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Operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have foiled the alleged plan of a 21-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulai, to rape a 13-year-old girl at Are Ekiti in the lrepodun/lfelodun Local Government Area pf the state. However, the operatives said they nabbed the suspect, and subsequently handed him over to the Rapid Response Squad of the Nigeria …

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The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that the five bodies recovered along the Oreta riverbank in the Igbogbo community, Ikorodu Local Government Area, on Wednesday were victims of a cult-related attack. Panic spread through the community after residents discovered the lifeless bodies of young men by the riverside. A video clip, less than 30 …

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A Sri Lankan bus carrying local tourists visiting lush tea plantation hill towns plunged nearly 1,000 feet (300 metres), with the crash killing 15 people, police said Friday. The accident took place on Thursday night in the mountainous Ella area, about 130 kilometres (81 miles) east of the capital. Sixteen others on board were injured. …

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A family of three died in a car crash along the Mabushi Bridge in Abuja on Wednesday, after the driver had an altercation with some louts, resulting in the crash that killed the family instantly. Our correspondent gathered that the louts had stopped the private vehicle for flouting their rules by reportedly stopping to pick …

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A 37-year-old suspect has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kano State Command, who also recovered 8,000 bottles of Akuskura (a herbal mixture) suspected to contain dangerous drugs and 48 blocks of Cannabis sativa. The NDLEA Public Relations Officer, Sadiq Maigatari, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a …

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Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have apprehended seven suspected cultists over cult-related attacks in Ikot Osura, Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, believed to be members of the proscribed ‘’Ku Klux Klan’ confraternity, were arrested with a human skull. This was contained in a statement by the command’s …

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More details have emerged over the mob killing of a young lady in Niger State over an alleged blasphemous utterance against the Islamic faith. The Niger State Police Command, which confirmed the killing on Sunday, said the lady, simply known as Ammaye, was burnt to death before security reinforcement could arrive. The spokesman for the …

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A 32-year-old painter, Chigozie Clement, has been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly abducting his customer’s seven-year-old son in the Ketu Alapere area of the state. learnt from a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday that the suspect allegedly lured the child away from his home on …

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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Mrs Sanmori Taiwo, and her 62-year-old husband, Pastor Sanmori Joshua, for allegedly faking her abduction to extort N10m from relatives abroad. According to a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the drama played out on August 23 at the …

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The Kwara State Fire Service said that it saved nine shops from destruction during a fire at Joseph Duntoye Street, Tipper Garage, Tanke Area, Ilorin South Local Government. A statement by Hassan Adekunle,head of Media and publicity of Kwara fire service made available to the presssaid that out of the nine shops , only one …

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