Crime

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4 arrested as octogenarian’s corpse goes missing in Ogun

The corpse of an 86-year-old man, Joel Omiran, has reportedly gone missing from the mortuary at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro, Abeokuta, in Ogun

Police kill 3 kidnappers in Nasarawa

Nasarawa State Police Command has said three suspected notorious kidnappers terrorising the residents of Sabon Gidan, in Lafia East Development Area o

2 men, housewife arrested for forcing almajiri to eat faeces

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three people, all of them residents of Ja’en Makera quarters in Sharada area of Kano metropolis, for allege

Reps summon Bwari council chair, LEA secretary over non-payment of teachers’ salary

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the chairman of Bwari Area Council in the FCT, John Gabaya, the council’s Loca

Court remands man for attempting to kill sister

A chief magistrates’ court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered that a 59-year-old man, Kelvin Iorfa, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal ad