…into a lot of things for money, including real crimes like kidnapping, money laundering, robbery, drug pushing, and more. Yet, she said people always assume women can't commit other crimes or make money other ways and they just attribute their wealth to pr0stitution. She said: "When some of you can't figure out a woman…

…in Abuja. The suspects were also arrested in connection with alleged car theft, armed robbery and human trafficking across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring states. The NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commandant Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this during a parade at the Corps’ Nationa…

…the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Olabisi Kamorudeen, to deploy surveillance and anti-robbery operatives. He said the operatives tracked the vehicle through several locations before recovering it from a hotel in Ifo at about 8:30 p.m. "On sighting the police, Kolawale fled with the ignition key, while his alleged acco…

…said the arrested suspects were linked to alleged offences including kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, banditry, cultism, human trafficking, drug peddling, vandalism and other criminal activities. The Force headquarters said 50 homicide incidents, 28 armed robbery cases, 10 cultism-related incidents, eight gender-base…

…State Police Command, in connection with a series of alleged kidnapping, rape, armed robbery and […] The post Bauchi: 53-year-old man arrested over alleged multiple kidnapping, others appeared first on Tribune Online.

…as proceedings continued in a case involving his alleged involvement in a planned robbery targeting three banks in the Labone area of Accra. Maazi, who was previously remanded in police custody after being denied bail, was taken to court on September 2, 2026. He faced eight counts relating to alleged offences, includin…

…by an 18-year-old named Clement L. The gang leader had already been jailed for armed robbery, after being identified as one of two men involved in an attack on a watchmaker in Paris. It was discovered that Clement L had already been in pre-trial detention for pimping, as well as organised robbery. The gang leader was d…

…protection around campuses and host communities following recurring incidents of robbery, kidnapping, harassment and attacks. Babatunde urged the Nigeria Police Force, NSCDC, DSS and other security agencies to work with tertiary institutions and state governments to improve surveillance and other security infrastructur…

…prison in the Seine-Saint-Denis department over offences including pimping and armed robbery. The 18-year-old allegedly used Snapchat to coordinate his network and continue criminal activities from behind bars. A list of potential targets was reportedly discovered on phones seized from the teenager’s prison cell. The s…

…the hands of non-state actors involved in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery.In June 2026, the centre also received 5,050 illicit, unserviceable, decommissioned, and obsolete assorted automatic weapons retrieved from the Nigeria Police Force.Nigeria cracks down on illegal armsWhile affirming the governm…

…Yola, the state capital.The suspects, aged between 18 and 23, were allegedly linked to robbery attacks around the Kofare Masallaci Biyu axis in Yola South Local Government Area.The suspects were arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, September 1, following intelligence received by the police in connection with a recen…

…illicit weapons by non-state actors involved in terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes. He also disclosed that the centre had received 5,050 illicit, unserviceable, decommissioned and obsolete assorted automatic weapons retrieved from the Nigeria Police Force in June 2026. He added that…

…28 August, 2026, where he was sentenced to three years for burglary and five years for robbery, to be served consecutively. The Nigerian national will serve 30% of this sentence before being deported. A restraining order has been put in place in relation to his six victims. Essien was a carer until 9 March, when he was…

…they had been able to arrest some bandits and their collaborators, dismantle armed robbery gangs, arrest people in possession of illegal arms, recover some stolen livestock and nip cases of criminal activities in parts of the state in the bud. He assured that his officers and men remained resolute in protecting the liv…

Members of a robbery syndicate which is also involved in sale of stolen vehicles have revealed how they worked together from the point of robbery in Nigeria, to the conveyance of the stolen vehicles through the Republic of Benin to a foreplanned destination in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The post Robbery syndicate membe…

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…k!dnapping scheme and separately arrested members of a suspected k!dnapping and armed robbery syndicate in two intelligence-led investigations. A statement from CSP Ani Iniedu, spokesperson of the force, said in the first case, operatives arrested Nansik Wuyep Sule, 34, in connection with the reported k!dnapping of two…

…Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect, Emmanuel Mark, for alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. Mark was also alleged to be a member of a four-man syndicate operating around the Ifite Awka axis of Awka South Local Government Area of the state. According to a press statement issued on Friday, the spokesperso…

…both from Makera in Kajuru Local Government Area, were arrested over the alleged armed robbery and vandalization of critical infrastructure at the Infectious Disease Centre, Mando, Kaduna.The suspects allegedly conspired with other members of their gang, who are still at large, scaled the facility’s perimeter fence, ti…

Troops foil armed robbery attack, rescue two locals in Plateau Troops of Sector 8, Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP), have foiled an attempted armed robbery attack along the Apel-Jipun road in Pushit District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident occurred on August 23, 2026, when troops responded…

…are apprehended in Edo (video) Two suspects who are believed to be responsible for a robbery in Benin City, Edo State, have been nabbed by the Edo State Security Corps. The Edo State Security Corps linked the suspects to a robbery at Aimas hair shop located in GRA, Benin city, after the store owner reported the robbery…

…to more than 10 years in prison after using ChatGPT while planning an armed bank robbery in Omaha, Nebraska. Lewis-Payne was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska said. H…

The Nigerian Navy has vowed to sustain stronger operations against piracy, sea robbery, crude oil theft, illegal oil bunkering, smuggling and other forms of maritime criminality in Cross River State. The Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Naval Command, Rear Admiral Chiedozie Okehie, made this known on Thursday during th…

…were recently paraded for kidnapping, violation of the anti-open grazing law, burglary, robbery, vehicle hijacking and theft. “We equally arrested some individuals who confessed to being informants and suppliers to kidnappers in the forest, as well as confirmed members of kidnapping groups,” he said. He flagged what he…

…“I am not saying there are no one or two incidents of crime, but to say that armed robbery has increased in Abuja, I don’t agree. Very much, I will not agree to that because we have our security report. If armed robbery happens, police will notify us, it will be in the report. So, I have not gotten such report,” he sai…