The trial of one Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, a self-acclaimed Pastor based in Lagos, continued before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on March 30, 2021, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presenting two…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has condemned the killing of Reverend Father Ferdinand Ngugban of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Aye-Twar village in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State by gunmen. In a press Statement signed…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo There was palpable tension in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Tuesday night as suspected cultists armed with machetes and guns invaded Atelewo area, Kolawole street in Osogbo, Osun State capital. A source disclosed that the group, in…
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a 40-year-old man, Awaisu Auwalu, for allegedly clubbing his son to death. The spokesman of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Kano. Haruna said…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo state command, has arrested six suspects for offences ranging from conspiracy, unlawful dealings in Petroleum products, transportation of petroleum products without haulage licence and requisite authorization, adulteration.…
A Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday sentenced two men, Abdullahi Aliyu, 23 and Jamilu Rabiu, 21, to four months imprisonment for trafficking hard drugs. The convicts are charged with possession of hard drugs suspected to be intoxicant. The Magistrate,…
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Wednesday sentenced a businessman, Ishaka Hamza to three months in prison for failing to produce his son to whom he stood in as surety. Hamza, who resides at Down Quarters…
On Wednesday, an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 41-year-old bank teller, Philips Ogorome to 18 months imprisonment for stealing N2.8 million from a micro finance bank. The Magistrate, Mr O. T. Ayobolu sentenced Ogorome after he found him guilty of…
A 26-year-old artisan, Gbenga Demehin, on Wednesday appeared in an ’ Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly assaulting a hotel guest with a rake. Demehin, whose residential address was not given, is charged with assault and malicious damage. The defendant,…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday ordered that a 30-year-old commercial driver, Suleiman Auwal, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman. The police charged Auwal with rape. Magistrate Hajara Dauda, who did not take…
