Headlines News

Police arrest suspected gun runners, robbers

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2021 0

Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Delta State Police Command at the weekend confirmed the arrest of suspected gun runners, cultists, armed robbers, and others, saying that it also recovered from the suspects pump action, double barrel guns, among others Recall that the police in the last few months declared

News

CSO commends Operation Safe Haven over mass arrests of kidnappers, armed robbers

Ihesiulo Grace 7 February 2021 0

Doosuur iwambe, Abuja  A Plateau-based peace and  advocacy group has commended the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Major General Lucky Irabor, on the new operational directive he gave to troops, Operation Accord 2, to ensure that criminal elements were denied freedom of action in Nigeria. The coalition, operating under the aegis of Coalition of Plateau […]

News

Fear of attack reinforces dust-to-dawn curfew in Delta communities

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2020 0

The fear of attacks by armed robbers operating within Asaba, Warri, and Uvwie communities in Delta state, on Sunday, reinforced the state government dusk- to dawn curfew among residents. Following the increasing cases of armed robberies, particularly attacks on residents, it was gathered that these armed hoodlums have defied the curfew order and lockdown by […]

Featured Headlines News

Dusk-to-dawn curfew: Robbery cases shoot up in Ughelli, Asaba

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2020 0

…As 129 violators are arraigned in Asaba Following the dusk- to dawn curfew imposed by the Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, residents of Asaba and Ughelli are groaning over the persistent attacks from armed robbers. Investigation revealed that these hoodlums, armed with sophisticated weapons have taken over Asaba […]

News

Yobe: Police arrest 16 suspected robbers, 10 kidnappers, others

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2020 0

The Commissioner of Police, Yobe State, Yahaya Sahabo Abubakar, has said that 16 persons suspected to be armed robbers, 10 suspects involved in kidnapping and their associate female syndicate as well as two notorious fraudsters have been arrested. The Police Commissioner made this known while parading the suspects before newsmen on Tuesday at the command […]

News

Kogi police parades 13 armed robbers, carjackers

Ihesiulo Grace 9 February 2020 0

The police in Kogi state has arrested 13 alleged notorious armed robbers and carjackers that have been terrorising the state. Parading the suspects at the weekend in Lokoja, the Kogi state Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Ekpeye explained that following the adoption of community policing, the campaigns against violent crimes in Kogi state by the state government led to the

Crime

Confusion as Armed Robbers kill Policeman in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2019 0

A policeman was on Thursday shot dead by a  gang of armed robbers, who were on the trail of a bank customer, around Awolowo way in Ikoyi area of Lagos.The man who was said to have withdrawn a huge amount of money from a bank in Ikoyi was riding on a commercial motorcycle,  when the […]

Abia Times News

Security officer shot in the stomach while confronting armed robbers

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2019

Armed robbers shot and wounded an official of So-Safe Corps, a security arm of Ogun State Government, during a robbery operation at Olorunsogo community in Oke-Lantoro area of Abeokuta. It was gathered that the operation team of So-Safe Corps raced to the scene of the robbery to rescue the community from the robbers. The armed […]

News

Nigerian Lady becomes blind after robbers raped and poured acid on her

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2019

A Nigerian lady identified as Adetutu has become blind after two armed robbers that attcked her, raped and poured acid on her. Facebook user, Mj West Provocateur, who shared the sad story online, wrote; ”The image seen here , (the victim is Adetutu. she’s a student but also sell recharge cards to meet up her […]

News

Policemen rescue motorists attacked by armed robbers along Okene Highway

Ihesiulo Grace 27 February 2019 0

The National Co-ordinator and founding Chairman of Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria, Emmanuel Onwubiko and his family were attacked by armed robbers along Okene road. According to Mr Onwubiko, the robbers shot at his car several times. To his pleasant surprise, policemen rescued his people and escorted them to Lokoja, Kogi state capital. God […]

News Nigeria

Offa robbery suspects appear in court, plead not guilty

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2018 0

The Suspected armed robbers allegedly involved in the April 5, deadly bank robbery in Offa town has been arraigned before the Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin. Those arraigned were Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Salaudeen Azeez and Niyi Ogundiran. The accused however pleaded not guilty to Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, illegal firearms,

Crime News

Police kill 4 suspected armed robbers in A’Ibom

Ihesiulo Grace 25 August 2018 0

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said its officers had killed four of the five suspected armed robbers who robbed a fuel station in Ikot Ekpene in Akwa Ibom on August 21 The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, made the disclosure at a news conference in Uyo on Friday. He said that […]

News

Bauchi Police kill 3 robbers, recover arms, ammunition

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2018 0

In its resolve to rid the state of all forms of criminality, the Bauchi state police command has killed three armed robbery suspects in Maladunba forest while acting on intelligence report. The spokesman of the Command, DSP Kamal Datti, made this known while speaking with journalists at the Commands’ headquarters in Bauchi, on Tuesday. The […]

Crime

‘We formed our gang in prison, snatch vehicles, sometimes kill the drivers’

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2018 0

Two of the robbery suspects arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command for killing a Taxi driver and snatching his vehicle have confessed that they formed their robbery gang in Kirikiri Prison. The suspects, Simon Tyozemda (27) from Benue State and Lucky Friday (24) from Delta […]

Crime

Armed men rob school bursar N3m in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2018 0

A gang of armed men on Thursday, invaded a public boarding school in Akure, Ondo State capital, St Peter’s Unity Secondary School, along Oyemekun road, carting away about N3 million belonging to the school. It was gathered that the armed men trailed the school’s bursar, who went to withdraw the money from the bank to […]

News

Police Arrest Eight Armed Robbers in Gombe

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

The Gombe State Police Command says it has arrested a gang of eight armed robbers, who had been terrorising the residents of Gombe, the state capital. The Gombe Police spokesman, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, while parading a suspected rapist and four homosexuals stated that the armed robbers had been charged to court. According to him, the […]

News

Osun: Three Killed as Police, Robbers Clash

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2015 0

About three persons, believed to be members of an armed robbery gang, have been killed during a gun battle with the Police. The robbers were alleged to have been terrorising residents of Oke-Baale in Osogbo, Osun State. Police sources disclosed that men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led by DSP Adekunle Omoyele, received a […]

News

FG: Fashola's Comment On Lagos Armed Robbery Incident Irresponsible

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2015 0

The Presidency has described as irresponsible, the statement by the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola that Jonathan was responsible for the recent armed robbery incident in the state that left three policemen dead. Governor Fashola had on Thursday night at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos, blamed the presidency for the incident. According to Fashola, the president’s

News

Four die as robbers invade bank in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 13 March 2015 0

Four people were killed on Thursday evening when a gang of armed robbers invaded a new generation bank at Plot B, Waterfront Plaza, Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos state. According to a witness, the four people were three police escorts of a passing civilian Coaster bus and a fish seller. The robbers, numbering at […]