The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Gowon Estate Division, in Lagos State, has been removed for allegedly detaining a lawyer who was seeking justice for his client. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the removal in…
By Sodiq Adelakun Gunmen shot a traditional chief in Sagamu, Ogun dead on Tuesday. It was gathered that the three-man gang shot the chief in his head at close quarters. He has since been buried according to Islamic rites. Commissioner…
A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take…
Two men, Samson James, 28 and Jonathan Edwards, 26, were on Tuesday arraigned before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing foodstuffs worth N215,000. Messrs James and Edwards, who reside at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna, are being charged with criminal…
AJos Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 40-year-old trader, Aminu Ibrahim, to 15-month imprisonment for defrauding Point of Sale operators. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos sentenced Ibrahim after he pleaded guilty. Mar Bokkos, however, gave the convict an option to pay N50,000…
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested Chekwube Nwobodo, 27, and Ifeanyi Edeh, 30, for alleged armed robbery and burglaries. The suspects were arrested within the Obinagu-Etiti and Nara-Unateze communities in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of the…
The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, on Tuesday in Abeokuta said a 70-year-old man was abducted in the state on December 31. Mr Alamutu said that the victim, Adeife Ifelaja, is an elder at the Redeemed Christian…
The Police Command in Imo, says a Joint Task Force of Police and the Nigeria Army has dislodged the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) camp at Ihite-Owerre in Orlu Local Government Area. According to a statement on Tuesday in Owerri…
A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that an ex-convict, Ezekiel Francis, 28, be given 10 strokes of the cane for stealing N20,000. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, gave the order after Francis pleaded guilty to the charge and…
