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Man bags 4 months jail term for beating up prostitute

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A Zuba Upper Area court on Monday sentenced Uche Duru, 34, of no fixed address, to four months imprisonment for beating up a prostitute. The presiding Judge, Mallam Aminu Sa’ad, gave judgement after Duru pleaded guilty to the one count […]

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Policewoman arrested for causing the death of ex lover

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State Police Command has apprehended a female police sergeant over alleged connection in the murder of her male colleague, simply identified as Kelechi. The suspect, who was identified as Helen, according to a dependable source, was married to Kelechi. There was […]

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Alleged fraud: Oronsaye docked, released

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Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, allowed the former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, to go home after he entered his plea to a 24-count criminal charge preferred against […]

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Assassination attempt in Benin foiled, native doctor, five others arrested

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THE Police in Zone 5, Benin, have arrested six persons, including a native doctor, allegedly involved in a plot to assassinate one Etinosa Ighodalo of lyowa in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Also arrested and paraded before […]

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Court awards N100m against police over woman’s death in custody

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Police must cough out N100million damages to the family of a victim who died in custody, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court, Lagos, held on Monday. The late Mrs. Patricia Onyeabo died in detention last May 16 after […]

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Driver arrested for raping female passenger in Abia

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A 36-year-old taxi driver from Abia has been arrested after allegedly raping a female passenger, Punch reported. The 24-year-old woman was travelling from Lagos to Obehie when the driver decided to rape her after being the only passenger in the […]

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Latest Update: President Buhari approves New service chiefs

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments: 1. Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin – Chief of Defence Staff; 2. Major-General T.Y. Buratai – Chief of Army Staff 3. Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas – Chief of Naval Staff 4. Air […]

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President Buhari Terminates the employment ofnheads of army, navy and airforce

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President Buhari has relieved the nation’s service chiefs of their employments. Details soon

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Top News: EFCC arraigns Oronsaye over N1.9bn fraud

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The former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye has been docked before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja ‎over his alleged complicity in money laundering and contract scam amount in to about N1.9billion. […]

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UAE police nab Nigerians for hacking US accounts

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Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates police have busted a cell of three Nigerian hackers who targeted US bank accounts, the interior ministry said Sunday. The trio were arrested following a tip-off from police in California about “cyber-criminal activity based […]