Crime

2 men docked over alleged stealing

Two men, Amobi Okeke, 20 and Nnamdi Itumo, 23, were on Thursday brought before a Badagry Magistrates’Court in Lagos for stealing N2 million. The defendants whose addresses are unknown are facing a count charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, ASP. Akpan…

NDLEA charges 20-year-old with  1.45kg hemp peddling

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 20-year-old man, Buhari Lawal, with  peddling 1.45kg of Cannabis Sativa (hemp). Unemployed Lawal is charged before a Federal High Court in Lagos State. The one-count charge of drug trafficking is…

Court grants man bail in N4m charge

Justice Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court  in Enugu on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of one million naira and two sureties to one Hillary Obetta charged with four million naira fraud. Oghoghorie, however, ordered that Obetta should…

Man demands N500m compensation for detained wife, children

Mr Ohore Ogaga, the husband of a woman allegedly detained by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),  has approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) panel, seeking financial compensation of N500 million. The NHRC independent panel is investigating alleged Human…

Man lands in court over 2.1 million naira theft

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 24-year-old man, Ahmed Fadulilahi, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s for allegedly stealing a sum of two million, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand, five hundred naira The prosecutor, ASP Taiwo Adegoke told the court that…

28 internet fraud suspects in EFCC net in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested 28 internet fraud suspects at different locations in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. The suspects include Emanuel Duke, Fortune Stephen, Okpesa Kenneth,…