Crime

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NSCDC poised to arrest manhole cover thieves in FCT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has promised to eradicate the incessant theft of manhole covers in the FCT. In a statement, corps

Land crisis: CP orders arrest of arsonists, killers in Ondo

The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Oyediran Oyeyemi, has ordered the arrest of persons involved in arson and murder at Kuseru village in Odigbo

Man, 61, jailed 10 years for raping 12-year-old girl

An Edo State High Court sitting in Auchi has sentenced a 61-year-old farmer, Taiwo Buoro, to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl. Earl

‘I beat my neighbour for pretending to be a pastor’

A 38-year-old man, Ken Udoh, has been arraigned in an Isolo magistrates’ court, in Lagos, for beating up his neighbour on Omiyala Street in the Ejigbo

Man, 75, arrested for defiling 4-year-old niece in Nasarawa

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested a 75-year-old man, Isa Nana Okpoku, for allegedly raping his four-year-old niece in Obi LGA. Daily Trust fi