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Man in court for assaulting police officer

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State remanded a 27-year-old man, Taofeek Ahmed, on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a police officer after failing to pay for doughnuts. The prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the…

11 ‘yahoo boys’ sentenced to prison in Benin

Twenty-six-year-old Ohenhen Victor Ikponwosa, a graduate of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma and 10 others were on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City for internet…

NDLEA arrests 501 drug offenders in Adamawa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 501 drug offenders, 10 of whom are women, in Adamawa State in the past 12 months. Adamawa State NDLEA commander, Femi Agboalu, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said an assortment of…