Crime

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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

2023: NAPTIP rescued 1,000 victims of trafficking, GBV in Kano

The Zonal Commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Kano State, Barrister Abdullahi Shuaibu Babale, h

Police allegedly torture father of 3 to death in Ogun

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

Bandits raid 4 Zamfara villages, abduct ‘150’ residents

Bandits abducted 150 persons, mostly women and children, in Maru local government area of Zamfara state, on Friday. They also killed one person during

Military rescues 5 stolen children, arrests 17-year-old ‘trafficker’ 

Soldiers of Operation Whirl Strike (OPWS) have rescued five children reportedly stolen at Shendam in Plateau State, while they were being trafficked t