Crime
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Security guard docked for allegedly stealing school’s solar lamp, footballs
A 40-year-old security guard, David Michael, appeared before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday, accused of stealing solar lamps and footballs from Onireke High School. Michael, who worked…
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Ogun Man stabs motorcyclist for having affair with wife
Ibrahim Ogunrinde, a 46-year-old farmer and butcher, has been detained by the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) for allegedly stabbing a motorcyclist named Kosu Daniel. According…
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Former LG chairman, five others jailed in Osun for arson
A former local government chairman, Tajudeen Babatunde has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for conspiracy, malicious damage, and arson. Babatunde who had served in previous capacity as a caretaker chairman…
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Man lands in court for stealing cocoa, maize worth N492,000
A 28-year old man, Toheeb Alabi, was on Thursday, arraigned before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing cocoa and maize worth N492,000. Alabi, whose address was not provided, is…
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Courts send 36 ‘yahoo boys’ to jail in Ibadan
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of thirty-six (36) internet fraudsters to various jail terms before Justices Uche Agomoh…
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‘We demand autopsy for slain Ajayi Crowther varsity student’- Niger Delta Youths
‘We demand autopsy for slain Ajayi Crowther varsity student’- Niger Delta Youths The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students and some youth leaders of the Niger Delta Front have demanded…
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Security guard, 24 others remanded for alleged murder of Ajayi Crowther varsity student
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan has remanded a security guard from Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, along with 24 others, in connection with the alleged murder of a student at the…
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Customs intercepts N3 billion pangolin scales
The Federal Operations Unit ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized pangolin scales worth over N3 billion in a major operation against illegal wildlife trade. Comptroller Shuaibu Ahmadu, head of…
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Nigerian Lawmaker arrested for banditry
The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara State, Muhammad Dalijan, has disclosed that a member of the State House of Assembly and a former local government chairman have been apprehended in relation…
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Court Gives Fresh Order in Bribery Case Against APC Nat’l Chairman Ganduje, Wife
A Kano State High Court has granted an order to serve the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, and son, Umar Abdullahi, with…
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Notorious phone snatchers kills army officer
Lt. IM Abubakar, a Nigerian soldier, was reportedly killed by phone snatchers in Kaduna State’s Unguwan Sarki region. Zagazola Makama, a counterterrorism and insurgency expert in the Lake Chad Basin, disclosed…
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Court remands couple for stealing wedding gifts
A Shari’a Court in Kano State has remanded Nura Musbahu and his fiancée, Fatima Lawal, for allegedly stealing a wedding gift (kayan lefe) from Musbahu’s sister, Aisha. The term “kayan lefe”…