Crime
Secondary School Dropout Arrested for Faking Own Kidnapping to Fund Salon
A secondary school drop-out, Ruth Livinus, was arrested yesterday for faking her own kidnapping in a scheme to extort money...
Read moreMissing Nurse Found by FCT Police, Admitted to Hospital
Lucy Likeh, a 28-year-old nurse based in Abuja who recently went missing in Nigeria’s capital, has been located by the...
Read moreSmuggler Killed in Shootout with Nigeria Customs and Soldiers in Badagry
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone A, in Ikeja, Lagos State, confirmed the death of a smuggler...
Read moreHoax Bomb Threat Diverts Air Canada Flight at Delhi Airport
Local media reported on Wednesday that a bomb threat directed at Air Canada's Toronto-bound flight, scheduled to depart from Delhi's...
Read moreUN Teams Up with Zamfara to Assess Insecurity and Drug Problems
The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nigeria Country Office began a 3-day stakeholders’ workshop on insecurity, crime,...
Read moreNewlywed Cuts Off Husband’s Manhood In Kaduna
A newlywed woman, Habiba Ibrahim, was said to have allegedly cut off the manhood of her 40-year-old husband, Salisu Idris...
Read more13-year-old boy rapes eight year old girl in Gombe
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested by men of the Gombe state police command for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl...
Read moreHardship: Teenager sentenced for stealing foodstuffs
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Ayomide Oguntoyinbo to two weeks of community service for breaking into a...
Read moreNiger Frees 30 Inmates, Provides Aid to Correctional Centres in First-Year Milestone
To mark his first year in office, Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago has granted clemency to 30 inmates at the...
Read moreGombe Govt to prosecute man for amputation of his 12-year-old nephew over alleged phone theft
The Gombe State Government said it has filed charges against a man who amputated the two hands of his 12-year-old...
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