Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has refused to admit to bail Mr Frank Akpan, and his daughter,  Anwan Bassey Akpan, the second and third defendants respectively in the alleged murder of job seeker Iniubong Umoren.

An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday sentenced two travel agents to five years imprisonment for visa fraud. The police charged Oyeronke Gbadamosi, 28, and Muritala Bello, 42, with conspiracy, fraud and theft. Delivering judgment, Magistrate Mercy Amole-Ajimoti,  held that both Oyeronke and Bello were guilty of defrauding Yusuf Aliu and 197 other […]

No fewer than seven people lost their lives, while 19 others were injured in a lone accident that occurred on Wednesday morning around Badeku area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The lone accident, which involved a truck with registration number, OYO: NRK 312 YR, occured at about 7.00 a.m at Badeku Junction on Ibadan-Ile-Ife Road. A […]

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday that a 14-year-old boy (name withheld) be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Magistrate O.A Layinka, who did not take the juvenile’s plea, directed the police to send the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal […]

Seven persons were reportedly killed in a lone accident that involved a commercial bus along Akure-Ilesa express road, Osun State.