Troops raid hideouts for kidnappers, insurgents
Troops have successfully raided several hideouts of criminal insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements nationwide, the army says. Ni
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Man in Kirikiri for throwing stones at police officers
A 30-year-old applicant, Sulaimon Agboola, who pleaded guilty to throwing stones and bottles at police officers on duty, has been remanded at the Kiri
Customs intercepts tanker loaded with smuggled rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Niger/Kogi Area Command has intercepted a tanker meant for petroleum products but loaded with foreign rice smuggl
Court remands man for allegedly kidnapping, raping 2 teenagers
A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday ordered that a 27-year-old man, Yusuf Yahaya, who allegedly kidnapped and raped two teenagers, be remanded
Man, 21, docked for attempted murder
A 21-year-old man, Bassey Udoh, on Thursday appeared in an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court for attempted murder and assault. Udoh, who was brought on tw