A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old security guard, Lucky Bulus, to 18 months in prison for stealing 350 litres of diesel. The Magistrate, Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Bulus after he pleaded guilty to the charge.…
The Police in Ogun State on Monday, said a hunter identified as Femi was found dead with bullet wounds in a forest in the Ijebu Igbo area of the state. Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson said Femi, a resident of…
Gunmen on Sunday evening abducted Reverend Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary, Ivhianokpodi, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. Following the abduction, the Catholic Diocese of Auchi is seeking the assistance of law…
An unidentified female passenger has been reported dead in a fatal lone accident that occurred at Molipa roundabout, in the Ijebu -Ode area of Ogun state. The accident which happened at about 10:30pm on Sunday, occurred when the driver of…
A senior lecturer in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof Oguejiofo Ujam was on Sunday abducted along the Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road. Oguejiofor is the Dean, School of General Studies of the university. The Newsmen learnt that the kidnapping of the varsity…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Messengers of Peace Foundation (MOPF) have urged Nigerians to shun protests and embrace dialogue to build the needed peace in the country. Mr Ibrahim Aminu, Mandate Secretary, Social Development Secretariat, FCT Administration, spoke…
Ogun State Government, through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has suspended the teacher who punished Monday Ariyo, an SS2 student of Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi. The Newsmen reported that Ariyo died on Friday at the Federal Medical…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Brandy Nwatu, a passenger, who allegedly assaulted a Bolt driver in a viral video. The Newsmen reports that a video clip which captured a Bolt driver being…
The Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of 35 suspected oil thieves accused of operating illegal refineries and breaking into pipelines to siphon crude oil across four Niger Delta states. The spokesman of the Nigerian Army, 6 Division, Port Harcourt,…
An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin has discharged and acquitted a lecturer with the University of Benin, UBTH, Dr Omowumi Ekundayo Steven of alleged sexual assault and rape of a final year female student of the institution. Justice…
