A 45-year-old businessman, Andrew Oteri, on Thursday appeared in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State for allegedly setting his wife’s property on fire over infidelity. The police charged  Oteri, whose address was not given, with two counts of felony and malicious damage. The Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Ayodeji Omoyeigha told the court that the […]

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Thursday sentenced a tenant, Ahmed Sulaiman to two weeks imprisonment over contempt. The Judge, Murtala Nasir, however, gave him an option to pay a fine of N15,000. He said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 299 of the Sharia Penal Code Law of Kaduna […]

A businessman, Segun Akintomide, 42, on Thursday appeared in a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, FCT, for allegedly buying a stolen Honda CRV. The police charged Akintomide of starlight village, Madalla, Niger, with receiving stolen property. The Prosecution Counsel, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that sometime in 2019 the defendant bought a Honda CRV for N250,000 from […]

No fewer than 30 persons have been reported dead, killed by the inferno that resulted from the fuel tanker that lost control, rammed into vehicles and exploded around Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi State capital.

Some students of Kogi State Polytechnic, a school bus conveying primary and secondary school students, residents and passers-by have reportedly been consumed by a fire sparked by a fuel tanker explosion on Wednesday at Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi State capital.