A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday sentenced one Ademola Adebukola, 29, to six months imprisonment for defrauding a lady of $3,500 in the guise of a romantic relationship. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced Adebukola on a four-count charge, following his guilty plea. The charge was preferred […]
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Three men on Monday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly selling 150 chickens worth N450,000 without permission. The police charged, Charles Ifesinachi, 45, Kenneth Emmanuel, 15, and Emmanuel Daniel, 29 with three counts of negligent conduct, criminal conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Abudulahi Tanko, told […]
The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Oyeyemi said that the suspect was arrested at Obantoko area of Abeokuta. The spokesperson […]
Police Command in Bauchi state has arrested a 22-year-old man, suspected to be a ritualist for alleged gruesome murder of his neighbour in Alkaleri Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Ahmed Wakil, Police Public Relations office (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Monday in […]
A 27-year-old Nigerian, Suleiman Isa, on Sunday in Kano State tied the knot with his 46-year-old American Instagram lover, Jennie Sanchez. Hundreds of friends, well-wishers and family members of the groom attended the wedding prayer at the Panshekara Juma’at Mosque in Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State. Isa, an […]
Mr Abayomi Omomuwa, managing director, Lekki Concession Company, has revealed that the Lekki Toll Gate had earlier belonged to private investors until it was acquired by the Lagos State government in 2014. Mr Omomuwa disclosed this while he was being interrogated by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry. The […]
One Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Popoola Kayode, leader of Taskforce team operating around Lekki Ajah area of Lagos State and his team members have been arrested for collecting N100,000 bribe. The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), Head, Public Affairs Unit, Adebayo Taofiq said this in […]
The Nasarawa State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Philip Shekwo, who was abducted by gunmen on Saturday, has been found dead. His body according to report was dumped close to his residence. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, told newsmen on Sunday in Lafia that […]
A teacher, Mrs Ndubisi Obiechina, has narrated how she lost two pregnancies while in custody of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over a suspect to which she was distantly acquainted. Narrating her ordeal before the Lagos State Judicial Panel on EndSARS protest, Ndubisi said that she was detained and […]
Senators Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central) and Abdulfatai Buhari (APC-Oyo North) have condemned the killing of Isiaq Jimoh during a protest against the operations of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) in Ogbomoso on Saturday. The lawmakers gave the condemnation in their separate statements made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. […]
