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Kano govt arrests 200 street beggars, Almajiris

The Kano State Government says it has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiris for allegedly violating the Law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure while repatriating…

Gunmen kidnap two female undergraduates of OOU

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday night kidnapped two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro Campus, Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Our Correspondent reliably gathered that their abduction occurred at…

Man docked over alleged stabbing of neighbor

A man, Francis James, was on Monday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court charged with stabbing a neighbour with broken bottle. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 11, at Ido-Afeki…