Crime

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Catholic priest kidnapped in Benue

A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Peter Amodu, has been kidnapped on the Otukpo-Ugbokolo road in Benue State. Our correspondent gathered that the inc

Fraud: Absence of property developer stalls arraignment

The absence of Mr Cecil Osakwe, a property developer and managing director of Abeh Signatures Limited, on Thursday, stalled his arraignment in a High

Court remands woman for pouring hot water on neighbour

A Shari’a court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 29-year-old woman, Hafsat Isah, who poured hot water on her neighbour, be remanded in a corr

Ekiti man bags life jail for raping 85-year-old step mum

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a man, Durodola Kayode Ogundele, to life imprisonment for raping his 85-year-old step mother. The

Cult gangs’ plan to storm Lagos for ‘7/7 Neo Black Movement’ uncovered

The police in Lagos State, on Wednesday, uncovered plans by cult gangs to storm the state to celebrate “7/7 Neo Black Movement of Africa, a.k.a. Black