robbery. The judge convicted Francis after he was found guilty on a three-count charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The state had arraigned him on charges bordering on armed…
14 Feb
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Lagos Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded four men in a correctional facility for engaging in cultism and armed robbery.
6 Feb
Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 30-year-old labourer, Samson Saliu, to 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery.
1 Feb
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a man, Emmanuel Iwuno, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
31 Jan
Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, paraded officers, cultists, armed robbery and murder suspects arrested for various criminal offences in January 2024.
9 Jan
Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, have arrested a 21-year-old ex-convict for alleged involvement in drug peddling and armed robbery.
1 Jan
Iran on Monday executed five people convicted of multiple "armed robberies and banditry which rendered roads unsafe and spread terror among people," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said.
22 Dec
A member of a five-man car-snatching gang has been gunned down by the police in Ilorin, Kwara State.
13 Dec
Justice Adenike Coker of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced one Akoh Jude to death for armed robbery. The judge delivered the verdict after finding him guilty as charged by the state government. The state had arraigned the defendant on two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Jude was said to have…
11 Dec
The Police in Kaduna State have arrested a suspected armed robber and one other in possession of multiple Automated Teller Machines (ATM) cards in Kaduna. The police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Monday. Hassan said that the…
4 Dec
The Imo State Police Command, at the weekend paraded 25 suspects for involvement in crimes ranging from armed robbery, murder, stealing / receiving stolen properties, cultism to unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
2 Nov
An armed robbery gang, yesterday, raided houses and carted away pots of soup at the Mbukpa, Ambo and Adak Uko areas of Calabar South Local Council of Cross River State. Though burglary was a regular occurrence in these areas, the carting away of pots of soup and food items was surprising to residents. The Guardian…