Category: Crime
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Man Granted N50, 000 Bail For Stealing ‘kpomo’
By Tunde Abayomi, Lagos Mr. Adesanya Tobi, 26 has appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with breaking into a shop and stealing 44 pieces of cow skin popularly called `kpomo’, valued at N80, 000. However, Tobi, whose address was not provided, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of breaking and stealing preferred against…
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KWSG to Treat Perpetrators of Farmers/Herdsmen Clashes as Criminals
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has warned that perpetrators of clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the State would henceforth be treated as criminals and be made to face the full wrath of the law. The governor, who stated this on Monday during a meeting with members of the…
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Man docked for allegedly defiling 6-year-old girl
By Tunde Abayomi, Lagos with agency reports A 44-year-old man, Abdulroheem Abdulhamed, resident of 49 Akinola Road, Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl has been docked at a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Anthonia Osayande, told the court that the accused committed the offence at 49, Akinola Road,…
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Man in wheelchair robs bank
Croatian man in a wheelchair has reportedly robbed a bank after passers-by helped him to enter the premises. “I have a bomb!” shouted the 35-year-old disabled man to shocked employees in a branch of Austria’s Erste Bank in downtown Zagreb, before forcing them to hand over the cash”, said a newspaper report.. The crime occurred last…
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Controversy As Court Strikes Out Case of Assault
The Gwagwa Grade 1 Area Court on the 9th March, 2016 struck out a case of Assault, Bribery, allegation of threats to kill the family of one Mr. Sampson Danladi and refusal of arrest against Chief Benson Ashibuogwu in a case tagged: COP versus Chief Benson Ashibuogwu. Presiding Judge, Hon. Suleiman Mohammed in his submission,…