Crime

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Kogi to recruit 1,050 hunters to curb insecurity

The Kogi state government is to recruit 1, 050 hunters to beef up security in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed t

Gunmen kidnap farmer, demand N10m in Edo

Gunmen have kidnapped a farmer and demanded N10 million in Ugomoson community in Edo State. A resident, Frank Okunwaye, who spoke on the incident, cal

Bandits kill man ‘considered rude during negotiation’

Bandits have shot dead a 27-year-old man, identified as Abba, after he delivered a N16 million ransom and three motorcycles to them for the release of

2 suspected phone thieves arraigned

The police in Ekiti State have arraigned two persons, Ayodele Kofoworola, 17, and Alaba Aanu, 19, in a magistrates’ court sitting in Ado-Ekiti over ph

Police arrest ex-youth secretary, 2 others over cultism, robbery in Delta

The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Felix Egbe (37), a former youth secretary of Oteri community in Ughelli North LGA of Delta State over