Lagos Govt intervenes after alleged threats against widow, arrests suspect
By Olasunkanmi Akoni The Lagos State Government has intervened in the case of a 28-year-old widow, Tosin, who allegedly faced threats, intimidation and attempts to dispossess her of her late husband’s property eight days after his death. The intervention followed a viral video shared on Tuesday by activist Harrison Gwamnishu on his X handle, in […]
Truck drivers block Bida/Mokwa/Kwara roads in protest
Articulated vehicle drivers on Friday blocked all roads in and out of Bida town in Niger, causing road users travelling to Abuja, Lagos and other destinations to suspend their journeys as there was no alternative route. The drivers used their vehicles to block the roads while protesting the blockage of Bida/Minna road by the Niger […]
Ife/Modakeke killings: I killed Modakeke woman to avenge my four siblings, says 35-year-old Ife indigene
On several occasions, we have exchange gunshots and we do have casualties. So, during one of the attacks recently, I killed one Modakeke woman to avenge the death of four of my siblings (3 brothers, one sister) that were killed on their farmlands by the Modakekes at different invasions.
Police arraign 6 suspected members of robbery gang in Kwara
Six suspected members of a robbery gang have been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday by the Police in Kwara. The six suspects are Anafi Mudashiru, Lawal Abubakar, Abdulrazak Owoseni, Wasiu Babatunde, Olemilekan Adekalu and Ismaila Olarewaju. They were brought before Magistrate Soliu Mohammed on offences bordering on belonging to a […]
Osun fake lawyer bags one-year jail term for impersonation
Justice Peter Lifu of a federal high court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, on Wednesday, sentenced a 64-year-old man, Folorunsho Olayanju, to one year jail for claiming to be a lawyer.
Husband drags wife to court to seek divorce for alleged attempt to stab him
A businessman , Mr Onyeka Jonathan, on Thursday dragged his wife, Gloria, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to seek divorce over alleged attempt to kill him. The petitioner, who resides in Jikwoyi, on the outskirts of the FCT, stated this in the divorce suit he filed against his wife before the court. “I […]
