Crime

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Woman remanded for stealing 9-year-old girl

A magistrates’ court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 45-year-old woman, Rayinat Bakare, in prison for allegedly stealing a nine-year

NSCDC nabs 6 cable thieves in Yobe

Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe State have arrested six suspected power cable thieves. The state’s Commandant of

3 kidnappers to die by hanging in Edo

Justice R Irele-Ifijeh of the Edo State High Court has sentenced three men, Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward, to death by hanging for ar

Kwara: 2 remanded for killing farmer on cashew farm

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilọrin has ordered the remand of two men, Segun Obatunlese and Sola Ajayi, for allegedly killing one Wasiu Jimoh i

Mob strips suspected motorcycle thief in FCT council

A suspected motorcycle thief was yes-terday stripped for allegedly stealing a motorcycle along Ijah-Sarki road in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. City