Crime

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NAPTIP foils trafficking plot in Kano, rescues 7 Saudi‑bound women

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, on Wednesday said it arrested one suspect and rescued

Man bags life imprisonment for rape in Yobe

The Yobe State High Court sitting in Gujba Local Government Area has sentenced a 31-year-old man, Ali Kwano, to life imprisonment for raping a 12-year

Edo security corps arrests 2 over motorcycles’ theft

Operatives of the Edo State Security Corps have arrested a two-man syndicate allegedly specialised in stealing motorcycles from Benin City and transpo

Police hold man over threat to destroy station in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command says it has taken into custody one Oluchukwu Anyaoku, who was seen in a viral video threatening to destroy police for

Bandits attack camps, rustle 365 cows in Kaduna

Bandits have invaded four settlements and rustled 365 cows in Iddo village, near Janjala in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State. A resident of the area, Tukur