Crime

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Driver jailed 1 year over motorcycle theft

A Jos magistrates’ court on Monday jailed a 30-year-old driver, Aminu Sani, for stealing a motorcycle. The magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried

Man beaten to death ‘for stealing’ N.4m from PoS operator

A mob, at the weekend, beat a man to a pulp for allegedly stealing N400,000 and a phone from a POS operator in Benin City, the Edo State capital. City

Father flees after ‘brutalising’ own children

The police in Lagos have commenced a manhunt for a 48-year old man, Kadiri Yusuf alias Alado, for allegedly brutalising two of his children in the Ori

How CCTV footage led to burglar’s arrest

The Lagos State Police Command has revealed how the footage obtained from a Close Circuit Camera (CCTV) in a supermarket, led to the arrest of a notor

Amotekun recovers 2 girls’ decomposed corpses

Two decayed bodies of two young girls have been found in a bush in Aramoko-Ekiti, Ekiti State by the Amotekun Corps in the state. The head of communic