Crime

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…

Man, 47, docked over alleged N12m fraud

The Police arraigned a man, Olusola Samuel, 47, at a Grade 1 Area Court, Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday charged with N12 million fraud. Samuel, of no fixed address was also charged with breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation. He…

2 docked over alleged theft of goods worth N60m

Two employees – Taofeek Afolabi, 25, and Lamir Yinusa, 37 – on Tuesday in Lagos appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with stealing a container of goods valued N60 million. The defendants are being tried for conspiracy and stealing.…