Crime

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I wrote statement out of fear, man tells court

A man, Onyekachi Agbo, on Tuesday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, Enugu State, that he wrote his confessional statement at the office of

Court remands man for stealing gold chain

A Dei-Dei area court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that a 25-year-old man, Abubakar Zilkifilu, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly steali

Landlord jailed 5 years for storing 372.6kg hemp

A shop owner, Saheed Ojomu, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for allowing his tenant to use his shop to sto

Amotekun arrests 3 specialise in looting at construction sites

The Osun State Amotekun Corps Commander, Brig Gen Bashir Adewinmbi (Rtd), has said that three suspects who specialise in looting at construction sites

Man arraigned over theft of ACs

An electrician, Ibrahim Hamisu, was arraigned on Monday before a Kado area court in Abuja for allegedly stealing five units of air conditioner valued