Category: Crime

Police

Elections: Police arrest 23 in Lagos

No fewer than 23 persons were arrested for various electoral offences in Lagos State on Saturday, according to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Zubairu Muazu...

Beware, fake dollar notes in circulation – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of fake dollar notes in the country. Tony Orilade, EFCC spokesman, gave the...

Police arrest 950 suspected political thugs in Kano

Barely four days to the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections, the number of suspected political thugs arrested by the Kano State Police Command has...

Again, Appeal Court fails to hear Onnoghen’s appeals

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday postponed its planned hearing of the three appeals filed by suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen to...

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UI hijab crisis: Court fixes March 22 for report of settlement

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, fixed March 22 for report of settlement in a suit filed by parents of some female Muslim students of University of...

Two in court over alleged theft of sim cards worth N7m

Two businessmen, Anas Abdullahi and Dalhatu Mohammed, on Wednesday appeared before Taiwo Road Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna, over alleged N7 million sim card...

Police

Cultists on rampage in Benin, kill eight

The ongoing cult war between the Aye and Eiye confraternities has led to the killing of eight persons in different parts of Bénin City and environs within the past...

Man jailed 12 months for stealing N33,000 valuables

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 27-year-old man, Oluwasegun Olayemi, to one year imprisonment for stealing lap a top, necklace and other...