Crime

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Abductors of 9 Nasarawa villagers demand N50m

Gunmen who abducted nine residents, including two children, in Lokogoma community in Gadabuke District in Toto LGA of Nasarawa State have demanded a N

Mob sets bike ‘thief’ ablaze in FCT

A suspected motorcycle thief has been set ablaze by a mob between Kwaku and Gawu villages in Kuje Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Kwaku, Samson

Soldiers kill 2 bandits, nab informant in Kaduna

Soldiers have shot dead two suspected bandits and arrested one of their informants in Kurmin-Kare community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. A community

Man bags 7-year imprisonment for belonging to secret cult

An Ogun Special Cultism Court sitting in Abeokuta on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Tope Mutairu, to seven years in prison for belonging to a

Open defecation takes over 7.8km along Lagos, Ogun corridor

Open defecation has taken over a stretch of about 7.8 kilometres along the Lagos-Ogun corridor on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the General Manager (GM