Crime

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Policeman dismissed for raping victim in detention

The police in Benue State have dismissed one Belasa Iyangedue, a constable, for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl while in detention. The state Comm

Man bags life sentence for defiling 4-year-old girl in church

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic violence Court has sentenced a man, Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexuall

How retired Benue judge was killed by nephew, driver, others – Police

The Police in Benue State on Tuesday paraded four suspects in connection with the murder of a retired President of the Benue State Customary Court of

Eight ‘killed’ in fresh Plateau Attack

No fewer than eight people have been reportedly killed in an attack by gunmen on Du village of Kwall District, Rigwe Chiefdom, Plateau State. It was g

Man breaks into woman’s room, attempts to rape her

A man, Godstime Ekanem, allegedly broke into the room of a woman, Mrs Jelila Oyinbo, in MTN Estate in the Mowe-Ofada area in Obafemi-Owode LGA and att