Crime
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Police Arrest 46 Suspects Following Convoy Blockade of NDC Candidate Peter Obi in Benue
MAKURDI — The Benue State Police Command has arrested and paraded 46 suspects in connection with the Tuesday obstruction and…
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Suspected Child Trafficker Admits Selling Biological Twins, Abducting 19 Children Across Oyo and Neighboring States
IBADAN — A major interstate child-stealing and human trafficking syndicate operating across southwestern and south-southern Nigeria has been uncovered following…
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Peter Obi Urges Restraint as Suspected Thugs Block Convoy in Benue
MAKURDI — The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has issued a strong warning against the…
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Federal Government Activates $25m Vessel Financing Facilities for Indigenous Shipowners
ABUJA — Over two decades after its establishment under the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act 2003, the Federal Government…
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Senator Shehu Buba Rejects Viral Banditry Videos, Initiates Cross-Border Legal Action
ABUJA / BAUCHI — The Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Shehu Buba, has issued a comprehensive rebuttal denying renewed…
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Federal High Court Refuses Bail to Detained ‘PFIPC’ DG Adeniyi Adeyemi
By Ayodele Quadri, Lagos Times Correspondent ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to grant bail to…
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PFIPC scandal: Reps uncover 58 bank accounts, N400m deal linked to detained DG
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) has uncovered 58 bank…
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Former Gang Member Found Guilty Of Murdering Tupac Shakur
By Ayodele Quadri, Lagos Times Correspondent LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Nearly three decades after the drive-by shooting that claimed the…
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Arms Centre Director-General Debunks Video Claiming ONSA Involvement in Illegal Arms Importation
ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Director-General of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), DIG…
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‘Make Yourself Available’: EFCC Responds as Timipre Sylva Dumps APC, Accuses Commission of Bias
By Ayodele Quadri, Lagos Times Correspondent ABUJA, NIGERIA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has directed Timipre Sylva,…
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