A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday ordered that a 66-year-old blacksmith, Mohammed Adamu,who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) charged Adamu with defilement, contrary…
Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned till March 10, 2021 for continuation of cross examination in the ongoing trial of former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Yakubu. Yakubu…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Wednesday seized unwholesome and adulterated cosmetic product – Funbact A Triple Action cream, worth over N4,198,000. The Agency also sealed up 15 shops that serve as selling outlets…
Tobi Adetunji. The Lagos State Command has arrested a 42years-old man for allegedly beating wife to death. Mr David idibie of joado street, Oke ira Nla, Ajah Area Lagos State was said to have allegedly killed his wife on Tuesday…
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…
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…
A retired civil servant, Mr Olutayo Farakin, on Tuesday, told a Federal High Court that he trusted Bishop Jonah Katung and invested N1.25 million into the defunct Fadama multi-purpose cooperative society. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Katung,…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has said that the Nigerian Army will leverage Information Communication Technology (ICT) in degrading enemies’ propaganda and radicalisation. Attahiru stated this on Tuesday at the start of a week-long workshop on “Office…
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…
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…
