An Ilorin Magistrates Court on Thursday ordered the remand of Ibrahim Garba of Bani, Fulani camp, Kaiama Local Government Area, Kwara in Federal Correctional Service for allegedly killing fellow herder with a machete. The Magistrate, Mrs Zainab Usman, gave the order as the accused person faced a count charge of culpable homicide. Usman adjourned the […]

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office on Thursday arraigned the duo of Kayode Phillip and Hamza Koudeih before Justice Muslim S. Hassan of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 25-count charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering. The defendants, who are high-value targets in Organized Cyber Syndicate […]

The Police Command in Enugu State says abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Malachy Asadu, serving under Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, has been released. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Asadu was abducted on Monday by unknown persons in Nsukka town. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the release to NAN […]

The trial of Abdurrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team and his son, Faisal, continued on Wednesday before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja with the first prosecution witness (PW1), Mairo Abdulahi Bashir, testifying on how both defendants made huge withdrawals, which he considered as unusual, from their accounts. Under […]

Ola Ajayi – Ibadan Some gun-toting robbers swooped on residents of Olomi area of Ibadan on Tuesday night leaving two people dead and one other person seriously injured. The robbers, who were said to be on a commercial motorcycle reportedly killed a 14-year old boy who was an apprentice in a mechanic workshop at Olomi […]

The FCT Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Ayuba Gora says driving with the aid of Google map using mobile phones is a serious traffic offence. Gora said this at the inauguration of the 2019 Ember Months Campaign by Lugbe Unit Command of the FRSC in Abuja on Wednesday. According to […]

The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the suspension of 3 officers and 6 other ranks of the Nigerian Correctional Service implicated in the alleged internet fraud by an inmate. Mr Francis Enobore, the Public Relation Officer of NCoS disclosed this in statement on Wednesday in Abuja. News Agency of […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, arraigned one Alao Lawal Ope before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Naira). The defendant allegedly collected the money from […]

By Jane Echewodo An Ikeja Special Offences Court has been told by two witnesses Mrs Ronke Odunuga and Mrs Adeshafe Omotola how a truck driver of Dangote cement ran into a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) belonging to Primero killing four passengers. The accident occurred on August 27 at Majidun-Awori, Ikorodu. At the earlier proceedings, a […]

..Clamps-down on Okada riders plying illegal routes ..Carnival, parade planners to get police permit ..Restricts VIO’s operation between 12 to 3pm daily ..Orders truck operators to vacate under bridges By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed plans to commence amnesty programme for repentant cultists and other criminal elements in the state before […]