Crime Report

A 40-year-old man, Samson Ekata, has allegedly murdered his eight-month-pregnant girlfriend in Uromi, Edo State of Nigeria, claiming that voices instructed him to kill her. The suspect reportedly mutilated the woman’s body and attempted to remove her unborn baby in the horrific incident in Uromi, the headquarters of Esan North-East Local Government Area. Samson Ekata who is currently in police …

Edo State’s joint security team rescued victim of kidnapping and killed three suspected members of the gang during a forest raid in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area on Sunday, according to the state Police Command. The operation, said to have been conducted at about 2am on Sunday, October 11, 2026, followed credible intelligence on the whereabouts of the victim, identified as …

  The family also alleged that Ikuesan had previously taken some men to Malo’s residence and that Malo expressed fears for his life shortly before he was found dead. Police have arrested Alex Ikuesan, son of the Olubo of Obenla Kingdom, Oba Andrew Kolawole Ikuesan, in connection with the death of Prince Engineer Ojogo Malo following a financial dispute involving …

  Nearly a week after the incident, Mr Isah carried bite marks on his arm left by a gasping cell mate in the last minutes of his life. For 19-year-old Adamu Isah, 17 September began like any other day. But it ended with him witnessing horrific deaths inside a cramped NSCDC detention cell in Minna, Niger State. Mr Isah was …

  — SAN urges Okpebholo to await appeal window Four suspected members of a kidnapping gang were today sentenced to death by hanging by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City, in a landmark judgment that has placed the state’s specialised criminal justice system under national spotlight. The verdict, delivered by Justice Aigbona Terry Momodu of the Edo …

BENIN CITY: The Edo State Special Criminal Court sitting in Benin City has convicted four persons for kidnapping and armed robbery, in what could be considered a test-case judgment since the court was established in July 2026. They are Marvelous Isaac (M), Wisdom Michael (M), Rufus Michael (M) and Gift Raphael (F), who are the first, second, third and fourth …

Benin City — Three men and a lady have been sentenced to death by hanging by the Edo State Special Criminal Court over their alleged involvement in kidnapping and other criminal offences linked to the Vegetable Market in Benin City. The convicts; Marvelous Isaac (1st Defendant), Wisdom Michael (2nd Defendant), Rufus Emete Michael (3rd Defendant) and Gift Raphael (4th Defendant) …

A 25-year-old newlywed businessman, Lovely Chukwulobelu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly attempting to traffic cocaine to Portugal. According to report by Vanguard News, Chukwulobelu, in a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy on Sunday, was intercepted at the departure hall of Akanu Ibiam International Airport …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdularasheed Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property. The anti-graft agency made the announcement in a wanted notice issued on its X handle and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. The commission said Maina, …

  The investigation examined how wealth linked to Nigerian political and economic elites moved into the US real estate market and identified recurring risk factors in the acquisition of the properties. A new investigation has identified 284 properties in the United States, collectively valued at nearly $271 million, linked to 61 current and former high-level Nigerian officials, their families, associates …