A 36-year-old man, Abubakar Haruna, who allegedly stole a tricycle valued at N850,000 was on Tuesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court. Haruna, of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy. The prosecutor, Insp…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure has sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Opeyemi Omoyemi to four and half years in prison for brutalising and inflicting body injuries on his 12-year-old house help identified as Joel…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said it has arrested one Babawale Daniel Olayinka, who claimed to be “Personal Assistant to the Oyo State Governor on Media Matters” for…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ebute Meta, Lagos State, on Monday, remanded a 30-year-old motorcycle rider, Sanusi Aliu, for allegedly stabbing a police officer to death with a scissors and one other. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count…
A 30-year-old man, Chukwu deku Umeh, was on Monday, arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing plumbing materials. Umeh, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of stealing. The police prosecutor, Insp. Olubu Apata, told…
By Abimbola Abatta Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have detained an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, for smuggling 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic in Sokoto…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Following the setting ablaze of two suspected ritualists in Oja-Odan in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday by irate crowd, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has warned residents to desist…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has lamented recurring criminal activities in the state and the nation, mentioning bad parenting as the cause of crime in the Nigeria. The Police Spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this at…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of three men charged with unlawful possession of a gun and robbing four persons of their cell phones. The defendants are Olayemi Ajayi, 22, apprentice; Kudus Olawale, 22, barber; and Wasiu…
By Blessing Wika, Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted 40,250 kilogrammes of codeine at Lagos port worth over N2billion imported in two 40ft containers from India. This is coming barely a week after the NDLEA seized 14,080kg…
