Crime

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3 Benue farmers accused of killing, throwing 70-year-old man in river

A magistrates’ court in Makurdi on Wednesday ordered the remand of three farmers, Orngu Shuhu, Ityonenge Azungur and Andrew Ber, in the correctional f

Bandits hit Ango Abdullahi’s family again, abduct daughter-in-law, four children

One month after Sadiq, one of the sons of Elder Statesman Ango Abdullahi, was released from captivity, bandits have abducted the daughter-in-law of th

Man arrested for killing neighbour to evade repaying loan

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded a 40-year-old man, Mutiu Idowu, for killing his neighbour, Olusegun Rufus, who loaned him some money.

NDLEA seizes 456.8kg drugs in Kogi

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested four suspects and seized 456.8 kg of illicit drugs in Kogi State within four days. Alhaji Ab

How Lagos woman used N200 to lure, abduct 3 kids in Borno

A sexagenarian woman, Nsa Heneswa, has been arrested by the police in Maiduguri, Borno State, with two abducted almajiri boys and a two-year-old girl.