By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka To stem the tide of cultism and other nefarious activities in Anambra State during the Christmas period, the state police command’s  Special Anti Cult Unit, in conjunction with Puff-Adder/Kpochakpu operatives had arrested 82 suspected cultists in various parts of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Mr Haruna […]

A herbalist and twelve other suspected ritual killers made up of herbalists, Islamic clerics and a pastor, have been arrested for allegedly killing a 30-year-old housewife identified as Mrs. Abosede Adeyemi Iyanda, in Ogun State. The suspects are Segun Olaniyi, Ayodimeji Adeleye, Babalola Akanbi, Adeifa Sogbeyinde, Rasaq Rasaq Arabs, Sunday Akinyemi, Adewole Olwafemi aka Pastor, […]

Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced one Jules Suinner to 10 years imprisonment for N37m fraud. Justice Obiozor had, on Friday, December 6, 2019, convicted Suinner, but deferred sentencing to today. The convict was arraigned in September 2016 on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining […]

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zamfara Sector Command says its collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in joint patrol to check drug-influenced drivers on the highway. The sector commander, Mr Wihioka Uchechukwu spoke with newsmen on the move in an interview on Friday in Gusau. Uchechukwu said the joint patrol was aimed […]

Two men, Olatunjoye Adelure, 52 and Inumidun Adeye, 59, on Friday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ondo State for allegedly damaging the foundation laid for a house. The defendants — a tailor and a bricklayer — of unknown addresses, were standing trial in the court on a four-count charge bordering on misdemeanour, […]

Pastor of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, called Solomon Opaalade, was on Thursday jailed for stealing a goat and turkeys and threatening the owner with charms. According to the Principal State Counsel from the State Ministry of Justice, Adekunle Adeniyi, as reported by Withinnigeria, the pastor stole nine turkeys valued at N270,000 and a goat […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Not less than 25 people have been confirmed dead in a fatal road accident that occurred on Thursday evening along Bauchi-Kano road, involving two buses. The Bauchi Police Command Public Relations Officer, Kamal Datti said in a statement released to newsmen that two vehicles, a Toyota Hummer bus conveying 22 […]

The Sokoto zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced an investigation into alleged fraud in the Sokoto Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE). Two persons,  Shehu Halliru Dange, President, and Abubakar Muhammad Dogondaji, Director Monitoring and Inspection, Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Sokoto State have […]

By Onozure Dania – Lagos A 31-year-old Night Club and Splash Bar, manager Olatunji Idowu, was brought before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, for allegedly selling unfit drink to a serving Legislator in Edo state. The defendant whose residential address was not stated is facing a two-count charge of breach of peace by exposing unfit drinks, […]

A Kaduna Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, remanded a 35-year-old trader, Aliyu Abdullahi, in a correctional centre in Kaduna for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Umar Ibrahim, did not take the defendant’s plea but ordered the defendant to be remanded in correctional centre, Kaduna until Jan. 14, 2020 when the court would have […]