Crime

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Lagos gives 5-day ultimatum to makeshift owners in Lekki

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task force), on Sunday, issued a 5-day removal notice to owners/occupiers of shanties located alo

After N3m ransom, abducted Abuja cattle dealer, daughter regain freedom

  Isiaka Alhassan Dogara, a cattle dealer abducted by gunmen from Chituma community in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, has regained freedom f

Kidnappers raid 7 FCT communities in 3 weeks

There has been palpable tension in Kuje Area Council of the FCT as kidnappers raided seven rural communities in the council, abducting scores of villa

Saudi-bound widower, divorcee arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

A widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde, and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo, who were going for Umrah (lesser hajj) in Saudi Arabia have been arrested

Many estates in Abuja are proceeds of money laundering – EFCC lawyer

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the commission is zeroing on those hiding under real estate to perpetrate money launderin