Crime

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Lagos police officer arrested for smoking Indian hemp in public

An Assistant Superintendent of Police, attached to Shogunle divison in Lagos, Babatunde Adebayo, has been arrested for smoking Indian hemp in public.

3 remanded for kidnapping 72-year-old woman from Lagos mosque

An Ebute Meta magistrates’ court, on Tuesday, ordered that three men who kidnapped a 72-year-old woman be remanded. The police had charged Bolaji Apen

Bandits invade Kaduna Correctional Service’s farm, kill 1, rustle many animals

Bandits have stormed a farm belonging to the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kujama town, headquarters of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna Stat

Reps probe ‘disappearance’ of 10,000 FG’s mass transit buses in FCT

The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to investigate the alleged disappearance of 10,000 t

17 cannabis farms destroyed in Edo

The Edo State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 17 cannabis sativa farms measuring over 15 hectares in the sta