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12 Nov
A Kaduna High Court on Tuesday ordered that two brothers be remanded in a correctional centre for alleged culpable homicide
8 Oct
Police in Ogun State have arrested Olayemi Olawale Shedrack, 33, who was wanted in connection with an armed robbery and sexual assault at Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun.
30 Sep
Iranian authorities on Monday executed two men in public over the killing of a police officer during an armed robbery in central Iran, according to the judiciary. "The death sentence of two armed robbers was carried out this morning in the city of Khomein" in the central Markazi province, the judiciary's Mizan Online reported, citing…
30 Sep
A 40-year-old ex-convict, Richard John, has been arrested for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in Edo State.
5 Sep
Delta State Police Command on Thursday paraded 16 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, cultists, and others arrested for various crimes at different locations across the State. The Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, who paraded the Suspects at the command headquarters in Asaba, said four AK-47 rifles, 138 ammunition/cartridges, eight Pump Action guns, 15 cut-to-size guns, and…
19 Aug
A High Court in Kwale, Delta State, has sentenced one Mr Bright Ossai and Mr Izagwu Obodo to death by hanging for armed robbery.
10 Jun
The Police Command in Delta has apprehended a robbery suspect and recovered an AK-47 rifle with 13 rounds of ammunition from him in Sapele.
9 Jun
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Saturday said its operatives have arrested six suspects for committing various crimes and recovered fi
5 Jun
The Delta State Police Command has reportedly shot dead a suspected armed robber, and arrested another said to be terrorising Okpanam com
18 May
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested three suspects for alleged armed robbery in Enugu metropolis and Oji-River axis of the state.
18 May
Operatives from the Imo State Police Command have arrested 435 suspected criminals.The suspects’ offenses ranged from murder, kidnapping, a
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