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Newly Employed Househelp Stabs Boss

Tragedy struck in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a yet-to-be-identified woman was stabbed to death by her house help, in her apartment on 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill. It was not clear when the fleeing house help, identified simply as Peter, allegedly committed the murder. But the lifeless body of the woman, according to information […]Continue Reading
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Bizzare: Woman Poisons Daughter

A woman simply identified as Rukayat is now in police custody for allegedly poisoning her one-year-old daughter with an insecticide in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday. A police source told newsmen that the infant had epilepsy and that the mother poisoned her because she was […]Continue Reading
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Octogenarian in NSCDC Net

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Kano command have arrested an 85-year-old suspected kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe, Ungogo LGA. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement, said the suspect abducted a 3-year-old boy in his neighbourhood. He said […]Continue Reading
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NDLEA Intercepts Vietnam-bound Bizman with Cocaine

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Ejike was Continue Reading
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1 Dead, Many Wounded in FUTO Cult Clash

By Tijjani Ibrahim A student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Owerri is said to have been killed and several others injured in a clash suspected to be linked to cult activities. The unfortunate incident unfolded on Friday morning when a faction of students from Imo State University (IMSU) allegedly infiltrated the FUTO […]Continue Reading
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Customs Intercepts Fake Pharmaceutical Drugs

By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo-Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted fake pharmaceutical drugs worth one billion seven hundred and thirty-nine million naira at Bakatari area of  Oyo State. The drugs include seven sacks of 625 mg augmentin tablets, twenty-two sacks of ampiclox and twenty-four sacks of 500 mg amoxicillin capsules. The Area […]Continue Reading
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Benue Cult Clash Claims 7 Lives

No fewer than seven people were reportedly killed in a rival cult clash that rocked North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State. The severity of the clash, forced the market located around the area to close for business. According to reports, the clash was between Black Axe and Red Axe cult groups. An eyewitness, […]Continue Reading
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So Safe Corps Nabs 2 for Theft

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested two men for burgling and stealing in a residential building.  A  statement issued by the office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander , Mr Soji Ganzallo through  the Director, Information and Public Relations of the Corps, […]Continue Reading
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Police Apprehend Notorious Kidnap Kingpin

Police operatives attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command in the continued effort against criminality in the Territory have arrested one of the most wanted and deadly kidnapping kingpins terrorising Abuja and environs. The kidnap kingpin, Saidu Abubakar, is one of the three wanted kidnap kingpins who were declared missing after narrowly […]Continue Reading
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Seven Suspected Ritualists in Police Net

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command has paraded seven suspected Kidnappers and ritualists in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Adijat Sulaimon in the Atan Ota area of the state. Those arrested were Moses Abidemi, Olowo Samuel Monday, Akinwunmi Ifatosin  Prophet Jamiu Yusuf, Sheriff Agbai and Osijeahen Alioneitouria. Briefing newsmen in Continue Reading