Crime

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Police arrest 7 suspected kidnappers in Benue

The police in Benue State have arrested seven suspects for kidnapping and armed robbery and arraigned 37 others over alleged arson. Spokeswoman of the

Man cuts off friend’s hands in Bauchi, bags 2 years jail

A Bauchi State magistrates’ court presided over by Haruna Abdulmumini Mamman has sentenced a 32-year-old man, Auwal Usman, to two years in prison for

Hoodlums abduct 2 siblings, driver in Kogi, demand N2m

Hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two siblings selling bread and a driver on their way from Ogbomu to Egbe in Yagba West LGA of Kogi S

Police confirm killing of 6 persons in Zamfara

The police command in Zamfara State has confirmed the killing of six persons in an attack by vigilantes, Yan Sakai, in Kadamutsawa community in Bungud

Beninese sentenced to 6 years in prison for stealing generator

An Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, sentenced a security guard, Taiwo Oru, to six years in prison for stealing his employ