Crime

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After N.4m ransom, abductors of couple at late Jere emir’s residence want bike

The abductors of a couple at the residence of the late emir of Jere have demanded a brand new motorcycle after collecting N400,000 ransom before relea

Man, 20, defiles 2-year-old girl in Edo

A 20-year-old man, identified only as Amafè, has allegedly defiled a 2-year-old girl in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened in Oza c

Man breaks into Ekiti monarch’s palace, steals bags of rice

A 22-year-old man, Adebanji Elijah, was on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing and willful damage of a tra

Court jails nursing mother 6 years for drug trafficking

A Lagos Federal High Court has convicted and sentenced a nursing mother, Adeoye Oluwakemi Fatimoh, to six years in prison for trafficking in banned su

Police order investigation of Uber driver shooting in Abuja

The FCT police commissioner, CP Sadiq I. Abubakar, has ordered a preliminary investigation into the shooting of an Uber driver, identified as Afam, by