Crime

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Abductors of 16 FCT wedding guests demand N150m

The abductors of 16 wedding guests at Gwombe community in Gwargwada Chiefdom in Kuje Area Council of the FCT have demanded N150 million ransom. City &

2 remanded for N5m e-robbery

An Ile-Ife magistrates’ court in Osun State on Monday remanded two robbery suspects, Salami Fatai (25) and Tope Adesiyan (25). The prosecutor, ASP Jos

NSCDC poised to arrest manhole cover thieves in FCT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has promised to eradicate the incessant theft of manhole covers in the FCT. In a statement, corps

Land crisis: CP orders arrest of arsonists, killers in Ondo

The Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Oyediran Oyeyemi, has ordered the arrest of persons involved in arson and murder at Kuseru village in Odigbo

Man, 61, jailed 10 years for raping 12-year-old girl

An Edo State High Court sitting in Auchi has sentenced a 61-year-old farmer, Taiwo Buoro, to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl. Earl