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 […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The convoy of the Commander, 17 Brigade Nigerian Army, Katsina was involved in a road traffic accident on Monday 29 June 2020 during which the death to a road user was recorded. The late motorcycle rider was a 75-year-old man named Alh Salisu Ibrahim of Filin Samji, Katsina. ALSO READ: […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Police at Force headquarters on Monday showcased three children aged between one and three years old who were stolen by a syndicate who specialises in stealing children and selling them to willing buyers from different parts of the country. The three children, Amanda, Excellent, and one other were rescued […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe & Eric Ugbor – Umuahia Three persons lost their lives while others sustained severe injuries in an auto crash involving a Dyna van and a trailer at the old Aba–Umuahia highway in Abia state. It was gathered that the van with number plate; EZA 826 YF, was conveying wood and other roofing […]

By Vincent Ujumadu A 24–year-old lady whose name was given as Chidera Nwaoga has reportedly lost her pregnancy after taking a dose of expired drug administered on her by an untrained chemist at Nsugbe in Anambra East local government area of Anambra State. The chemist, Mr Odimegwu Ikunne, who carried out the abortion, has been […]