Scores injured, females rapped in UNIZIK hostels' robbery attack
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Scores injured, females rapped in UNIZIK hostels’ robbery attack

About 17 students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury while unconfirmed number of female students were rapped during a midnight robbery attack in the off-campus hostels. A gang of suspected armed robbers, numbering about twenty were said to have raided scores of the hostels located along Ifite road,

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Ogun Police arrest five for alleged robbery 
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Ogun Police arrest five for alleged robbery 

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five men for allegedly robbing a company at Sango, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who identified the suspects as Umar, Muritala Umar, Abbah Yahaya, Wale Fadeyi and Segun Olofinmade said they were arrested on September 19.

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How we operated in 7 states without hindrance - Gang leader confesses
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How we operated in 7 states without hindrance – Gang leader confesses

A man, Ali Muhammad has confessed to being the leader of an interstate robbery syndicate, who rob important personalities of their expensive phones. Ali revealed that the gang had operated in seven states in the country and has realised over N84 million selling stolen phones. The suspect was paraded alongside 20 other suspected kidnappers arrested

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Man 39 docked for disguising as commercial bus driver to rob in Lagos
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Man 39 docked for disguising as commercial bus driver to rob in Lagos

A 39-year-old man, Charles Inibu accused of disguising as a commercial driver to rob unsuspecting passengers of their valuables in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba. The defendant was charged before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka, on two counts bordering on conspiracy to commit

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Court Remands 9 Men Over Alleged Robbery, Kidnapping 1
Crime

Court Remands 9 Men Over Alleged Robbery, Kidnapping

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday ordered that nine men be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. The police charged Umar Abubakar,35; Sani Lawan,30; Hassan Umar,30; Abdulhadi Falalu,25; Yahuza Ibrahim,28; Nasiru Tukur,24; Sani Abdulsalam,34; Lawan Shehu,30, and Ibrahim Sani, 23, with four counts of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery,

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Two Women Robbery Suspects, 41 Others Detained In Abia 2
Crime & Investigation

Two Women Robbery Suspects, 41 Others Detained In Abia

Two women were among 41 crime suspects paraded yesterday by the Abia State police command. The women were held for armed robbery.Another woman was arrested for child trafficking, it was said. Commissioner of Police Janet Agbede said in Umuahia, the state capital that the suspects were picked up in various parts of the state in

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Court Remands APC Lawmaker In Prison For Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery, Abduction 3
Crime

Court Remands APC Lawmaker In Prison For Criminal Conspiracy, Robbery, Abduction

The lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala East state constituency in the Benue State House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye has been remanded in prison over an alleged criminal conspiracy and kidnapping. Agbidye and one Denen Zuamo of Katsina-Ala town who he was remanded in prison with after being arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court on Friday August

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Four hit by stray pellets as Anambra Police arrest suspected armed robber, recover N3.5m 4
Crime

Four hit by stray pellets as Anambra Police arrest suspected armed robber, recover N3.5m

A 25-year old suspected armed robber was on Monday lynched by an angry mob at Regina Ceali junction by Zenith Bank PLC along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Awka, Anambra state. The suspect, identified as Chukwuemeka Afor reportedly snatched a bag containing the sum of N3.5million.from one Ebuka Ukeakpu. The DAILY VENDOR gathered that four persons were hit

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