Crime

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Bandits demand N8m for 4 abducted people in FCT village

Bandits have demanded N8 million for four out of the six abducted victims from Tekpeshe and Gurdi communities in Abaji Area Council of the FCT. City &

Police parade 21 suspects over kidnapping, others in Ekiti

The police in Ekiti State have paraded 21 criminal suspects. The command’s spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, said they were involved in various crimes such

4 caught on camera shoplifting at Lagos mall

Four men who were caught on camera stealing from a shopping mall in Surulere area of Lagos have been rescued by the police from a mob. Babatunde Oguns

I was frustrated, thief jailed 4 weeks tells court

An Ikeja magistrates’ court on Tuesday sentenced a 44-year-old man, Chijioke Kingsley, to four weeks imprisonment for stealing. The convict, who plead

Court remands man for sodomising 9-year-old boy

A Kaduna magistrates’ court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 27-year-old man, Haruna Mustapha, in a correctional facility for sodomising a nine-year