Crime

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500 women groups urge govt’s intervention in Rhoda Jatau’s detention

The federal government has been called on to intervene in the 18-month detention of a Nigerian woman, Mrs Rhoda Jatau, who allegedly protested the mur

After N3.5m, bandits free remaining 2 victims in FCT

Bandits have released the remaining two abducted women in their captivity after collecting another N3.5 million ransom from the victims’ relations at

Social media ‘babalawo’ in police net over rape

  A social media babalawo, Sultan Ojuwoni Atakoro, has been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command over alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman a

Police arrest 18-year-old girl, 4 others for robbery

The Bauchi state oolice command has arrested five suspected miscrannts, including an 18-year-old girl for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, receivin

2 remanded for burglary, robbery in Kano, Ekiti

  A magistrates’ court sitting in Kano has ordered the remand of a man, Abdul Adamu Kurna, for allegedly breaking into a house owned by Alhaji Ha