A Central Area Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos in Plateau on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Salisu Musa to one month imprisonment for possession of hard drugs. A panel of two magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, sentenced the…
A mother of 10, Mrs Tolu Osho, has lost her 48-year-old marriage for allegedly denying husband sex. An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, granted the request of her estranged husband, Mojidi, to dissolve the union. The court president,…
By Tina Omoregie, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has withdrawn the result of a candidate, Attama Lawrence Ikedichukwu, for alleged impersonation during the just-concluded 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Board said its investigations revealed that…
A Central Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 19-year-old, trader Aliyu Usman to six months imprisonment for destroying a laptop. A panel of two Magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, sentenced Usman after he…
The Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of Damaturu Branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA). The Command’s Spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a…
Unknown gunmen attacked Sokoto Mass Transit and kidnapped over 60 travellers along the Sokoto-Gusau highway and killed two in another location same day. An official of the Sokoto Mass Transit confirmed to journalists that one of their buses was attacked…
The Commissioner of police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered the State CID to speedily investigate the activities of people arrested for electoral offences during Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Odumosu made the order on Monday during…
The eight Nigerians, among them five members of the Maritime Workers of Nigeria (MWUN) kidnapped by gunmen in Rivers State waters on Monday have regained their freedom. The release of the abducted travellers, which occurred on Saturday evening is sequel…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command say they have arrested three suspects who allegedly invaded a provision/drinks store and dispossessed the owner, one Tope Alabi (not the gospel singer) of a huge sum of money. According…
By Tobi Adetunji The police operatives attached to Ijanikin Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists. The suspects were nabbed on Sunday at about 11a.m., cultists at Oto Awori, Ijanikin Area of Lagos State. “The…
