Crime

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Residents flee as houses burnt in renewed Benue communal crisis

Residents have fled a renewed fighting which led to the burning of several houses in clashes between villagers along the border of Gwer East and Konsh

Husband seeks Tinubu’s intervention after wife’s abduction, N20m ransom payment

More than two years after the abduction of his wife, Sidi Usman Waziri from Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State, is still seeking justice and

How 16-year-old student faked own kidnap for ransom

A 16-year-old SS2 student at a private secondary school in Abakaliki has faked her own kidnapping, says the police command in Ebonyi State. The girl a

Troops kill 2 suspected bandits, recover arms in Plateau

Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi-security task force maintaining peace in Plateau, on Tuesday, said it killed two suspected bandits and

Man killed, body dumped at Lokoja

A yet-to-be identified man was allegedly strangled to death by unknown assassins, who dumped his corpse at Kabba junction, a suburb of Lokoja, the Kog