A 51-year-old man, Daniel Ogbonna, was on Wednesday docked in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged N1.4 million ponzi scam. The police charged Ogbonna with conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences, breach of public peace and theft. He…
The Ogun State So-Safe Corps, Idiroko division, has arrested a suspect identified as Timileyin Abayomi for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. The suspect was arrested on Monday at Ilashe, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, at about 3pm. The So-Safe…
An Area Court in Jos, on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old labourer, Mohammed Ahmed, to six months imprisonment for unlawful possession of cannabis sativa. Magistrates Sadiq Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, jointly sentenced Ahmed, after he pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of…
An Area Court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced a bus conductor, Haruna Yau, 18, to six months imprisonment for breaking into a house and stealing N 80,000. A panel of judges made up of Malam Sadqi Adam and Mr. Hyacenth…
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a farmer, Jiir Godwin of Tombo village in Logo LGA of Benue, for alleged malicious damage to a police post. The police charged Mr Godwin with malicious damage, abduction, hostage taking, kidnapping and…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has convicted the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa for contempt of court in relation to his agency’s failure to comply with an earlier…
By Taiwo Kolawole Hassan In my article of 8th June, 2021 published here in NewsDirect, I began by saying that in her article titled: The Emergent Queer: Homosexuality and Nigerian Fiction in the 21st Century, Lindsey Green-Simms of the American…
…Asks parents, other stakeholders to spread awareness among loved ones By Adekunle Ridwan The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to introduce a lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, which is 100…
The Parish Priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, St. Bernard, Idon Gida, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Abraham Kunat, has been kidnapped. In a letter issued by Rev. Fr. Christian Okewu Emmanuel of the Catholic…
A United States District Court for the Central District of California, on Monday, ordered a Nigerian social media influencer, Ramon Abass Olorunwa, popularly called Hushpuppi, to pay $1.7m in restitution to two victims as he bagged 11 years and 3…
