The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Solomon Arase, has split the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) into two units with a view to checking human rights abuses.

Dutse- Alhaji (Abuja) – The police on Friday arraigned two men in a Dutse- Alhaji Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly beating a man over N5, 000 debt. The accused persons, Mike Adamu, 21 and Gideon Haruna, 24, both security guards in FCDA Quarters Bwari, are facing a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, criminal […]

Visiting the prisoners, orphanage and children’s hospice, are some of the many ways we can touch lives meaningfully and leave a legacy behind. Most people would have thrown very wild or flamboyant parties to mark their birthdays or anniversary but with the view to please God in addition to giving meaning to the lives of the down trodden, Nollywood stars joined Dr Chris Eke of Word and Spirit Assembly, Ijegun Lagos, as he marked his 40th birthday on Saturday with the Hearts of Gold Children’s Hospice and Kirikiri Maximum Prison inmates, Lagos.

A Mararaba Upper Area Court, on Friday ordered the remand of a 28-year-old student, Gimba Emen for allegedly jilting his girlfriend. The prosecutor, Sgt. Samuel Okoro, told the court that Jessica Ibrahim, a girlfriend to the accused, reported the matter at the Sani Abacha Road Police Station, Mararaba, on Aug. 4 at about 11:30 a.m.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Anthony Araba, denied the accused bail and ordered that he should be remanded in Oba Prisons near Abeokuta pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

A wild boar hunt was taking place in the area at the time of the accident. The woman from the city of Guetersloh suffered only bruising. A piece of ammunition was found on the bra’s metal wire.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the new anti-kidnapping law passed by the State Assembly will help in checking the rising wave of the ugly crime in the state.

The World Health Organisation (WHO), has chosen Mother and Child Hospitals in Akure and Ondo as research centres for child and maternal healthcare delivery. The Head of the Reproductive Health and Research of WHO, Dr Femi Oladapo made the disclosure on Thursday during a courtesy visit to Dr Olusegun Mimiko in his office in Akure.

“Some of the expired products discovered in the unhygienic factory included expired Maggi sauce with manufacturing date of 15/08/2011 and expiry date of 15/08/2014. “Other products included Amoy Dark Soy Sauce, Costa Corned Beef and Exeter Corned Beef among others.
“For the Costa Corned Beef, whether expired or not, the 24-year -old suspect, changed their labels to Exeter Corned Beef,’’ it said.

According to claims, by the tradition, it is a taboo to bury a person with hunchback in the community. The corpse of such person must rather be hanged on a tree otherwise an evil will befall the community. Femi and four others died when an 18-seater bus they were travelling with, from Omu-Aran to Lagos, had an accident.