Crime

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Man jailed 8 years for duping salesgirl

An area court in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, sentenced one Hashim Yakubu (28) to eight years in prison for swindling a salesgirl of three android

Omobolanle Raheem: Policeman can’t account for 2 bullets

Drambi Vandi, the police officer who shot and killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022, has not accounted for two out

Student bags 3 months’ jail for attacking man

An area court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, sentenced an 18-year-old student, Suleiman Adam, to three months in prison for attacking and c

3 saleswomen arraigned over theft of N4.1m vegetable oil

Three saleswomen, Aminat Oluwafunmilayo (45), Oluwakemi Onakunle (40) and Oluwakemi Awolola (33), on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja magistrates’ c

2 kidnappers terrorising Kwara communities remanded

A magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded two suspected kidnappers accused of terrorising communities in Ilorin West LGA. The