Crime

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How Edo woman committed suicide after losing N300m to fraudsters

A 40-year-old woman, Mrs Lilian Omokhuale, née Omoruyi Oloton, committed suicide over the weekend in Edo State after she was defrauded by fraudsters t

Lagos: Cultists slaughter 15-year-old boy in dad’s room

The corpse of a 15-year-old boy, Jerome Chukwuemaka, has been discovered in his father’s room at the Ago-Okota area of Lagos. The police said that the

60-year-old woman, 1 other jailed 4 years for stealing

A Minna magistrates’ court in Niger State has sentenced two women, Fatima Ahmadu (60) and Hafsat Ilyasu (21), to four years imprisonment each for brea

Kidnappers kill man after collecting ransom in Kano

Kidnappers in Kano State have killed a 42-year-old man after collecting ransom money. The victim, identified as Ali Alhassan of Kariya village in Bebe

Man remanded for sodomising boy in Kano

A Kano State magistrates’ court has remanded a 31-year-old man, Aminu Sani, for raping a 15-year-old boy at Rijiyar Lemu Quarters, Kano metropolis. Ea