Crime

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Suspected cultist dies in Ogun police custody

A suspected cultist, Oduyiga Seyi, has died in the cell of the Ogun State Police Command after alleged torture by the command’s operatives. Seyi Oduyi

30 fined for violating sanitation law in Ekiti

Thirty-four people have been prosecuted for violating the monthly environmental sanitation law for November in Ekiti State and were fined N5,000 each.

Kidnappers hold FCT chief, 3 kids, release wife to raise ransom

Gunmen who abducted nine residents of GRA community in Mpape under Bwari Area Council in the FCT last Wednesday released one of their victims on Frida

Police arrest 4 kidnappers in Jigawa

Men of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested four suspects for kidnapping in Ringim LGA. In an interview with our correspondent, the command’s

Anambra Catholic priest remanded for impregnating teenager

A  Catholic priest, Rev Fr Nwaigwe Stephen, in Anambra State has been remanded in a correctional centre by an Awka magistrates’ court, known as Childr