Crime

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Kano man arraigned for stealing saw

A 48-year-old gateman, Jaafar Lawal, has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Nomansland, Sabon Gari, Kano, for allegedly stealing a

Man charged with possession of 24 ATM cards

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Akintomiwa Oluwasegun, before an Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court over alleged possession of 24 Autom

Cult leader on reprisal mission arrested with pistol in Lagos

A member of a secret cult group who the police describe as the head of the gang’s killer squad, Idris Ayinla, has been arrested while on a reprisal mi

Customs seizes 2,000 bags of rice in Ogun

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area 1 Command, said it seized over 2,000 bags of smuggled rice and generated N13,370,229 revenue in July. In

4 arrested for diverting N36.7m milk

Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four members of a syndicate, Samson Olusegun, Jimoh Iyanu, Opeyemi Akinloye and Hazimi Ab