THE people of Beresibi oil-rich community, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, have raised the alarm that a leader of the riverside Itsekiri settlement and officials of oil companies were laundering communal funds obtained through illegal undertakings.

AUTHORITIES of the Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and arraignment in court of a 35 years old man identified as Kelvin Ekuere, from Koluama Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State over alleged illegal possession of firearms.

The Jigawa Police Command said it has arrested a 27-old-man over alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Monday. Shiisu said the suspect was arrested on Dec. 15 at about 12:30 p.m., by […]

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday remanded one Dare Peter, aged 32, for alleged theft of goods worth N173, 000. Magistrate Olusola Aluko ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Ile-Ife  Correctional Centre, following his guilty plea. Aluko adjourned the case until Tuesday (Dec. 21) for review of the facts. The […]

The 32-year-old Secretary of FAOMEC Nigeria Ltd., Bunmi Mbam, was arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly defrauding the company of N214,166. The Prosecutor, Insp Elijah Adesina, told the court that the defendant is a facing a five-countcharge which she committed on Nov. 25, 2021 around 10:00 a.m., at FAOMEC Nigeria Ltd., […]