A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of …
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 27-year-old man, Bidemi Olanrewaju for a two-count charge bordering on armed robbery and rape. Olanrewaju reportedly committed the offences on July 25 at Fajuyi area in Ile-Ife. According to the…
A man, Moses Ochelle, on Thursday appeared in an Upper Area Court in Makurdi, for allegedly biting and pulling out ”clumps” of his wife’s hair in an attack in their bedroom. The police charged Ochelle with assault, cause grievous hurt…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday, ordered two dropouts of Babcock University, accused of drugging and gang-raping a woman in a hotel in Lekki, Lagos to open their defence. Reports state that…
A 43-year-old man, Ayobami Yekini, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N500, 000 on the pretext of securing her husband’s bail, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged the defendant, whose address was not provided,…
Mr AbdulRasheed Bawa, the Executive Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has charged corps members to be good ambassadors of the fight against corruption. Bawa made the call on Wednesday during a sensitisation lecture, titled ‘EFCC and the Role…
The Police in Jigawa have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly killing his brother’s wife in Miga Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Police Command, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in Dutse…
…Court stops DSS, AGF from arresting Igboho By Ariemu Ogaga and Uthman Salami After 34 days of incarceration, a federal high court has granted bail to 12 aides of the Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.…
A suspected notorious cult leader, Qudus Balogun, was arrested on Wednesday by the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) at Ita-Opo area of Epe, Lagos State. The suspected cultist, popularly known as “Ewe,” has been handed over to the police in Epe…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted pangolin scales and elephant tusks worth N22.3 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), said this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. He said the pangolin…
