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Court jails man for Hajj scam, two others for fraud in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…

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Two brothers remanded for allegedly killing 20-year-old woman

A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, has remanded two…

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How seven men gang-raped 13-year-old girl in Lagos

A medical doctor, Mistura Shogunle, on Wednesday, narrated how a 13-year-old girl…

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US-based Nigerian gets one-year imprisonment for fraud

A Nigerian national, Augustine Amechi, 24, was sentenced to one year and…

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Send me back to NDLEA custody, not prison, Abba Kyari begs court

The former head of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Intelligence Response Team,…

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Send me back to NDLEA custody, not prison, Abba Kyari begs court

The former head of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Intelligence Response Team, IRT,…

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Osun State Chief Judge denies Adedoyin bail

Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo on Monday at an Osogbo…

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Ogun man in police net for allegedly defiling wife’s cousin

The Police Command in Ogun State on Sunday said it arrested a…

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Abuja court orders arrest of troublesome mother, daughter

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has…

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Hanifa Abubakar: Court discharges suspected killer’s wife

Jamila Muhammmad Sani, the wife to Abdulmalik Tanko, the prime suspect in…

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Suspected rapist flees from court 

A suspected rapist on Wednesday fled from the Samuel Ilori Magistrate's Court,…

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Kola Aluko loses at Appeal Court, forfeits $18m Abuja house, others to FG

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed a suit by…

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