NDLEA on Wednesday in Owerri confirmed Tuesday’s killing of two of its officers alongside three other security operatives by gunmen in Ehime-Mbano council area of Imo. NDLEA’s Commander in Imo, Mr Abubakar Wali told newsmen that one officer each of…
Two men, Nwafor Chukwubuike, 34, and Nwadike Hope, 43, were on Wednesday brought before a Surulere Magistrate’ Court in Lagos State for alleged illegal possession of 73 bundles of military uniform. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, however, pleaded…
A 23-year-old suspect, known as Sule, expressed his remorse over the death of a calf he purchased with his share of the N300,000 ransom money obtained from the kidnapping of a farmer. Sule, who grew up in Okada town, Edo…
By Sodiq Adelakun An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man identified as Eze Chukwuma to life imprisonment for raping his two daughters. The Lagos State Domestic & Sexual Violence Agency, DSVA, in a statement issued…
A security guard named Daniel Okon has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. The 42-year-old was found guilty of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl in a toilet. Justice Abiola Soladoye, who presided…
Two men, Emmanuel Thomas and Adamu Hassan on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing and receiving hotel property worth N1.7 million. Thomas and Hassan, aged 31 and 26 respectively, were arraigned on a three-count…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Gwagwalada on Tuesday sentenced a man, Jeffrey Umahon, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud when he pretended to be a Chinese American businessman. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) docked Umahon…
The Benue State Police Command has arrested four persons for alleged involvement in banditry and kidnapping activities in the state. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, and made available…
An Islamic teacher, Obasanmi Waliyullahi, is to cool his heels at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for 21 years for attempting to commit sexual assault by penetration and also engaged in indecent treatment of his 15-year-old pupil, (name withheld). Justice Rahman Oshodi…
No fewer than 17 persons are feared to have been killed in a clash between two rival cultists group in Sagamu, Ogun state. It was gathered that the latest supremacy battle between Eiye and Aiye confraternities which started on Friday,…
