…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…

…State as part of efforts to strengthen its operational capacity to combat piracy, sea robbery, illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft. The exercise, organised by the Eastern Naval Command, is designed to enhance the combat readiness and proficiency of naval personnel in weapon handling and operations within creeks,…

…and 70 of the Prohibition of Forcible Entry and Occupation of Landed Properties, Armed Robbery, Cultism, Kidnapping and Other Anti-Violent and Related Offences Law of Ogun State, 2016. The prosecutor told the court that the clash disrupted activities at the town hall and threatened public peace. Magistrate Oke said the…

Operatives of the Anti-Robbery Team of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate and recovered three locally made pistols and 18 live cartridges from them. The suspects, Adeyinka Onakomaya, 46, and Olayiwola Kehinde, 48, were arrested during a follow-up investigatio…

…DSP Timfon John, said the incident occurred on July 12, 2026, during an armed robbery operation in the village in which one person was k!lled and another kidnapped. John said the investigation into the incident led to the arrest of four suspects, including two alleged members of the robbery gang and two others suspecte…

…State Police Command, have arrested two suspected members of a notorious "one chance" robbery syndicate in Abeokuta. The suspects identified as Bidemi Tijani, 29, and Olajide Rasaq, 42, were picked up on August 15, following actionable intelligence. According to the command, the syndicate operates by disguising as com…

…was arrested on Thursday, August 13, after Ghanaian police reportedly foiled the alleged robbery operation. Two other suspects were k!lled in a shootout with the police, while another suspect reportedly escaped. The development has, however, raised questions over the circumstances surrounding the incident, after GCB Ba…

…in the early hours of Saturday.” In a separate operation, operatives from the Anti-Robbery Section and Violent Crime Response Unit apprehended 33 suspected electoral mercenaries at Babs Hotel, located behind the State High Court in Ede. Preliminary investigations suggested that these suspects had been brought into Osun…

…the arrest of nine suspects in separate operations involving illegal firearms, armed robbery and livestock theft across the state. According to a statement signed by the Command's Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the operations were carried out on August 13, 2026, following credible intelligence a…

…added. In July, officers of the Lagos State Police Command arrested a suspected armed robbery suspect and recovered a locally fabricated pistol alongside assorted charms during a routine patrol in the Igando area of Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed th…

Nigerian man arrested over foiled robbery attack on a Ghanaian bank A Nigerian, identified as Augustine Okechuku Maazi, has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service after officers foiled an alleged robbery attempt targeting banks in the Labone area of Accra. In a statement released, the Ghanaian Police said at about 1…

…women has done it too! Women has been found guilty of murder, kidnapping, Rape as well, robbery, Child Trafficking and Abuse, yesterday a woman stabbed her husband to death while he was sleeping! It's bad people we ought to fight! It's corruption we need to fight! It's bad leaders! Insecurity! Hunger! E.t.c not ourselv…

…some of the inmates were serving sentences for violent offences, including aggravated robbery and murder.Prosecutors also accused Trevino of soliciting money from followers on TikTok in exchange for disclosing health information about a dependent.The court documents further alleged that the influencer had participated…

…Kampala when robbers attempted to steal his mobile phone. Police said Owori resisted the robbery when he was attacked, with witnesses alleging he was attacked with paving stones. He was rushed to a local medical facility, before being transferred private facility in the city, but he tragically di£d of his injuries on W…

Abia State Police Command has said that it has arrested 13 suspects for alleged armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and vandalization of government property. The Command said that operatives of its Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) intercepted and apprehended a 27-year-old Uchenna Agbneiwu, a native of Nkum…

…ICT Polytechnic says security agencies have commenced investigations into the recent robbery attack that claimed the life of a student and left others injured in the Eruku community, while new security measures have been introduced to protect students. The union disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday after wha…

…the 2023 murder of 15-year-old Jullian Craig, who was killed during an attempted armed robbery. Authorities said Donavan Harris, 20, was convicted in June for Craig’s murder. Prosecutors alleged that Craig’s killing led Larry and Samuels to work with fellow gang members to target a witness in that case. The plan failed…

…student of the Federal University of Lafia, (FULAFIA) Nasarawa State was k!lled by in a robbery attack. It was gathered that Habiba Ummi Lele, of the Department of Chemistry was shot d3ad by the armed robbers on her way back to Lafia after attending her friends' graduation at the College of Health and Technology, Keffi…