Crime

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Four Yahoo boys die of ‘drug overdose’ in Bayelsa

Four suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys have been confirmed dead after reportedly taking an overdose of illicit drugs in Biog

Edo vigilantes arrest 4 over burnt corpse

Operatives of the Edo State Security Network have arrested four suspects over alleged murder and burning of a body in the Benin metropolis. Daily Trus

Robbers kill woman in Kogi

Armed robbers have shot and killed a woman, Mrs Dupe Daniel, in her residence at the Adankolo area Lokoja, Kogi State, and stolen her car. A witness s

2 phone thieves bag 6 months jail each

An Ota magistrates’ court in Ogun State on Thursday sentenced two men, Dayo Olatunji (22) and Lekan Akande (23), to six months imprisonment each for s

Man sentenced to life jail for defiling neighbour’s daughter

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Efe Akioya, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s five-y