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Oyo Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Man Over Alleged Rape and Threat to Life in Iganna

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Ogunwande Sodiq, over an alleged case of rape and threat to...

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Police Arrest Suspect Over IED Explosion at Bayelsa Secretariat

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old man suspected of detonating an improvised explosive device (IED) on Wednesday at the State...

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From Duty to Death: NDLEA Officer Falls in Violent Bonny Island Crackdown

BY NKECHI BAECHE-ESEZOBOR—He went out on duty determined to rid his community of dangerous drugs, but he did not return home. Chief Narcotic...

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From Businessman to Drug Mule: How a 62-Year-Old Was Arrested at Kano Airport

What began as a routine trip out of the country ended in handcuffs for 62-year-old Lagos businessman Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, whose journey to...

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Life Imprisonment for Truck Driver Who Killed FRSC Officer on Duty

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—A Lagos State High Court has sentenced Okpara Kingsley Onyekachi, a truck driver, to life imprisonment for the death of a...

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Nigeria Police Repatriate $23,000 to International Romance Scam Victim

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL and National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja has successfully repatriated the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand United States...

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EFCC Arraigns former University VC for N19.7million Fraud in Katsina

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have  arraigned a former Vice chancellor of the Federal...

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Police Rescue Two Kidnap Victims, Arrest Suspected Kidnapper in Nasarawa State

BY SUNDAY SAMUEL—The Nasarawa State Police Command has recorded significant breakthroughs in its ongoing efforts to combat kidnapping and related crimes across the...