Four persons were on Tuesday, arraigned at Iwo Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ibadan, for alleged breach of peace in the neighbourhood. Oluwatoke Bamidele, 22, Adewuyi Babatunde, 21, Adebisi Sunday, 20, and Adeleke Bolaji, 19, are being tried each…
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man, Sanni Moses, to 12 months’ imprisonment for the theft of armored cable pipe worth N350,000 belonging to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The Chief Magistrate, Mr A.A.…
A 22-year-old bus conductor, Isaiah Olaniyan, was on Tuesday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court charged with the theft of two phones valued at N74,000. The defendant, whose address was not provided In the charge sheet, is standing trial on…
A man, Muhammad Rabiu, on Tuesday dragged his former mother-in-law before a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking custody of his seven-year-old daughter. In a petition, Rabiu, through his counsel, N.Y. Zakariyya, said that his client divorced his…
A 25-year-old man, Chimela Eze, on Monday appeared in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, FCT, for allegedly stealing his employer’s water heater and curtains. The police charged Eze, a manager at “Miami Escape Hotel”, Karu , FCT, with…
A trader, Prince Igbokwue, 46, on Monday told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that his former neighbour, Mrs Uju Okoye, allegedly defrauded him and his friends of N2 million for non-existent job in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).…
Seven security guards on Monday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Tinubu, Lagos, for alleged malicious destruction of employer’s truck. The police charged Sunday Okirika, 46; Innocent Abegbe, 37; David Agbo, 31; Patience Ogwuche; 28; Matthew Adikwe, 25; and…
Six men,who allegedly trespassed into a land and threatened the life of the owner, on Monday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun. The police charged Musa Rasheed,46; Tijani Rahmoni,47; Olayinka Olatunji,42; Ishola Temitope,21; Idris Isaiaka,25; and Dada Olayinka,24,whose…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) command in Kebbi State says it arrested 187 suspected drug dealers in different operations in the state in 2020. Mr Peter Odaudu, the state NDLEA Commander said this while speaking with newsmen on…
A visa agent, Olushola Odusote, on Monday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ejigbo, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a client of N2.2 million. The police charged Odusote, 47, whose address was not provided, with fraud, theft and breach of the…
