For allegedly evicting their tenants forcefully, two landlords, Chuks Okoye, 62, and Abubakar Lawal, 40, on Monday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, whose house addresses were not provided, are standing trial on two count charges of conspiracy and forceful eviction. The prosecutor, Asp Simeon Uche, told the court that the […]

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday ordered a businessman, Mustapha Yusuf, to refund N1.2 million to his friend, Adamu Muhammad, for breach of trust and cheating. Yusuf was arraigned on a two-count charge of breach of trust and cheating. The judge, Nuhu Falalu, also ordered Yusuf to pay Muhammad N150, […]

By Shina Abubakar A 43-year-old suspect, identified as Sanjo has been arrested by the Osun State Government for killing his two months old baby. According to the Commissioner for Women,  Children and Social Affairs, Barr. Olubukola Olaboopo in a statement issued by the Ministry’s Information Officer, Bolarinwa Adereti, Sanjo had been killing the children birthed […]

Three students were injured and properties destroyed in a fire outbreak at the University of Maiduguri Murtala female hostel on Saturday, the second of such incidents in one month.

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo A middle-aged woman was on Saturday rescued unhurt by locals after her car plunged into Osun river. The woman driving a Toyota Camry was heading towards Olaiya when the car suddenly slipped off the road on the Gbodofon bridge in Osogbo and plunged into the river. The incident according to […]