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NSCDC arrests IDP for allegedly raping minor in Jigawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested an 18-year-old Internally Displaced Person, Ibrahim Umar, for allegedly raping a primary three student in Kafin Hausa local government, Jigawa State. Spokesman of the NSCDC Jigawa State Command, CSC. Adamu…

Fire guts court building, exhibits in Ebonyi

A section of Magistrate Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital, was gutted by fire suspected to have been caused by a spark from an electricity transformer. Mr Nnenna Onuoha, Chief Registrar, Ebonyi High Court, told the Newsmen, on Monday that the…

Police arraign 2 for alleged breach of peace

Two men, Wale Fatai, 32 and Oyemomilara Deji, 25, were on Monday arraigned in an Ota Magistrate’s Court in Ogun, for alleged breach of peace, conspiracy and threat to life. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing a…

NDLEA operatives intercept 76.9kg drugs in Rivers

About 76.9kg of Canadian loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, from four used vehicles, in a container marked MSDU6686346 from Canada, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex,…