A Dutse Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday sentenced Frederick Emmanuel, a 20-year-old painter, to two months in a correctional facility for intimidation and theft. The Presiding Judge, Mr Hassan Aliyu, who convicted the accused, however, gave him an option of N30,000 fine. He also ordered him to pay the complainant N55,000 within two […]

Suspected hoodlums have invaded the property of a 64-year-old businessman, Dahiru Barau Mangal, chasing out all the tenants-occupants and locking up the gates of the premises.

The Osun Police Command says it has arrested the proprietor of a popular Hotel and Resort in Ile-Ife (nameswitheld) over the death of a Masters Degree student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). A statement by the Osun Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Yemisi Opalola, in Osogbo, said the suspect was arrested on Monday, […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has concluded plans to shut Akowonjo/Egbeda road, by Jimoh and Akinremi Streets to pave the way for construction of the ongoing de-flooding drainage project along the axis. The traffic will however be diverted during the three days closure.  The road is scheduled to be shut from: 11.00pm on Friday, November […]

A civil society organization, the Unity Advocacy Group has described as unquantifiable the sacrifices been made by the Armed Forces of Nigeria to secure the country. The group stated this in a press release in reaction to the death of General Dzarma Zirkusu and four soldiers recently killed by terrorists of the Islamic State West […]