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Police arrest man for defiling teenage house help

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old man simply identified as Kolawole for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old female house help at Ejekwu street in Eneka community, Obio-Akpor Local Government area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer…

Another fuel tanker catches fire in Ogun

Another fuel-laden tanker caught fire in Ogun State on Friday, making it the fourth in two days. Earlier, two tankers had crashed in Abeokuta and one other along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, between Wednesday and Thursday. News Men reports that the…

Police arraign teenager over phone theft in Osun

The Osun State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned an 18-year-old man, Musibahu Ganiyu, before a Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo over alleged theft of an Infinix Smart 7 phone. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Akintunde Jacob, told the court that the…

Many injured as BRT buses collide in Lagos

Two Bus Rapid Transport, known as BRT, were involved in a head-on collision on Tuesday in the Dopemu area of Lagos. Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, disclosed this in an online video on its official X handle, confirming several…

Ogun court jails man for stealing N2m items

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Tuesday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Ijioma Kalu, to 15 months imprisonment for breaking into a house to steal items worth N2 million. The Magistrate, Mr O. O. Okiki, sentenced Kalu to prison without…

Man divorces wife over adultery, serial infidelity

An Area Court at Center-Igboro, Ilorin in Kwara, on Friday, dissolved the marriage between Majeed Suleiman and Ganiyat Suleiman over his wife’s adultery. The presiding Judge, AbdulKadir Ahmed said after carefully listening to the two parties, the court noticed that…