Crime

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Mechanic jailed 12 months for stealing church electronic amplifier

A Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has sentenced a 24-year-old mechanic, Usman Sagir, to 12 months imprisonment in a correctional facility

Cross River assembly suspends 4 councillors over alleged cult attack

The Cross River State House of Assembly has suspended four councillors of Akpabuyo Legislative Council for 90 days over alleged misconduct and violent

3 stowaways from Ghana arrested on oil tanker in Lagos

Naval officers from the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT have arrested three Ghanaians stowaways onboard a foreign vessel in Lagos. The suspects iden

Court jails barber for defiling 12-year-old

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced a 32-year-old barber, Ofonime Augustine Etim, to 14 years’ imprisonment without an

34 nabbed as police raid cybercrime hub in Delta

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested 34 suspects over alleged involvement in internet fraud in the state. The suspects were arre