Crime

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Man arrested for allegedly stealing 17 phones at Gov. Diri’s defection venue

A suspected serial phone thief and pickpocket, simply identified as Francis, has been arrested by members of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service for s

5 jailed 2 months for dumping refuse on Ekiti road median

An Ekiti State Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced five persons to two months’ imprisonment for dumping refuse on the road median alon

Imo police probe assault on woman who aided investigation

The police in Imo State have commenced an investigation into the assault of Mrs. Ndididamaka Agu (55) by a group of men at Emekuku, near Owerri, the s

Tenant docked for allegedly assaulting landlady

A 29-year-old woman, Blessing Abiodun, was docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly assaulting her landlady. The police charg

UNICEF decry girls’ abuse in Benue IDP camps

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the abuse of displaced girls and women in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps