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21-year-old Nigerien arrested with stolen cows in Jigawa
The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old suspect from Niger Republic for attempting to transport eight stolen…
Suspected cultists kill police officer, passerby in Ogun
A suspected clash between rival cult groups in the Ilese community of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has resulted in the deaths of a…
NDLEA seizes illicit drugs hidden in cookies, teddy bears
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have busted a drug-trafficking network that operated through social media…
Sad! Househelp stabs employer’s daughter to death, takes own life in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of a seven-year-old girl, Alicia Olajumoke, who was…
Court sentences UNIPORT student to death for killing girlfriend
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has condemned Damian Okoligwe, a 400-level petrochemical engineering student at the…
Police arrest cyber-pirate selling ‘Owambe Thieves,’ ‘ThinLine,’ others
The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Lagos has apprehended a syndicate involved in large-scale movie…
Court sentences wife to life imprisonment for killing husband in Borno
A Borno State High Court in Maiduguri has sentenced a woman, Fatima Abubakar, to life in prison for the murder of her husband,…
Why Nigeria is not ripe for private individuals to bear arms – Njoku
Major General Elias Njoku Rtd, Interim Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners…
Chicago man accused of setting train passenger on fire had 72 prior arrests
A Chicago man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and lit her on fire on 17 November was a "career criminal", the White…
Police nab, repatriate Turkish fugitive convicted of fraud
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has apprehended and repatriated Acar Huseyin, a 61-year-old Turkish national who fled his country…