Crime

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Lagos: Police kill 2 ex-convicts in gun duel

Two members of a robbery gang involved in a series of attacks on Ajegule, Lagos, and its environs were on Saturday shot dead during a gun battle with

Phone thief stabs woman to death in Mararaba

A man has stabbed to death a woman with a knife while trying to snatch her phone in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. A witness,

No 20 persons were kidnapped in Ogun – Police

The police in Ogun State have dispelled a rumour that 20 persons were kidnapped on Kara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The command’s spokesman

Man posing as army officer arrested in Niger

The police in Niger State have arrested a 35-year-old man, Aliyu Umar, in Ibeto, Magama LGA of Niger State, for posing as a military officer. Parading

Woman, 2 others remanded for abducting mourners in Kwara

A magistrate’s court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has ordered the remand of three suspected kidnappers in a correctional facility. The suspects, Bature Ser