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NDLEA alerts on fake medicinal cannabis, arrests man

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the Nigerian public about the circulation of dangerous illicit substances being falsely p

Kwara judge weeps before sentencing 3 to death for armed robbery

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced three men to death by hanging. Our correspondent reports that the presiding judge, Justice M.

1 hospitalized as bandits open fire on passengers’ bus in Kogi

Armed bandits have reportedly opened fire on a commercial bus along the Ijowa-Mopo Road in the Isanlu community of Yagba East Local Government Area (L

Farmer killed in Plateau attack

  A farmer, identified as Bitrus Dakwan, has been killed in an attack by suspected gunmen in the Kubon community, Kombun District, of Mangu Local

Court frees farm attendant who pleaded guilty to stealing

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday released one Shakor Ali (23), a farm attendant at L.O farms, Ido, Ibadan, who earlier pleaded guilty