Crime

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Fraud: Absence of property developer stalls arraignment

The absence of Mr Cecil Osakwe, a property developer and managing director of Abeh Signatures Limited, on Thursday, stalled his arraignment in a High

Court remands woman for pouring hot water on neighbour

A Shari’a court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 29-year-old woman, Hafsat Isah, who poured hot water on her neighbour, be remanded in a corr

Ekiti man bags life jail for raping 85-year-old step mum

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a man, Durodola Kayode Ogundele, to life imprisonment for raping his 85-year-old step mother. The

Cult gangs’ plan to storm Lagos for ‘7/7 Neo Black Movement’ uncovered

The police in Lagos State, on Wednesday, uncovered plans by cult gangs to storm the state to celebrate “7/7 Neo Black Movement of Africa, a.k.a. Black

Police arrest 2 serial trailer hijackers, recover full load of animal feeds

The police in Oyo State have arrested two men, Samuel Olaoluwa and Adegboyega Afeez, who specialise in hijacking trailers on the Lagos-Ibadan highway.