By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Banji Ajaka, the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, has confirmed that a total of 22 worshippers have been confirmed dead in the Sunday brutal attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo. Recall that some…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a forex trader, Shola Henry, to two years imprisonment for stealing N20 million. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in her ruling, held that crypto currency business was nothing but a Ponzi scheme. “The prosecution,…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced two teenagers to 24 months in juvenile corrective home for stabbing a boy. The minors, pleaded not guilty to the two- count charge of assault and causing breach of peace. Delivering judgment, Magistrate…
A 30-year-old man, Ishola Yusuf, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly collecting an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card of another person, with intent to defraud the owner. Yusuf, whose residential address was not provided, was…
An FCT High Court in Kubwa, on Wednesday remanded a 32-year old man, Anthony Okoye in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an 18-year old girl. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) charged the accused…
Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court Ibadan on Tuesday sentenced an unemployed man, Ibrahim Rasaq to one year imprisonment for trafficking 4.4 kg of marijuana. Agomoh held that she convicted and sentenced Rasaq based on the evidence before…
The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested three suspected kidnappers and rescued two victims in Gombi Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by DSP Suleima Nguroje, Spokesman of the command, on Monday in Yola.…
Suspected terrorists are said to have attacked St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Emerging reports suggest that many worshippers have died and several others have been left injured following the…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Waris Shoaga to seven years imprisonment with hard labour, for being in possession of stolen phones and other valuable items. Shoaga whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the two-count charge…
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have killed two bandits and recovered two AK 47 assault rifles in the Birnin Gwari axis. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement he…
