Miners’ deaths: Adeyanju rejects panel payment, vows to expose cover-up
Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has joined the committee investigating the deaths of alleged gold miners in Minna, Niger State, vowing to expose any attempt to shield those responsible or suppress the truth.
5 feared dead, as fire guts Kubwa market
Five persons were feared killed on Friday evening as a section of the popular Kubwa ultra modern market in Abuja was gutted by fire
Court remands 2 herbalists, 1 other for alleged murder
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Friday remanded two herbalists and one other man at the Abolongo correctional facility for alleged murder of a woman, identified as Mudijat. The two herbalists are: Ismail Wasiu, 29, and Shittu Mutairu, 35, while the other defendant is Kareem Rafiu, a. k. a. Omo Odo Agba, 26. The […]
Court remands 3 suspected burglars over alleged theft of car parts
Magistrate Ibrahim Dasuki of an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded three suspected burglars in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, over alleged stealing of car parts worth N2 million. He adjourned the case till Nov.22, for further mention. The suspects are Wasiu Dauda, Qowiyu Kareem and David Bello. They allegedly stole car parts valued at N2 […]
Court sentences woman to 15 years for murdering her 5 children
A woman from the western Germany city of Solingen on Thursday received a life sentence of 15 years after being found guilty of murdering five out of her six children. The children were aged between one and eight years. The court sitting in the city of Wuppertal found no extenuating circumstances, this virtually rules out release […]
Two convicted in Kwara over cybercrime
A Kwara state High Court, sitting in Ilorin, on Wednesday convicted two men, Salami Adetayo and Nurundeen Ibrahim, over offences bordering on internet fraud. The convicts were prosecuted, by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They both pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Delivering the judgement, Justice Adenike […]
