AFederal High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted one Adebowale Oyedotun, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, over offences bordering on cybercrime. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) secured the conviction. Oyedotun, 19,…
A 54-year old Felix Bamigboye was on Wednesday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly allowing a “quack” doctor to perform an illegal surgery on a resident in his home. Bamigboye, a resident of Oshodi area of…
A Federal High Court in Ilorin has convicted one David Oluseyi Ajewole, based in Ado-Ekiti, over offences bordering on internet fraud. The presiding judge, Justice Muhammed Sani ordered the forfeiture of a Duplex building, situated at Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government…
The Nigeria Navy said it has rescued seven male victims who were abducted on May 10 by sea pirates off the coast of Bonny Island in Rivers. The seven passengers were transiting to Port Harcourt from Bonny when their commercial…
A 67-year-old businessman, Dike Anthony, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly cheating a client of N1.35 million. The police charged Anthony with criminal breach of trust and cheating. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi…
A 35-year-old trader, Oladimeji Nurudeen, charged with obtaining yam tubers worth N478, 000 by false pretences, on Tuesday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State. Nurudeen, who resides at Ikorodu, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger on Monday destroyed drugs weighing 21 tonnes in Maikunkule village of Bosso Local Government Area of the state. The state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, represented by the state Commissioner for Internal Security,…
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Monday sentenced a 34-year-old Driver, Habib Dada, to nine months imprisonment for stealing his employer’s gym equipment. Dada, of Gusape Asokor village Abuja pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust, theft and…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as “Amotekun Corps,” has disclosed that it has arrested no fewer than 4,000 criminal suspects for various crimes activities, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, human trafficking, illegal possession…
Three unemployed men were on Monday docked in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun for allegedly breaking into a shop and stealing 10 bags of rice worth N600,000. The police charged Abdulrasaq Quawil, 22; Motunrayo Akinyole, 31 and Uchenna Chukwu,…
