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Panic in Kaduna village after attack by suspected rustlers that left more than 20 dead

People of Ugama village in Kauru Local Government Area of ​​Kaduna State are in fear after some individuals, suspected to be cattle rustlers, launched an attack that included ritual killings and property theft on Thursday. Reports indicate that the attackers...

Niger Governor Bago Expresses Sadness Over Fatal Tanker Explosion at Dikko Junction

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has expressed shock over the fatal tanker explosion that claimed several lives at Dikko junction around the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. Bago, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the explosion...

Bauchi: Court sentences five people to life imprisonment for armed robbery

The Bauchi State High Court 5 has sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for armed robbery and conspiracy to commit a crime. The prosecutor, Barr. UI Lame, informed the court that the accused (Aliyu Yusuf, Adamu Muhammed, Bilal Aliyu, Ismail...

Anti-Corruption Agency dismantles land grabbing syndicate in Kano, arrests suspects

The Kano Anti-Corruption and Public Complaints Commission, PCACC, has dismantled an alleged land grabbing syndicate in the state, confiscating over 1,200 lands and arresting some of the Kingpins. The Anti-Corruption body has already launched an investigation into the notorious syndicate...

Polytechnic student killed in Osun communal clash

Even as the Osun State Government on Thursday declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew, a student of Westland Polytechnic, Ilobu, was allegedly shot dead amid the ongoing communal crisis between Ifon and Ilobu communities in Osun State. The violence, which has intensified...

Two sisters sentenced to death for killing and burning woman's body in Niger State

Two sisters, Amina Aliyu and Aishat Mohammed Aliyu, have been sentenced to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of Hafsat Aliyu, a married woman, in Niger State. A third sister, Zainab, was spared the death penalty and sentenced to...

Security guard arrested for stealing company property in Ogun

Officers of the Onipanu Division of the Ogun State Police have arrested a 59-year-old security guard, identified as Olaitan Matthew, for the alleged theft of electric motor parts belonging to a company he works for.Matthew, who works with Land...

Anambra vigilante officers arrest pregnant woman for alleged robbery by her husband

A pregnant woman whose name was identified as Mrs Chidinma has been arrested by agents of the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG), over an unpaid debt incurred by her husband. Newslodge reported that the incident occurred in Okija, Ihiala Local Government...

Expatriate CEO of Rivers Cassava Project dies fleeing kidnappers [PHOTOS]

The Managing Director and CEO of Rivers State Cassava Project Limited, Mr. Gibson Reuben, tragically lost his life while fleeing an attempted kidnapping by unknown gunmen at Aleto Eleme Bridge in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident...

Security guard receives 6 months in prison for stealing from employer

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate's Court in Ibadan sentenced a 23-year-old security guard, David Nanbur, to six months in prison for stealing mattresses worth N450,000 from his employer's house. Nanbur, had pleaded guilty to three charges bordering on theft and malicious...
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Mother jailed to kill her two children

A mother, Kara Alexander, who murdered her two young children in the bathroom while she was in a psychotic...
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