Crime

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Bricklayer arrested for allegedly defiling 12-year-old girl in Anambra

Police in Anambra State on Thursday arraigned one Chukwuemeka Uwalaka, a 27-year-old bricklayer, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The defend

Scrap dealer admits raping teenage with down syndrome

A 30-year-old scrap dealer, Kalu Iloh, has been remanded in a correctional facility by the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Offences Court i

Police bust interstate motorcycle snatching syndicate, recover 7 motorcycles

The Ondo State Police Command has busted an interstate motorcycle theft ring and recovered seven stolen motorcycles. DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the comman

Man in court for allegedly stealing goats in Ekiti

A 39-year-old man, Akintomiwa Olufemi, has been charged at the Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti for an alleged felony involving the theft of goats.

Siblings remanded over alleged assault on stepmother in Kano

A Shari’a Court in Kofar Kudu, Kano Municipal, has remanded two siblings accused of assaulting their stepmother. The siblings, Fatima Yusuf and Habibu