Gunmen abduct Taraba governor CPS, foreigner, 4 others
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted Mallam Hassan Mijinyawa, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku and a yet to
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Police arrest man, 45, for allegedly raping own daughter
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 45-year-old man for allegedly raping his 21-year-old daughter. The suspect, Idowu Owolabi, who lives at Papa
Court remands teenager for alleged rape
A Gombe Chief Magistrate Court III, yesterday remanded an 18-year-old student, Usman Shehu, of Bypass Quarters, Gombe, for alleged trespass and rape o
Girl, 14, bags 1 year in prison for stealing N3.5m
A 14-year-old girl (name withheld) has been sentenced to one year in the juvenile prison for stealing N3.5 million from her godfather in Kano. Also ch
Distributor bags 3 years’ jail over diversion of mosquito nets
A Gombe State High Court, yesterday, sentenced one Sunday Ogar to three years imprisonment for offences bordering on misappropriation and forge