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Kaduna Chief Imam Tahir dies at 130, leaves behind 26 children, 290 grandchildren

The Chief Imam of Kafanchan Central Mosque, Sheikh Adam Tahir, is dead.Tahir was said…

Court remands man, 22, for alleged armed robbery

A Magistrates' Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Thursday remanded one Jimoh Mohammed, at the…

Court remands labourer for allegedly defiling four-year-old girl

A Kaduna State High Court on Thursday ordered that a 34-year-old labourer, Umar Adamu,…

Imo varsity student rapes 15-year-old job seeker, escapes being lynched

Operatives from the Aba Central Police Station on Thursday rescued a second-year student of…

RRS nabs seven traffic robbers who masqueraded as face mask sellers

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad announced on Thursday that seven suspected traffic robbers…

Katsina gets new police commissioner, Idrisu Dabban

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, has directed the deployment of Mr Idrisu…

Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu to demolish Osibona’s remaining two skyscrapers

The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration has vowed to pull down the remaining two uncompleted…

Alleged blasphemy: Kano cleric Sheikh Abduljabbar to appear in court March 3

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano State, on Thursday, fixed March 3, for…

Same-sex marriages: Hisbah denies arresting 78 youths in Kano restaurant

The Kano State Hisbah Board has denied arresting 78 youngsters for allegedly engaging in…

Hotelier slumps to death after sex romp with lover in Rivers

Tragedy struck at a hotel in Rivers State after a male guest slumped to…

Court sentences two dismissed policemen to death for armed robbery

Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on Thursday sentenced two dismissed policemen…

Man bags two months imprisonment for drug trafficking

A Federal High Court in Lagos State, on Thursday, sentenced a 33-year-old man, Usen…

One Sokoto corps member dead, six others to repeat national service

The National Youth Service Corps in Sokoto State says it lost a corps member…

Unemployed man arraigned for ‘wandering’ to cough up N50,000 for bail

A 32-year-old unemployed man, Emmanuel Yakubu, was on Thursday arraigned in an Upper Area…

Kaduna businessman Shuaibu arraigned over possession of fake naira notes

A 38-year-old businessman, Balarabe Shuaibu, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’…