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Unknown gunmen shot dead NBA member while trying to kidnap him in Zamfara
The Zamfara State chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has expressed sadness as unknown gunmen kill one of its members, Barrister…
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Security agents rescue 69 kidnapped victims in Bauchi
Alhaji Abdulrazaq Nuhu Zaki, Bauchi State commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs has revealed that security men rescue 69 kidnapped victims…
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Suspects in Ondo monarch’s kidnap arrested in Ibadan
Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested five persons suspected to be involved in the kidnap of the Oniku of…
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Police discover 20 bodies in Edo, apprehend 3 suspects
Men of the Edo Police Command have stormed a suspected ritual shrine in Benin and apprehended three suspects with 20 mummified bodies.…
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Prophet remanded over defilement of 13-year-old girl in Ekiti
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, had granted an order to remand a 45-year-old Prophet, Adeleye Akingbaso in…
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We’re being raped by herdsmen in our community – Rivers women
Some women from Evekwu community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Wednesday, staged a protest to the Rumuji Police…
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PHOTOS: Navy dismisses officer for alleged sodomy
The Nigerian Navy has dismissed an officer, SLT VN Ukpawanne, on allegations of sodomising a teenager in Delta State. Ukpawanne was court…
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Famous Nigerian wrestler sentenced to death for killing wife
Thank-You Grim, a famous local wrestler in Adamawa State, has been sentenced to death over the murder of his wife. The Adamawa…
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NSCDC arrest 18-year-old student over attempt to kidnap Provost
An 18-year-old student has been apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, over an alleged attempt to…
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Abductors of Nasarawa Commissioner demand N100m ramson
The kidnappers of Nasarawa Commissioner of Information Lawal Yakubu have demanded N100m ransom. The Nation reports Yakubu was abducted in his residence at Nasarawa…
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Nigerian gov approves death penalty for informants, bandits, others
Zamfara State Government has approved death penalty for anyone convicted for banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as a bandits’ informant…
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Police PRO criticizes security personnel who wait for drivers’ faults to make money
A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bright Edafe, has criticized Nigerian security personnel who use drivers’ faults as means of getting money. Edafe…
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EFCC apprehends 7 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja
Men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have apprehended a syndicate of seven suspected internet fraudsters in the FCT, the…
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Police apprehend suspected terrorist disguised as woman in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command says it has apprehended a suspected terrorist, Sanni Gafar, in the Ijora Badia area of the State.…
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Court sentences Kano man to 6 months imprisonment for stealing goat
A 23-year-old man, Sadiq Miko, has been sentenced to six months imprisonments by a Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano. Miko was…
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20 year old man rapes friend’s neighbour in Ibadan
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday remanded a 20-year old man, Musa Salimon, at the Agodi Correctional facility for…
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Stop promoting, paying ransom to bandits in Southeast – Kanu tells govs, politicians
A brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Kanunta Kanu, has told political actors and governors to…
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Nigerian gov orders free treatment for bandit attack victims
Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, ordered free treatment for victims of a terrorist attack in the state on Friday. The Governor,…
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Kidnap kingpin, Wadume sentenced to seven years imprisonment
Justice Binta Nyako has sentenced the Taraba based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly called Wadume, to seven years imprisonment without an option…
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Houseboy impregnates, kills boss’ daughter in Bauchi
A 27-year-old houseboy has been arrested by the police in Mai’ari Arewa village, Pali District of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi…