Crime

Security man lands in court over assault

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo An Osogbo Magistrates’ court has remanded a 33-year-old security man, Wasiu Ogundipe, for alleged assault. The accused person committed the offence on March 29, 2021 around 9:50 pm at Aloha Hotel, Mallan Tope Area in Osogbo. The…

Customs intercepts cannabis sativa with DPV of N694m

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command (WMC), has intercepted cannabis sativa with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N694, 575, 000. The NCS has also handed the banned substance to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Comptroller…

Ogun police arrest 50-year-old fake lawyer

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A 50-year-old man, Azeez Agboola was on Wednesday arrested by Ogun state police command, for unlawfully parading himself as a legal practitioner . According to statement from the command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Thursday, Azeez Agboola,…

EFCC docks man for alleged $1,030,302.00 fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Thursday, April 1, 2021, arraigned one Uchenna Igwegbe before Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a three-count charge bordering on retention of…