Crime

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Casual worker killed at Gombe government house

The police in Gombe State have arrested a 19-year-old guard, Shuaibu Adamu, over allegedly killing a colleague at the Government House, Gombe. The com

Soldiers rescue abducted victim, recover motorcycles, cattle in Kano

Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Faruruwa have rescued a kidnap victim following a successful security operation along the Kano-Katsina border in

Edo: Police lost 4 officers, 8 got injured in 2025

The Edo State Police Command has disclosed that four of its officers were killed and eight others sustained injuries in the line of duty in 2025. The

3 remanded over attempted murder in Ekiti

A magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has ordered the remand of three people, Sunday Ikechukwu (39), Pius Kelvin (29) and Jude Sunda

Ex-convict, 3 others nabbed with UK-bound cocaine

A drug trafficker, Nwobodo Chidiebere Basil, convicted of dealing in 30.10kg of methamphetamine in 2023, has again been arrested by operatives of the