Tag: THEFT

12 arrested, as Police uncover ₦4.8bn theft at Kainji power plant 

Aminu Imam
Kainji power plant

Niger State Police Command has arrested 12 suspects for allegedly committing a massive theft and vandalism at the Kainji Power Plant, valued at over ₦4.8 billion. Another two suspects were arrested for allegedly staging a kidnap designed to extort ₦7 million ransom. The State’s Command Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, Police spokespersons confirmed this in a statement issued yesterday. According to him, the first case, which began with a complaint from Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd on August 11, 2025, uncovered a long-running conspiracy by security staff at the Kainji…

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‘25m phones stolen in 12 months in Nigeria’ – NBS

Aminu Imam
NBS on stolen phones

The National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS), has reported over 25 million phone thefts between March 2023 and April 2024, according to its ‘Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024’. The NBS report, titled: ‘Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey 2024’, indicated that an estimated 17,965,741 people had their phones stolen during the reference period. Phone theft, which is a common individual crime in the country, shows that seven out of every 10 stolen phones happened at home or public places, with a mere 11.7% of people who reported to the…

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Travel Advisory over theft: FG advises Nigerian travellers to US, Europe to be cautious

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians travelling to Europe and the United States to take extra precaution to avoid being dispossessed of their belongings. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the advice on Monday in Abuja at the fifth edition of the ‘President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series’. The scorecard series was organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture and the fifth edition witnessed presentations by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar. In an opening remark, Mohammed said the…

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Drama, as pickpocket breaches tight security, steal ex-VP Namadi Sambo’s phone in Abuja

Aminu Imam

A pickpocket has allegedly stolen the mobile phone of a former Nigerian vice president, Namadi Sambo, at the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Conference Centre in Abuja. A former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, who made this known yesterday, said someone breached the tight security line and stole Sambo’s phone at the on-going Solomon Lar’s book launch in Abuja. “It’s incredible that someone can breach the tight security line and steal the phone of the former VP Sambo at the on-going Late Governor Solomon Lar Book launch in Abuja”, he wrote…

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Graduate of Electrical Engineering caught stealing transformer cables in Rivers

Aminu Imam

Local vigilante members in Kaa community, situated in Khana local government area of Rivers State on Tuesday apprehended a young man (name withheld) in the process of stealing armoured cables from a transformer in the area. A member of the vigilante group, who spoke to newsmen about the arrest, said the group was on routine patrol when they caught the culprit, who had already cut the steel wires of the neighborhood transformer. The suspect was said to have confessed that he is from the Boue clan, in Khana, and was…

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Kaduna: 2 suspected ritualists nabbed with human skulls at Muslim cemetery

Aminu Imam

Two suspected ritualists with human skulls have been arrested by the Police in Kaduna State. The State Police Command spokesman, ASP Muhammad Jalige, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Jalige said the Police Command was informed of the activities of the ritualists through the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kakuri. According to him, the DPO informed the Command of suspicious movement of some persons at the Muslim cemetery located at Kudenden, which led to the arrest of the suspects. “On getting the report, operatives were immediately dispatched to the area…

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Adamawa: 2 Shila boys escape being burnt alive for stealing two goats

Aminu Imam

Two suspected Shila boys have narrowly escaped being burnt alive by a mob after they were intercepted for allegedly stealing 2 goats in Girei local government area of Adamawa State. The suspects, AbdulRahaman Musa, 26 and Sa’idu Ibrahim, 27, from Nassarawo ward in Jimeta/Yola, Adamawa State, were intercepted by the mob after stealing the goats in Girei town on Wednesday. An eyewitness told newsmen that the dreaded Shila boys, who stormed Girei town on a tricycle, were sighted when stealing the goats by some people. He narrated that the people…

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Electric Meter Cloning: Task Force arrests 7 in Kaduna over Prepaid acts

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Sani Magaji Muhammed, Kaduna. Special Investigation and Prosecution Taskforce on Electricity Offences (SIPTEO) North-West zone arrests seven persons who specialize in metre cloning, metre theft, metre vandalism, metre by-passing and other electric crimes in Kaduna and environs. The suspects were paraded at the task force Kaduna office led by the North-West zone Head, Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP. Aliyu Bamalli. Asp Aliyu Bamalli who is the second in command; operation officer Special Investigation and Prosecution of the task force said they were able to arrest the seven suspects involved…

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