Convict weeps after death sentence for kidnapping 4-year-old boy
Justice Augustine Odokwo of Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced 31-year-old Ekerete Ukpong to death for kidnapping a four-year-old boy. The prono
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Kidnappers kill 1, abduct 6 family members in Kogi
Kidnappers have shot dead one man, identified as Ayuba, and abducted six family members on a farm at Lagbeta community in Kogi Local Government Area o
Mob burn robbery suspects to death
A mob at Sango area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday night set ablaze two suspected armed robbers. An eyewitness said the suspects who c
Ekiti State Water Corporation worker, 4 others jailed for cyber fraud
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court Ilorin on Wednesday convicted a 25-year-old staff member of the Ekiti State Water Corporation, Opeyemi
Student, 20, jailed 3 weeks for threatening teacher’s life
An Abeokuta magistrates’ court on Thursday, sentenced a 20-year-old secondary school student, Segun Dosumu, to three weeks imprisonment with hard labo