Crime

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‘Cleric’ accused of raping, killing Kwara student backtracks, pleads not guilty

The prime suspect in the murder of Hafsah Lawal, a final year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, AbdulRahman Bello, on Tuesday,

140 sacks of Indian hemp intercepted in Ondo, suspects escape

Two suspects apprehended by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Command, for allegedly smuggling 140 sacks of substances suspected to be can

Widower sues mother-in-law for allegedly asking daughter to beg for alms

A widower, Mubarak Hussaini, on Tuesday, dragged his late wife’s mother, Farida Ismail before a Shari’a Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State fo

Man remanded over defilement of minor

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, remanded a 29-year-old man, Segun Olumade, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a

Gunmen abduct worshippers on Lokoja mountain

Gunmen reportedly stormed a prayer session  at a remote mountain site in the Egbola area, along Agbaja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi St