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Police confiscate 2,000 logs as illegal loggers jump into Edo river to escape arrest

A total of 2,000 logs of wood bound to be illegally shipped to other…

Train crushes deaf beggar to death in Ogun

A yet-to-be-identified deaf woman soliciting funds to cater for her ill child has been…

Abuja welder to undergo six months religious studies in prison over gait rail theft

A Grade I Area Court in Karu Abuja on Thursday ordered a welder, Abilah…

Court grants bail to man who swindled Ibadan POS operators of N255,000

A 27-year-old man, Ayobami Olaoluwa, has been arraigned at an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court…

Air Passenger arrested for allegedly raping woman in business class

A passenger aboard a plane from Newark, New Jersey, to London has been arrested…

Pageant organisers strip Sri Lanka contender of title after she accused judges of corruption

Agency ReportA Sri Lankan contender for a US beauty pageant, Pushpika de Silva, has…

Terrorists attack Katsina border town, kill DPO

A Wednesday morning terrorist attack at the Magama-Jibia border town of Katsina State has…

NSCDC arrests six for allegedly conveying adulterated petroleum products

The Ebonyi Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested six…

Two Anambra residents to die by hanging for allegedly killing sex worker

An Anambra High Court sitting in Onitsha on Wednesday sentenced two men, Valentine Umezinwa…

OAU student falls inside soakaway, dies

A 200-level student of the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University,…

58-year-old woman arrested for human trafficking, child labour in Kwara

A 58-year-old woman identified as Modupe Bello has been arrested on suspicion of crimes…

Niger court sentences 11 to death by hanging

No fewer than 11 people have been sentenced to death by hanging by a…

‘My heart and body shake’: Afghan women defy Taliban

Agency ReportOne after the other, quickly, carefully, keeping their heads down, a group of…

Ondo doctors embark on two-day warning strike over assault on colleague

Resident doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State, have embarked…

Lagos arraigns two NSCDC officers for hijacking truck conveying 1,700 cartons of alcohol

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded Amarachukwu Asonta, a 27-year-old female officer of…