Crime

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Soldiers kill suspected kidnappers in Plateau, Kaduna

Troops of 3 Division and Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on the ongoing Operation LAFIYAN JAMA’A have neutralised two suspected kidnappers and nabbed susp

Kano: Fire killed 7, destroyed N50m properties in February

At least seven lives were lost while property worth over N50 million were destroyed by fire incidents in February, 2025, in Kano State. The spokesman

Man arrested for allegedly defiling minor in Ekiti

The police in Ekiti State have arrested one Olajobi Taiwo, 19, of Dallimore Street, Ado-Ekiti, for defiling a 15-year-old girl alongside his friend, w

Fraudster bags 2 years in Edo

A High Court sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has sentenced one Christopher Alex, 25, to two years in a correctional centre over fraud. The convict w

12 suspected transformer vandals arrested in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 12 suspected transformer vandals in the state. SP Sunday Abutu, spokesman of the police in the state, said