Crime

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Carpenter arraigned over cheating

A 47-year-old carpenter, David John, has appeared before a Kubwa area court for cheating his customer, Agunloye Wemimo, of N160,000. The police charge

5-year-old girl defiled in Kaduna

A magistrates’ court in Kaduna, on Thursday, remanded a 32-year-old man, Masaoudu Abubakar, for defiling a five-year-old girl. The police charged Abub

11 prisoners bag degrees from NOUN in Enugu

Eleven inmates of the Enugu Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria (

Lagos pastor accused of having anal sex with 3 brothers

The police in Lagos State have commenced investigation into the activities of a pastor of a new generation church, Elijah Emenendu, who is alleged to

Mob sets motorcycle ablaze after truck crushes passenger in Abuja

A mob on Thursday burnt a commercial motorcycle in Abuja following the killing of the passenger by a truck. The incident happened around 11am close to