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Two suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly raping their neighbour's mentally-challenged 16-year-old daughter in Azare town. This was contained in a statement released on Monday, March 1…
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Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested a 3 members of a notorious bandit-kidnapping syndicate and recovered a N3.6m ransom in their possession. SP Gambo Isah, spokesperson of the Police command, while parading the…
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A 29-year-old casual worker, Babatunde Adewuyi, on Tuesday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun for allegedly stealing ten packs of seaman’s schnapps worth N15,000. The police charged Adewuyi, whose address with theft. The…
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The Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative (TADI) has called for the removal of Ebenezer Nduka Onyeagwu as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc. TADI during a protest rally to the Abuja headquarters…
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No fewer than ten people have been killed after bandits attacked three villages in Zango Kataf and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna state. According to the Kaduna State Commissioner for internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel…
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Hassan Saka, a middle-aged man, was arrested in Ondo state for being in possession of two human heads on Monday, March 1. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the arrest was effected by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
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The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested two young men suspected of sending pornographic materials to a married woman. A statement issued by the board’s spokesman Lawan Ibrahim on Monday said that the suspects were traced and arrested…
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All female students of Universal Basic Education (UBE), Junior Secondary School, Nyiman layout, in Makurdi have sent home by the school authority after a 'familial spirit' possessed seven of the girls. This was disclosed on Monday by the…
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Two young men have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping the 16-year-old daughter of their co-tenant. This was contained in a statement released by the police public relations officer in the state,…
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10 police officers injured as the convoy of Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed got involved in an accident. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the accident happened on Monday, March 1 while the governor was inspecting a 60- kilometer…
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Residents mourn as Armed men suspected to be bandits attacked Amarawa village in Ilela local government area of Sokoto state on Monday, March 1 and killed ten persons while others sustained degrees of injuries. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that…
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Police have arrested three out of five suspects linked to the kidnap of two businessmen in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the suspects who are reportedly part of the gang that kidnapped Ali…
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The daughters of the late Alaye-Aba of Aba, Aiyepe, Ogun State, Oba Rauf Adebayo Raji-Suleimon have sued the Osugbo Society of Ijebuland for allegedly hijacking his corpse. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Mrs Aderonke Egunjimi, Mrs Tiwalade…
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Son-in-law to Senator Rochas Okorocha identified as Dr. Uzor Anwuka will be flown abroad for treatment after three failed surgeries. This is coming days after he was allegedly shot in Owerri when suspected hoodlums attacked the…
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Prince Chukwama Hezekaiah alias George Martins alias Emmanuel Chukwuma Hezekaiah, a 38-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested in Junagadh, Gujarat in connection with a N5m online fraud. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Hezekaiah was…
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A 13-year-old girl simply identified as Faith who was rescued by Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) in Akwa Ibom state has recounted her ordeal. The teenager, Faith who is a native of Ini Local Government Area of the state…
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Seven persons including a Catholic lector have been killed by bandits in Igabi and Kajuru local government areas of Kaduna State. These tragic incidents were confirmed in a statement released by the State Commissioner for Internal…
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Armed men suspected to be bandits have reportedly killed four persons and rustled several livestock in the eastern part of Sokoto state. This tragic incident has made some communities in the eastern part of Sokoto state to be deserted as…
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Two armed robbery suspects have been arrested by operatives of Ogun state police command in the early hours of Saturday, February 27 during their robbery operation at Shagamu interchange area of Lagos/Ibadan expressway. WITHIN NIGERIA…
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A 36-year-old suspected transborder drug trafficker identified Nkem Timothy aka Auwalu Audu has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while trying to cross to Algeria through Niger Republic with…
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The 317 kidnapped schoolgirls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara have been freed. It was learnt that they are currently in the palace of Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state capital. How they…
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The Police Command in Anambra says it has recovered one pump action rifle allegedly stolen from 3-3 Police Station during the #EndSARS protests in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this…
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Founding  member of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Tanko Yakasai has stated that his son, Salihu Tanko-Yakasai who doubles as media aide to Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano state governor has been arrested by the Department of State Services.…
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The Nigerian Army in Cross River State has handed over two suspected drug dealers to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation and prosecution. Effanga Effanga, 37, and Eno-Obong Udeme, 34, were arrested…
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