The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Rivers has uncovered a warehouse of compressed cannabis Sativa in Abuja Estate in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state Commander, Rachael Shelleng, who announced this in a statement on Sunday, said that officers of…
An Abakiliki High Court Thursday discharged and acquitted Mr Chukwudi Omeh, after his eighth year in the Correctional Centre for allegedly killing his wife, Chinagorom. Chinagorom, who was three-month pregnant when she died, had her remains dumped in the forest.…
Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta A commercial driver, Kamorudeen Olateju and four of his passengers, have been abducted by unknown gunmen while driving along Ayetoro-Abeokuta road in Ogun State. Olateju was reportedly abducted alongside one Ms Saidat Adediran and three other passengers…
By Tobi Adetunji. An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Friday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Lekan Amusa, to six months in the correctional centre for breaking into a house with the intention to steal. The Magistrate, Mrs A.O. Adeyemi, sentenced…
The Police Command in Anmabra has arrested one Miss Rejoice Raymond, 39 and Mrs Chidi Nwafor, 80, for allegedly subjecting three minors to physical and emotional torture. The State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed disclosed this in a…
An Abeokuta High Court on Friday, sentenced a 33- year-old man, Sheu Jimoh, to death by hanging for murder. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiodun Akinyemi, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubts. Akinyemi said the offence committed…
An FCT High Court in Kubwa on Friday ordered the remand of four persons in a correctional centre for alleged armed robbery. The defendants – Usman Diko, Segun Adigun, Sunday Haruna and Okafor Chimezie – were charged with criminal conspiracy…
By Ayo Fadimu Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered yet another underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a…
The trial of a former Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, Alhaji Ope Saraki continued on Thursday February 18, 2021 at the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin with the cross-examination of the second prosecution…
By Eunice Odigie, Benin City A High Court siting in Benin City, Edo State Capital yesterday declined hearing into a case of alleged defamation of character insitituted by former Edo State All Progressive Party Gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu…
