Mohammed Baba, Governor, Bauchi state The Bauchi State Ministry of Justice has released new crime statistics showing that the state recorded 592 criminal cases in the 2024–2025 legal year. The figures were made public on Tuesday by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Hassan Usman, SAN, during the opening ceremony of the 2025–2026 legal…
A widow in Plateau State, whose husband was killed allegedly by Fulani bandits, has narrated how five of the bandit gang-raped her 13-year-old daughter in her presence while the body of her husband lay beside her. The woman who narrated her horrific experience to our correspondence on Tuesday, said the bandits invaded her community in…
Senator Abbo The Nigeria Police Force has filed multiple criminal charges against a former senator, Elisha Abbo, accusing him of raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old schoolgirl. Adult nude pictures were said to have been discovered in Abbo’s phone through forensic analysis. The charges were lodged at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,…
Former Senator representing Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo, has surrendered himself to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja after being accused of raping a 13-year-old secondary school student. Recall, the Senator gain currency in 2022 for allegedly assaulting a young. Senator Abbo was accused of assaulting the lady at a sex toy…
A 63-year-old pastor, Luke Eze, has been arraigned for alleged rape of two sisters (names withheld), aged 16 and 19. According to SP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, State Headquarters, GRA, Enugu, the suspect was arrested on September 11, 2025, by operatives of the Iwollo Police Division of the Command, following…
A 16-year-old girl has narrated how her 53 years old uncle subjected her to repeated sexual assault and forced her to terminate two pregnancies in Okeodunwo Street, Igbado, Ondo town, in Ondo State. The victim, according to a police source, alleged that her uncle sexually assaulted her almost daily, concealing the abuse by cleaning her…
The Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of an Islamic cleric, identified simply as Kadiri, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a minor in Ede, Osun State. The incident which occurred at Babasanya-Araka Ede led to a protest by an angry mob, who had attacked the suspect after he was seized. The…
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with rape by the Metropolitan Police. In a statement released on Friday, the Met Police confirmed the 32-year-old, of Hertfordshire, has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The statement reads: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Metropolitan Police Service…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old woman, Fatimah Ibrahim, for repeatedly raping a 12-year-old boy in Azare. The spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, said the victim, an Arabic pupil, was housed at the suspect’s residence, where he was…
A 33-year-old man, Oluwatuyi Bidemi has been sentenced to 84 years imprisonment by an Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti for robbery, attempted murder of one Abiodun Agnes. Oluwatuyi was arraigned in court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Familoni on 21 July, 2021 on four-count charge bordering on attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping and…
