Crime

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Bandits kill 5 policemen, 3 others in Katsina

Bandits have killed five mobile policemen and three civilians at Gatikawa community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State.  The mobile pol

Man bags 1 year for stealing phone

A Kano Shari’a court on Thursday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Ali Muhammed, to one year in a correctional centre for breach of trust and theft of a ph

Man caught raping mentally-ill woman in Suleja

A 21-year-old man, Haruna Musa, was on Tuesday night caught having sex with a mentally ill woman at Angwan Gwari Kwamba in Suleja LGA of Niger State.

Police arrest man, recover firearms, drugs

The police in Oyo State have arrested a 25-year-old man, Toheeb Salawu, at a criminal hideout in an uncompleted building at Onipepeye area of Ibadan,

Vigilantes arrest 3 for stealing goat in Kano

Vigilantes have arrested three youths for stealing a goat at Dandinshe area of Kano State. The state’s Deputy Commandant of the Vigilante Group of Nig