The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered his men to arrest scammers who are carrying out illegal recruitment exercises under the guise that they represent the Nigeria Police Force. IGP Alkali Baba while noting the Force has…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to produce the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, before it on July 29. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday ordered the remand of one Wasiu Afolabi at the Abolongo Correctional Facility for alleged murder of his friend. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Olaide Amzat, did not take the plea of…
Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced a self-styled customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to twenty years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and job scam. The convict, posing…
The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned one Ahmed Soetan Adebola before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. He was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering…
By Tobi Adetunji Two officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have testified against a former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mr. Sakiru Kehinde Ashekun. The former council chief was charged with…
At least 3,133 Nigerians were reportedly killed in Nigeria in the second quarter of the year in violent incidents, including attacks by Boko Haram terrorists, militia herdsmen, bandits, armed robbers and others. This is according to SBM Intelligence, a socioeconomic…
A 24-year-old man, Akinola Ismail, on Thursday appeared before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly stealing an Itel mobile phone and N5, 000 cash. Ismail, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and…
Amedical practitioner, who was kidnapped on Monday in Kogi, Dr Solomon Nidiamaka, has regained freedom. Nidiamaka, of General Hospital, Ugwolawo in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen around 8:30 a.m. from the premises of…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The Deji and paramount ruler of Akure kingdom, of the Ondo state capital, Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has urged the security agencies across the country not to relax until the battle against banditry, kidnapping and all forms of…
