Crime

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107-year-old woman remanded for plucking boy’s eye

A Kano magistrates’ court has ordered the remand of a 107-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, and 17-year-old Isah Hassan for plucking out the eye of a 1

Abductors of Kaduna community leader’s wives, daughters slash ransom to N5m

Abductors of the wife and four daughters of Sarkin Hausawa of Anguwar Azara in Jere town in Kaduna State on the Abuja-Kaduna highway, Malam Ibrahim Ta

2 brothers remanded over robbery, homicide

A Kaduna magistrates’ court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers, Kingsley Timothy and Peter Timothy, over armed robbery. The police char

Calls barring: Jos residents besiege NIN enrollment centres

Thousands of Jos residents in Plateau State have besieged the enrollment centres of the National Identity Management Commission for enrolment for the

Firemen rescue man from well in Kano

The Kano State Fire Service has rescued a 25-year-old man, Abba Yakubu, who was trapped inside a new well while digging at Hotoron Mahauta in Nasarawa