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Crime • January 19, 2020 18:05

Police nab 26-year-old mother for faking own kidnap

Operatives of Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a-26-year-old mother of one, Ataghar Namdoo, for allegedly fakin

Crime • January 17, 2020 17:30

Osun: 2 men to die by hanging over mob action

The Osun State High Court sitting in the Ikirun on Friday sentenced two men, Orisakunle Abiodun and Opadokun Olayinka to death by hanging for causing

Crime • January 17, 2020 11:49

Woman remanded for allegedly stabbing neighbour to death

A 35-year-old woman, Stella Olowofoyekun, was, on Friday, remanded in a correctional centre by a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly

Crime • January 17, 2020 10:09

Kidnap kingpin Buju Bazamfare to surrender self, arms in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has disclosed that a notorious kidnapper operating in the state, Buju Bazamfare, has accepted to surrender, al

Crime • January 17, 2020 03:35

Man dies from cutlass wounds 3 months after fight

A 42-year-old man, Ayodeji Thomas, on Thursday appeared before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, for allegedly killing a man with c