Crime

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Zamfara varsity ex-VC sentenced to 35 years in prison over ‘N260m fraud’

A former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State capital, Prof. Magaji Garba has been sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment

Police arrest producer of ‘bulletproof charms’ in Katsina

The police in Katsina State have arrested a 53-year-old man who produces bulletproof charms for bandits and criminals. Police spokesman in the state,

Man jailed 1 year for stealing 2 phones

An Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, sentenced a man, Nurudeen Raji, to one year imprisonment for stealing two phones. T

Amotekun arrests 2 ritualists in Ekiti

Operatives of the Western Security Network (WSN), alias the Amotekun Corps, Ekiti State Command, have paraded two persons over money ritual in Ado-Eki

Yahoo boy beats girlfriend to death in Ogun

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old internet fraudster (yahoo boy), Obeta John, for killing his girlfriend, Idowu Buhari, an HND I st