The absence of 45-year-old businessman, David Omonije, in an FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, stalled his arraignment for allegedly issuing a N1.2 million dud cheque. The Attorney-General of the Federation charged the defendant with two counts bordering on issuance…
A High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, be remanded in a correctional centre. The Lagos State Government charged Ominnikoron with four counts bordering on conspiracy, murder and rape. Justice Sherifat…
Mr Yunana Barde, Chairman, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State has appealed for calm in the area following the violence that claimed some lives in Kagoro on Sunday night. The appeal is contained in a statement signed by Barde…
For the first time in history, a 52-year-old father of four children who claims to be a businessman, Okeke Adolphus Anayochukwu has been arrested with black liquid cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja by operatives of the…
The Police Command in Oyo State, has rescued two suspects, who allegedly attempted to kidnap a 9-year-old girl, from being lynched. The command made this known in a statement by its spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, on Monday in Ibadan. Osifeso said…
A 44-year-old man, Funji Ishola, on Monday, appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, for alleged N2 million fraud. Ishola, whose residential address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-count charge of fraud and conversion. The prosecutor, Insp. Benedict…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Police have paraded Pastor Chidi Samuel Ejiogu and his assistant, Paul Zakari; over the mysterious death of a 20-year-old girl, Favour Okumazor, who is a member of their fellowship, Life Builders Network, founded in 2018. Chidi was…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended three suspects and impounded six trucks loaded with 214,000 litres of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Akwa Ibom. The NSCDC Commandant in Akwa Ibom, Mr Abidemi Majekodunmi, made…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has discovered plot to cause violence in parts of the country particularly in the North Central. The Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Unknown people suspected to be political thugs invaded the home of a popular politician, Hon. Olaolu Oladapo, in Ondo city, Ondo state, on Saturday night. Nigerian NewsDirect, however, learnt that these hoodlums could not achieve their…
