Crime

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Customs intercepts smugglers, recovers N29m petrol

Operatives of the Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted three truckloads of petrol along the creeks of Badagry. At the time of

2 men in court for assaulting pregnant woman

Two men, Chinwendu Kalu, 28 and Emeka Ugochukwu, 20, who allegedly assaulted a pregnant woman, on Thursday appeared at an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, L

3 scavengers jailed for stealing iron rods

A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court Abuja on Thursday sentenced three scavengers to 10 months in prison each for destroying concrete pillars and stealing the

Police arrest 4 over social media sex scam in Anambra

Anambra State Police Command on Thursday arrested four persons over alleged social media sex scam in the state. The suspects, two males and two female

Court remands 2 for raping14-year-old girl

Chief Magistrate Patricia Adetuyibi, sitting at A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday remanded two men—James Thomas, 35, and Segun Adesina,