Crime

Ilorin court sends internet fraudster to prison 

A 29-year-old internet fraud-ster, Ademola  Adebukola alias “Holy Ghost” has been convicted on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months…

Osun: Security operatives rescue kidnapped person

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The joint operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Amotekun corps officials, hunters and vigilante men in Osun State have rescued the remaining person in the captive of kidnappers. Recall that gunmen had on Sunday night abducted travellers along…

Court remands 38-year-old man over alleged robbery

Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court, Nyanya, on Tuesday, remanded a 38-year-old man, Benjamin Nongu, charged with alleged robbery. Kekemeke ordered the defendant to be remanded in a correctional centre after Nongu’s no-guilty plea, with no bail application…

Lagos Police arrest 2 cultists, recover arms

Tobi Adetunji The  Lagos State Police Command  in its zeal to decimate cultists in the state,  yesterday arrested two  suspected cultists and recover arms. In a statement issued by the Spokesperson of Police Lagos State CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi and   made…

Abeokuta court jails two for impersonation

Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Tobiloba Stephen Shokunbi and Emmanuel Korede Oladunjoye, to six months and four months imprisonment respectively. The duo were…

Man bags one-year jail term for stealing in Osun

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 45-year-old man, Moses Sanni has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for stealing an armoured cable pipe belonging to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. In his judgment, Magistrate, Abiona Adebayo, gave…