Crime

Tiler, 30, remanded for alleged robbery, rape

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 30- year-old tiler, Sunday David, in a correctional centre for alleged armed robbery and rape of a 28-year-old lady. David, who resides at Isa Kaita Road, Badarawa Kaduna, was arraigned on…

Kwara Poly student, one other convicted of cybercrime

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday August 31, 2021 secured the conviction one Oyadiji Temitope Ridwan, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, and one Asimiyu Idris over offences bordering on personation and internet…

Court remands man for allegedly defiling minor

A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday remanded a 19-year-old man, Tanzilu Rabiu, in a Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an 8-year-old girl. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Aisha Muhammad-Yahaya, who did not take the plea of Rabiu ordered…

Lawyer asks court to stop SSS from using ‘DSS’

By Tobi Adetunji A Lagos-based lawyer, Tope Alabi, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to ban the State Security Service (SSS) from being addressed or addressing itself as ‘Department of State Service (DSS)’ without an amendment of the…