Crime

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Kidnapped Benue Catholic priest regains freedom after 3 days

The recently kidnapped Catholic priest of Otukpo Diocese in Benue State, Reverend Father Peter Amodu, has regained his freedom after three days in cap

Court remands man for sodomising minors

A Minna magistrates’ court in Niger State has remanded a 45-year-old man, Kasali Hassan, a.k.a. Alfa, till August 2, 2022, who was brought before it o

Robbers invade house in Kubwa, steal phones, empty bank accounts

Armed robbers numbering about 10 in the early hours of Sunday invaded a “face-me-I-face-you (house)” on Arab Road in Kubwa, a satellite town in Bwari

Abba Kyari: Court remands billionaire over illegal drug dealing

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has remanded a Nigerian billionaire, Ukatu Afamefuna Mallinson, alongside one of his co-conspirat

2 arrested for stealing 16 plasma TVs

The police in Kano State have arrested one Sadiq Isma’il (18) of Rijiyar Lemu Quarters for stealing 16 plasma TVs, valued at N1.2 million from a shop