Crime

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Police recover 15 firearms, 146 rounds of ammuniton from suspects in Zamfara

The Zamfara State police command says it has arrested eight suspects for banditry-related offences, criminal conspiracy, robbery and fraud. According

Bandits reject 5.3m old naira notes in Kaduna, say deadline approaching

Some bandits have rejected a N5. 3 million ransom which was paid to them with the old naira notes, saying the deadline for their usage was fast approa

Uniben lecturer petitions IGP over unlawful detention

A lecturer with the University of Benin (Uniben), Ishaq S. D. Osagie-Eweka, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, urging

Guard jailed 3 months for stealing drums from church

An area court in Gwagwalada in the FCT has sentenced a 22-year-old security guard, Ibrahim Abdullahi, to three months in prison for stealing drums and

Man arraigned over theft of 118 bags of cement

A 27-year-old-man, Peter Hassan, has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, for stealing 118 bags of cement and iron ro