A Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 38-year-old man, Ibrahim Mohammed, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing a cell phone. The judge, Ishaq Hassan, ordered that the defendant be remanded until Jan.…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Command on Thursday, January 12, 2023 arrested 12 (twelve) suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. Among those arrested is Okunrobo Smart who was convicted in 2022 for…
The Customs Strike Force, Team A, Ikeja, has said that it intercepted 5,124 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, along the coast of Lekki, Lagos. The Customs Comptroller in charge of the team, Sani Yusuf, while addressing journalists on Wednesday at the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man for illegal possession of firearm. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, said operatives attached to Toro Divisional Police headquarters, while…
A naval officer kidnaped over the weekend in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been rescued. A source from the State Naval Outpost, who pleaded for anonymity, said the officer, simply identified as Ozuowa, was rescued by the military without any ransom…
Sodiq Adelakun The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 12 youths for alleged scams. The suspects nabbed in Edo State include Okunrobo Smart who was convicted in 2022 for internet fraud otherwise known as Yahoo yahoo. Others are…
Suspected members of the Eastern Security Network, ESN, have been accused of killing a police Inspector at Ndiegoro Police Station in Aba, Abia State. The incident reportedly happened at about 12:30 pm on Tuesday in Ohanku Road, Iheorji junction in…
Sodiq Adelakun An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, to life imprisonment for defiling the eight-year-old daughter of a man that gave him shelter. The convict was 25 years old when…
A commercial motorcyclist, Dayo Akingbade has told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his marriage to wife, Dapo on grounds of adultery. Countering his wife’s allegation of being irresponsible, Akingbade claimed that Dapo cannot control her…
Sodiq Adelakun An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced a 32-year-old vulcaniser, Chidozie Onyinchiz, to death by hanging on Tuesday for robbing a nurse of N57,000. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved the…
