armed robbery
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…
25 Aug 2023
Four persons were injured yesterday, during armed robbery attacks at three different female hostels in Rivers State University (RSU), Port Harcourt. The Guardian gathered that the incident occurred at hostels C, D and NDDC boarding house between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning. It was also learnt that the hoodlums stole students’ valuables, including laptops,…
22 Aug 2023
A middle-aged man escaped death by whiskers after angry mob attempted to him for allegedly robbing a commercial sex worker at Ojoto lane, Mile 3 Diobu in Port Harcourt City Council of Rivers State. The man was apprehended by a mob on Sunday night at about 11:10p.m. for robbing a commercial sex worker in one…
2 Aug 2023
The police in Osun have arrested 12 suspects for various criminal activities statewide.
8 Jul 2023
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested six suspected armed robbers terrorizing the East-West Road Emohua axis and neutralized six others at Obelle town in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
6 Jul 2023
The new Ogun State Commissioner of Police (CP), Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha, yesterday, declared war against cultism, armed robbery, land grabbers and other violent crimes in the state.
15 May 2023
An Ado-Ekiti State High Court in Ekiti State has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for conspiracy and armed robbery.
8 May 2023
Ogun State Police Command has arrested three members of a robbery syndicate, who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmac on April 12, 2023, where they killed a trader, after carting away several phones.