A 55-year-old trader, Anderson Umeh, who allegedly defrauded a man, Mr Isiah Inaremien of N400,000 under false pretences of getting customs’ paper for his car,  on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The man, who resides at No. 1b, Kolex Road, Surulere, Lagos, was in court charged with obtaining by false pretences and […]

A 25-year-old Uber driver, Shuaibu Babatunde, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s Toyota Corolla, valued at N2 million on Monday appeared in a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The police charged Babatunde, who resides in Ikorodu area, near Lagos, is charged with theft. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta One person was confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in multiple accidents in different parts of Ogun State on Saturday. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. […]

Ben Agande – Kaduna and Agency Report The chairman of the Nigeria Energy Commission, Professor Simon Mallam and 7 others were killed in a gas explosion in the Sabon Tasha area of Kaduna state. The late chairman of the Commission was said to be barbing his hair in a barber’s shop just beside the gas […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Benue state Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Mukkadas has disclosed that the Command recorded the arrest of 27 suspects for alleged kidnapping, robbery and theft during the just concluded Yuletide festivities. He said the command also recovered 205 live ammunition, one vehicle and nine motorcycles from the suspects who […]

A 45-year-old man, Hassan Mohammed, was on Friday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly being in possession of stolen goods. The defendant is standing trial on two counts of conspiracy and receiving stolen goods, offences he denied committing. The prosecutor, Insp. Simon Uche, told the court that the defendant committed the offences […]

The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 39-year-old fake lecturer, Isaac Obi, in  an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Obi is charged with three counts of false pretence, fraud and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Simon Uche, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Nov. 1, 2019 in Lagos. He alleged that […]

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested four suspected cultists for alleged unlawful possession of firearm at Agbogugu in Mbanabor community of Awgu Local Government Area. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Friday in Enugu that the suspects were arrested on Dec. 27. Amaraizu said that one […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Following the attack on the New Year crossover night venue on Wednesday in Osogbo, it was learnt that Police has arrested three suspects in connection with the attack. It was gathered that while the thugs were disrupting the event and pelting stones at dignitaries, security operatives were trailing some of the […]

Soni Daniel – Abuja A Federal Capital Territory High Court has extended the detention of the former Justice Minister and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, by another 14 days. Justice A. O. Musa handed down the order for further remand of the ex-minister to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission following a new […]