Crime

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Man, 31, docked for shop rent fraud

A  31-year-old man, Kayode Oyediran, was on Wednesday docked in an Iyaganku magistrates’ court, Ibadan for alleged shop rent fraud. Oyediran, whose re

Court remands 2 guards over theft of 69 school mattresses

A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday remanded two security guards in a correction centre for allegedly stealing 69 units of school  mattress

Court remands man over rape

An Ile-Ife magistrates’ court in Osun on Wednesday remanded a 22-year-old man, Adeyemi Oluwadamilola, to be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional in I

Trader jailed 2 years for stealing 2 chickens

An Upper Area Court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old trader, Suleiman Yakubu, to two years in jail for stealing two broiler chickens from

I make N40,000 daily pretending to be LASTMA official – Suspect

A 27-year-old man, David Oluchukwu, arrested for impersonating as an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), has said he makes