Three farmers, Kofi James, Kofi Kenneth and Aondona Uzer, were on Monday in Makurdi remanded at the correctional service centre, over alleged robbery and attempt to kill a businessman. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Vincent Kor who did not take the plea of the defendants from Aliade, Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue, ordered that they […]

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Former members of Bakassi Strike Force, BSF, numbering about 150 in the early hours of Monday blocked the entrance to the Cross River governor’s office in protest of unpaid allowances and the government’s inability to fulfil the MoU it signed with them since 2018. Vanguard gathered that it took the […]

A 27-year-old man, Jonathan Agbaje, who allegedly defiled a 15-year-old girl, was on Monday arraigned before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Agbaje, whose address is unknown, is standing trial on a two-count charge of unlawful intercourse and child defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, ASP Ikem Uko, told the […]

An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, ordered that a 22-year-old artist, Joseph Abah, who pleaded guilty to cheating a Taxi driver, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending sentencing. The Judge, Abdullahi Jibril gave the order after Abah pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust, misappropriation and cheating. Jibril however adjourned the case until Nov.3 […]

Three people were on Monday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly beating up and threatening to harm their neighbour. The police charged Paulina Oladipupo, 40, and her brother, Joseph and  Ibukun Olagunju, 28, who all reside in  Shomolu, Lagos with a threat to life and assault. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution […]