Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Abdullahi Paiko Aliyu , who claims to be a staff of the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, to seven years imprisonment on a two…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 78 suspects and secured 12 convictions between January and June in Sokoto State. The NDLEA Commander in Sokoto, Mr Iro Adamu, stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in Sokoto,…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Ondo State Police Command has arrested three persons who specialised in stealing lister power generating engines. The leader of the gang, Babajide Moses, who confessed to the crime while speaking with journalists on Tuesday at the…
By Ogaga Ariemu More troubles for Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over N800 billion oil spill judgment debt as the Supreme Court of Nigeria presided over by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun ordered all parties to maintain Status Quo in the suit…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, secured five convictions before the Federal and State High Courts in Ibadan, Oyo State and Osogbo, Osun State respectively. Among the convicts…
A 54-year-old cattle seller, Lateef Ogidiolu, charged with obtaining three cows worth N750,000 each under false pretences, was on Tuesday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Ogidiolu, who resides in Gbagada area of Lagos, is charged with…
An Ilesa Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Monday, remanded a 25-year-old man, Ubah Ozioma, at the Ilesa Correctional Centre, over alleged N1.8million fraud. The Magistrate, M.A. Awodele, ordered the remand and adjourned the matter until July 7 for hearing of…
An Aiyetoro High Court in Ogun sentenced one, Adelake Bara, to death by hanging on Monday for shooting and killing one Olaleye Oke, whom he accused of having illicit affairs with one of his three wives. The court convicted Bara…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State police command, on Monday evening, ordered the popular Zazoo crooner, Habeeb Okikiola popularly called Portable to report himself to any nearest police station over allegation of inhuman treatment as contained in a video said…
A 20-year-old mechanic, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was on Monday arraigned in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, for allegedly stealing cell phone worth N600,000. The police charged Ibrahim of Iddo Sarki with criminal trespass, house breaking and theft. The Prosecution Counsel,…
