Crime

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2 arrested for vandalising rail tracks

Two suspects, Idowu Abiodun (24) and David Titus (24), who were arrested for vandalising rail tracks on the Lagos-Abeokuta axis, have confessed supply

Man jailed 3 months for biting off friend’s finger

An Ota magistrates’ court in Ogun State on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Mohammed Abubakar, to three months imprisonment for biting off the fi

Car battery thieves invade Kubwa

Residents of Kubwa in Abuja have decried the high rate of car battery theft in the area, describing it as “worrisome”. They said more than nine car ba

Robbers terrorising LAUTECH students arrested

The police in Oyo State have arrested two armed robbers terrorising students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, and

Sexual assault: Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha, jailed 16 years

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced a popular Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka Jame