Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Barely 24 hours after Ogun State Police Command killed two members of a kidnap syndicate at Itori area of Ewekoro local government, the command in another encounter on Monday arrested a member of a kidnap gang while…
A mother of two, Altine Abdullahi, on Tuesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kofar Fada Zaria for allegedly converting her home to a brothel. The police charged Abdullahi and Mohammed Yasir with conspiracy, adultery and abduction, contrary to the…
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…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, in its custody. Lawyer to the detainees, Pelumi Olajengbesi, confirmed their release on Monday at a…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command reportedly killed two members of a suspected kidnap syndicate on Sunday 29th of August 2021, when they engaged the police in a gun battle in Itori area of Ewekoro Local…
By Tobi Adetunji An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday ordered that a woman, Nifemi Ajayi, who allegedly bit her neighbour on the scrotum, be remanded. The police charged Nifemi with assault. Magistrate Olusola Aluko also ordered the Defence…
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…
By Tobi Adetunji Not less than twelve persons were said to have died in a ghastly motor accident in Nasarawa Doka, along the Kaduna-Abuja road in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday. The Commissioner of Internal Security…
A suspected narcotics trafficker, Ibeh Kenneth Ejike has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a…
By Tobi Adetunji The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye has promised to tackle corruption-related matters arising from estimated billings, illegal selling of meters, and other related offences in the electricity sector. Owasanoye…
