Crime

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Court remands farmer for ‘defiling’ stepdaughter

A Makurdi Magistrates Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Adera Sunday (40) accused of defiling his 16-year-old stepdaughter. The Magistrat

‘One chance’ robber escapes lynching in Abuja

A suspected “one chance” robber escaped being lynched at Area 11, Garki, Abuja, on Tuesday. A witness said that the suspect, who drove a Toyota Mazda,

Dismissed soldier nabbed for defrauding 3 people

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a dismissed soldier, Aliyu Adamu, on charges of impersonation, cheating, misappropriation and breach of t

30 miscreants arrested, 12 jailed in Lagos

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has arrested 30 miscreants, including a female, in Oshodi. The Commissioner for Environment and Water R

Housewife in court for allegedly poisoning 1-year-old stepson

A woman has been arraigned in a Kano State magistrates’ court sitting in Nomansland for allegedly poisoning the one-year-old son of her co-wife. The d