Crime

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24 houses set ablaze in Jigawa communal clash

At least 24 thatched houses and 16 granaries were burnt in a communal clash in Taura LGA of Jigawa State, the police have confirmed. Police spokesman

Herder, cyclist arrested selling stolen sheep at FCT market

A herder, identified as Shehu and a commercial cyclist, Lawal, have been arrested by vigilantes while attempting to sell a stolen sheep at the cattle

Cart pusher stabbed to death during street fight in Lagos

A 25-year- old cart pusher identified as Mahmud has been stabbed to death during a street fight with another cart pusher in the Abule Egba area of Lag

Police nab suspected cultist over killing in Lagos

Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old suspected leader of a notorious cult gang that had been terrorising residen

2 charged with theft of economic trees worth N13m

The Ekiti State police command has arraigned two persons, Azeez Mustapha, 67, and Najee Adedayo, 51, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court over