Crime

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Man swindles banks, gov’t N816m to fund extravagant lifestyle

Detectives from the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, have arrested a 50-year-old man, Odeleye Oluwabukola Moses, alias Beedel, for allegedly swindling

Teenager arraigned for theft in Kwara

A 15-years-old boy, Yuguda Na-Mata, has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for belonging to a gang of thieves.

Court sentences minors to corrective home for stabbing boy

An Abeokuta magistrates’ court on Tuesday sentenced two teenagers to 24 months in a juvenile corrective home for stabbing a boy. The minors had pleade

Farmer bags 1 month for concealing stolen yams

An area court in Plateau State sitting in Jos on Monday sentenced a farmer, Habibu Ali, (40), to one month imprisonment for concealing nine tubers of

Why cultists always carry guns – Suspect

A member of a secret cult, Kabiru Garba, whose gang members have been operating in Ikorodu and its suburbs for quite some time, has explained that cul