Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue has assured that the killers of Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Ngugban would be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom made the promise in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Terver Akase on Wednesday in Makurdi. Ngugban,…
A 20-year-old teenager, Ibrahim Adeyemi, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly being in possession of firearms. Adeyemi, whose residential address was not provided, is being charged for unlawful possession of firearms. The defendant, however, pleaded…
By Tobi Adetunji. Operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested five illegal immigrants for allegedly being in possession of a locally-made pistol and seize goods worth the sum of N61m in 18days…
A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Affen on March 25, 2021 sentenced one Ogbelegba Emmanuel Abel to three months imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and internet fraud. The…
A 37-year-old man, Chizoba Ifekandu, who allegedly shared details of a co-tenant’s medical result, was on Monday brought before a Surulere Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos. Ifekandu, of no fixed residential address, is being tried on a four-count charge of…
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi No fewer than four persons were killed by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday at Mbatyula, Mberev Council ward in Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue State. Nigerian NewDirect reports that those killed are…
A 26-year-old sales representative, Merit Samuel and 36-year-old sales supervisor, Michael Ogar, on Tuesday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing their employer’s N5 million. The police charged Samuel and Ogar, who reside in…
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of three men in a correctional facility for alleged armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and criminal conspiracy. The pleas of the defendants, Mujaheed Saminu, 32, Ismail Yunusa, 32 and…
The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two suspects over the corpse of a young lady found in the gutter along Presidential Road, Independence Layout of Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Daniel Ndukwe, said in a…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2 billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos and nabbed three suspected traffickers. One of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright was arrested…
