An Ekiti High Court, presided over by Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, sentenced one Hussein Isah to life imprisonment on Monday for raping two underage girls. Prosecution proved that Isah raped the two children aged 11 years and 12 years at Ilasa-Ekiti…
..Urges Osun govt, security operatives to be on alert …As govt orders extensive investigation into incident By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo A socio-political group, the Osun Shall Rise Again (OSRA) on Sunday raised the alarm of the plot to disrupt the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 101 parcels of cocaine concealed in eight children duvets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA,…
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo A septuagenarian, Azeez Akintunde, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding a man, Abideen Busari, of a sum of N845,000. The 78-year-old man, who was arraigned alongside one Taiwo Ajadi (60) before…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested 23-yr old boy, Ikenna James at Ogijo in Sagamu local government for raping and killing a 29-yr old neighbour, Oluwatoshin Adefisayo, a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University. Ikenna, who…
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned one Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeri (NOGASA) alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special…
An Edo High Court sitting in Auchi on Friday convicted and sentenced a 20-year-old man, Sufiyan Ahmed, to 21 years’ imprisonment for murder. The convict had been arraigned earlier on a two-count charge of murder and sexual assault, after sexually…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday dragged a 24-year-old man, Emmanuel Danlami, before a Federal High Court in Lagos for drug trafficking. The defendant was charged with a count bordering on drug trafficking in a file marked…
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 33-year-old man, Seun Sowemimo, to 12months imprisonment without option of fine for attempting to steal from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Sowemimo whose address was not provided pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of…
A 55-year-old cleric, Nelson Foni, was arraigned at a Kafanchan Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna State on Friday for giving false prophesy and duping a congregant, Edith Emmanuel, of N1.7 million. The cleric faced a three-count charge of extortion, criminal breach…
