Crime

Court jails six oil thieves in Port Harcourt

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced six oil thieves to various terms of imprisonment. The defendants,  Abubakar Lawan;   Okwe Victor;  Justice Samson;  Baffa Abubakar, Usman Mohammed and Chris Chinda were jailed on different…

Ex-convict jailed 10 months for stealing car parts

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old ex-convict, Moses Christian, to 10 months imprison for stealing car parts worth N315,000. Christian, who resides in Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna, was charged for trespass and theft to which…

Man docked for allegedly forging land document

A 43-year-old man, Adams James was on Monday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging a land documents belonging to his brother. The defendant, a resident of Narayi High Coast Kaduna, is standing trial on a one-count…

Police arrest five suspected drug dealers in Ekiti

Ekiti State Police command said it has arrested five suspected cultists and drug barons following a tip-off in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. ASP. Abutu Sunday, the command’s Spokesperson, made this known on Saturday in a statement in Ado-Ekiti. Sunday said…