Crime

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Man remanded for raping housewife in Kwara

A magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Hassan Namusa, for raping a housewife in Kaiama LGA

2 ex-convicts rob in Oyo, arrested in Ogun 

Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers in Mowe, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state. The suspect

4 to die by hanging in Ekiti for robbery, murder

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced four persons to death by hanging on a three-count of conspiracy, armed robbery and murder

Police arraign cultism ‘kingpin’

A suspected cultism kingpin, Ahmed Jimoh, has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court in Ilorin over offences bordering on cultism, possession of f

Police kill 2 in gun battle in Edo

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Sunday killed two suspected armed robbers during a shot out to stop a robbery operation in Benin City. I