Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, July 8, 2021 sentenced Giwa Nurudeen, a 25-year-old final year student of the University of Ilorin, to three years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on…
Justice C.L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has sentenced three internet fraudsters, Nbubuisi Kerian Ozomba, Paul Obide and Samuel Chukwuebuka Nduchukwe to one-month imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretence through the social media platform,…
The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered the remand of a farmer, Johnson Idoko, 29, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 20-year old woman. The police charged Idoko with rape punishable under Section 284 of the…
Two men – Jude Ihenacho, 35 and Vincent Ugah, 29 – on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting two other men. The police charged the defendants with assault and damage. The Prosecution counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi,…
The police at Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested two security men and arraigned them before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s 126 pack of tiles valued N447,460. They also stole property of Vava Construction Company being…
By Ogaga Ariemu The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in collaboration with National Judicial Institute (NJI), on Tuesday kickstarted a workshop designed to build capacity of Judges on rising legal and regulatory matters in the telecommunications sector. Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian…
The Director General, Science and Equipment Development Institute, Prof. Samuel Ndubisi, has been assassinated in Enugu by unidentified gunmen. This is coming barely 48 hours after the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AutoEase Service Limited, Ifeanyi Okeke, was…
By Tobi Adetunji A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that former minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun did not require National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate for appointment into political office in the country. The court also ruled that…
By Tobi Adetunji At least 24 persons have been killed by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Terrorists in Dabna a farming community three kilometres away from Graha the hometown of the Secretary to the Federal Government, Boss Mustapha. The…
