Alleged criminal mastermind, Raymond Igbalode Abbas, known as ‘Hushpuppi’ has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) to the United States. This is according to statement by the Dubai Police in which the US Federal Bureau of Investigations extended its gratitude to the UAE crime unit for its role in apprehending and extraditing ‘Hushpuppi’. […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos Ebute-Metta, Magistrate court, sitting in Oyingbo, Lagos on Wednesday remanded six men, over alleged robbery of N10,000. They were remanded on a two-count charge of armed robbery and robbery, preferred against them by the Police. Magistrate Mrs Abimbola Komolafe, remanded them, pending the outcome of legal advice, from the director […]

 By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Many shed tears at the accident scene near the popular Aleshinloye Market, Ibadan, Oyo state capital where an articulated vehicle killed four women. Four others sustained serious injuries when the articulated vehicle ran into a passenger car and two commercial motorcycles. The truck belongs to a popular dairy company located […]

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A palm-wine tapper, Daniel Qudus Tuesday narrated how fear of Fulani herders in the South West zone made him shoot his 12-year-old son in error. Though the boy escaped death by the whiskers, he was seriously injured. According to the suspect who was paraded by the Oyo State police command, […]

By Nwabueze Okonkwo Seven persons currently standing trial at an Ogidi High Court No. 3 in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State for allegedly embarking on multiple sales of some parcels of lands already sold to an Onitsha based importer, Chief Gilbert Bravo Obi at Obosi community also in Idemili North council area […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos An Ebute- Metta, Magistrate court, sitting in Oyingbo, on Wednesday, remanded six men, over alleged armed robbery and robbery of N10,000. The defendants are Jamiu Babangida 27, Suleimon Lateef 22, Umar Mohammed 25, Nasiru Sanni 23, Sodiq Mohammed 24, and Rabiu Adam 20. They were remanded on a two-count charge […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting in Igbosere, on Tuesday, handed down five years jail term to a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Jeremiah Mustapha, for facilitating a fraud to the tune of N2.2 million. Mustapha, 32, alongside one Nurudeen Salimu, 35, was arraigned on June 14, 2017, on […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A palm-wine tapper, Daniel Qudus Tuesday narrated how fear of Fulani herders in the South West zone made him shoot his 12-year-old son in error. Though the boy escaped death by the whiskers, he was seriously injured. According to the suspect who was paraded by the Oyo State Police Command, he […]

Victims include 3 foreigners By Egufe Yafugborhi POLICE in Rivers State Monday led a “notorious kidnappers and serial killer” to exhume three human skulls and a decomposing body of victims from a septic tank in his home at Umuebulu, Etche Local Government Area (LGA) Rivers State. Nnamdi Omoni, Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers Command, in […]

*Insists Lagos govt has no stake in the business, wants FG to reduce interest rates to single digit By Ishola Balogun Against the backdrop of ill-feelings among commuters occasioned by the increase in fares for the use of BRT services in Lagos state, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Primero Transport Services Limited, Fola Tinubu has […]