Crime

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Court remands man for cheating commercial sex worker

A Dei-Dei area court in Abuja on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Victor Emeka, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly swindling a

Ogun: Customs arrests 7 ‘smugglers,’ seizes N704m worth contrabands

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun Area I Command, has arrested seven suspected smugglers and seized 181 prohibited items with a Duty Paid Value

Police clamp down on Okada riders over killing of officer in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have clamped down on Okada riders in the Cele-Ilasa, Mile 2 and Coconut areas over the alleged killing of a police inspector

Maids charged with stealing N1.4m gold in Kano

Two housemaids have been arraigned before a Kano Shari’a court sitting at Kwana Hudu for conspiring to steal gold worth N1.4 million from the house wh

Farmer jailed for raping 15-year-old girl in Kwara

A magistrates’ court in Bani in Kaiama LGA of Kwara State has jailed one Hussain Kamilu (35) for raping a 15-year-old girl. Magistrate Abubakar Ahmed