The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, has confirmed the arrest of a soldier for allegedly killing a truck driver at a checkpoint along Maiduguri – Dikwa- Gamboru road. The incident occurred following a misunderstanding between the…
Scores of Child Rights Advocacy groups in Bayelsa State, on Thursday, kicked against the traditional marriage between a four-year-old girl and a 54-year-old man at Akeddei community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the State. The Child Rights advocacy…
The Police Command in Lagos says it has arrested three armed robbery suspects for allegedly robbing a woman of N3.2 million and a vehicle. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Thursday. He said…
A 30-year-old businessman, Francis Elijah, was on Thursday brought before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing a man with a broken bottle. Elijah, who resides in the Ungwan Pama area of Kaduna, is facing a charge of…
One Adewoga Adeyemi, 21, on Thursday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing N42,000. Adeyemi, whose address was not provided, is charged with theft. The Prosecutor, Insp Gbemi Adedeji, told the court that Adeyemi committed the…
The authority of the Nigeria Police Force has declared Oyewole Nofiu Oyekunle wanted for allegedly practicing homosexuality. Homosexuality is an attraction between people who are of the same sex. It is illegal in Nigeria and punishable by 14 years imprisonment.…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has arrested nine suspects for alleged circulation of counterfeit pillows in Sokoto State. The Commandant of the corps, Mr Bello Alkali, stated this while parading the suspects, on Wednesday in…
The Bauchi State High Court No. 6 has sentenced Yusuf Bako, aged 50, to life imprisonment for raping a minor inside a mosque situated along Aminu Street in Bauchi metropolis. Bako was arrested in 2020 for the offense, to which…
At least four persons on Wednesday sustained various degrees of injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filling station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos. NAN reports that attendants were dispensing petrol inside jerry…
Four persons died, while 56 others sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Command, has said. Mr Kabir Nadabo, the Sector Commander said on Tuesday in Kaduna that the…
