Crime

Four pupils, teacher and Vice-Principal of Lagos State Junior Model College, Igbonla, Epe area, who were kidnapped by gunmen six days ago, have regained their freedom. Our correspondent learnt that the six victims were freed around 11pm…
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A melodrama occurred on Tuesday at an Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, when an 18-year-old man, Abudullahi Muhammed, defecated on his body to evade arraignment. Muhammed defecated on his body when he case was to be mentioned. After…
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A group of armed heavily armed kidnappers have reportedly abducted Margaret Emefiele, wife of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Sources disclosed that Mrs. Emefiele was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road and that…
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Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has again killed eight people and hoisted its flag in three villages in Borno State, north-east of Nigeria, after over-running them on Monday, a BBC report said, quoting an unnamed security…
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AN Oredo Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced a 19-year old man, Happy Okotie, to six years’ imprisonment for stealing. Okotie was sentenced along with a 25-year-old man, Kingsley Ebose, who was also jailed for six years…
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A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Ali Haruna to two years imprisonment for taking his cows for grazing in a farmland and destroying crops. The Magistrate, Idowu Ayenimo, in his judgement, said the accused…
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An explosion from a suspected bomb in a trashcan ripped through Manhattan on Saturday night leaving at least 29 people injured - and police are investigating a second suspected bomb in a pressure cooker. Terrifying CCTV footage shows the…
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The official confirmation that the Nigerian economy is in recession by the Federal Government on August 31, appears to have further stimulated more suicide cases across the nation. In the last six months, seven out of the 36 states of the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign suffered a setback Friday following a newspaper report that the president allegedly plagiarised President Barack Obama in the speech he delivered while launching the project.…
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A salesgirl, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested by the police in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, for allegedly dumping her day-old baby girl by the roadside. Our correspondents learnt that Eme, who hails from Enugu State, was arrested on…
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