Crime

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2 arrested for raping, infecting girl with hepatitis in Jigawa

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State have arrested two men for raping girls and infecting one of them with Hepa

Kano man arraigned for stealing saw

A 48-year-old gateman, Jaafar Lawal, has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Nomansland, Sabon Gari, Kano, for allegedly stealing a

Man charged with possession of 24 ATM cards

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Akintomiwa Oluwasegun, before an Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court over alleged possession of 24 Autom

Cult leader on reprisal mission arrested with pistol in Lagos

A member of a secret cult group who the police describe as the head of the gang’s killer squad, Idris Ayinla, has been arrested while on a reprisal mi

Customs seizes 2,000 bags of rice in Ogun

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, said it seized over 2,000 bags of smuggled rice and generated N13,370,229 revenue in July. In