A Grade 1 Area Court in Shagari quarters, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 29-year-old Electrician, Sunday Adebanyo, to six months imprisonment for cheating a lottery house of N37,000. Adebanyo, who resides at Dutse Makaranta, Abuja, was sentenced after he pleaded…
AFederal High Court sitting in Kano sentenced one Muhammed Idris, 48 years, to seven years imprisonment on Monday for human trafficking. Justice Jane Inyang gave sentence after Idris pleaded guilty to the charge read against him. The Court did not…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A 25-year-old man, Ebenezer Adeshina, has been arrested at Owode Egbado in Yewa South local government by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) he had met on Facebook…
A Lagos High Court at Tafawa Balewa Square on Monday remanded an unemployed man, Toafeek Yekini, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, for allegedly stabbing a man to death. Yekini, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a charge…
The Police on Monday charged a business woman, Adenike Adekanmi, before a Federal High Court in Lagos, for allegedly issuing a dud cheque. The defendant was arraigned on a one count charge of issuing a dud cheque. She, however, pleaded…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has vowed to sanction one of its officers for allegedly “assaulting an unarmed civilian”. This is contained in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Dep. Comptroller Timi Bomodi, and made available to…
A Makurdi Upper Area Court, on Monday, remanded Mr. Monday Tebu, a Deputy Comptroller, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Benue Command, for over alleged failure to pay N410,000 judgment debt. The Magistrate, Mrs. Dooshima Ikpambese, in her ruling, said that the…
Ayodele Oluwayemi, 20, was on Monday arraigned in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly collecting N1.4 million under the pretext of assisting a man procure a visa. The Police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided, with…
The Police Command in Zamfara, said it arrested two suspects for vandalism of a transformer and other electrical installations in Wanzamai Village, Tsafe Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command stated this in a statement it issued in…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had embarked on collaboration and cooperation with other deposit insurance agencies globally to address the challenges facing the insurance industry. The NDIC Managing- Director/Chief Executive, Bello Hassan, said this at a retreat…
