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3 vigilantes arrested for stealing building materials
The Yobe Police Command announced on Sunday the arrest of three vigilante members for allegedly stealing building materials in Damaturu, the state capital. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrests…
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Two Female Suicide Bombers Apprehended After Deadly Blast in Borni
Two female suicide bombers have been arrested in Borno State, in connection with the detonation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, authorities said on Sunday. The explosion left at least 18…
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Nigerian Military Declares Curfew In Borno Over Twin Bomb Explosion
By Doris Israel Ijeoma The Nigerian military has declared a curfew in the Gwoza area of Borno State after a suicide bombing at a wedding claimed six lives and injured several other…
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Man bags 14 Years Jail Sentence For Impregnating Daughter
A High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, capital, has sentenced a 41 years old man, Baridapsi Needam, to 14 years imprisonment for raping and impregnating his daughter. The Bayelsa Commissioner of…
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EFCC urged to prosecute Osun Senator who confessed to vote buying
The publisher and Editor-in-chief of Nigerian Concord Newspaper and Concord Online Television, Aare Abiodun Oluwarotimi has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to immediately prosecute the Deputy Minority Leader…
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Man Arrested in Lagos for Possession of Pistol
The police in Lagos State have apprehended Toibu Hassan, a 25-year-old man, for allegedly being in possession of a pistol. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the arrest…
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Court remands farmer for raping 65-year-old woman in Ekiti
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti ordered on Friday that 45-year-old farmer, Gbenga Abajigbin, accused of raping a 65-year-old woman, be remanded in a correctional center pending legal advice. Abajigbin faces charges…
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Appeal Court Affirms Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha’s Sexual Assault Conviction
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the five-year jail term sentence of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor. Ijesha was…
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JUST IN: Two Officers Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint In Abia
Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly murdered on Friday night when a group of dangerous criminals attacked a police checkpoint at the well-known Opobo Junction, near the Aba-Ikot Ekpene…
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Court bars Soun of Ogbomoso, kingmakers from removing Chief Imam
An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of…
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Operatives of EFCC Caught on Camera Assaulting Woman in Lagos Hotel
A video has surfaced online showing operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) breaking into a hotel room and assaulting a woman. The footage, recorded by a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)…
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How We Supplied Obiano Cash from State’s Security Votes- Witnesses
The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses disclosing how…