Metro - Daily Post Nigeria

Author: dailypost.ngPublished on: May 8, 2026Country: Nigeria

Crime & Law

Operatives of the Agro-Rangers Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) killed one suspected bandit and arrested two in Oyo State. Additionally, a woman was sentenced to five months of community service by a Sharia court in Kano for assaulting a neighbor. In another tragic incident, 16 passengers lost their lives on the Lokoja–Okene highway.

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