The trial of some top officials of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FRIS) and two former directors before Justice Bolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja was, on Tuesday stalled. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants; Mr Peter Hena, former Coordinating Director; Mohammed Bello Auta, ex-Finance Director, and seven […]

A 21-year-old Greatness Auta said he stole from St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Low Level Makurdi, to escape from a homosexual. Auta said this on Tuesday when he was arraigned before Makurdi Magistrates’ Court 3B for alleged house trespass, mischief and theft. The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Kuegh Abugh, told the court that the case was reported […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi At least nine persons including the younger brother of the Guma Local Government Council Chairman, traders and church attendees were feared dead in three days of fresh attacks on communities in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state by suspected armed herdsmen. However, the Benue State Police Command claimed […]

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna on Tuesday dissolved a three-year-old marriage between Fatima Abubakar and Jamilu Usman on grounds of incessant verbal abuse on wife and inability to feed family. Delivering a ruling, the Judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta said:”the complainant failed to present any witness to confirm her claims that her husband does […]

A 55- year-old woman, Maria Taiwo, was on Tuesday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly slapped a policeman. The police charged Taiwo, hairdresser, who resides at 23, Calvary St., Obawole, Ogba, Lagos with assault and causing a breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp  Olusegun Oke, told the court that the defendant […]