An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday granted two men bail of N500,000 each in a case of theft of a Toyota Hummer worth N28 million. The defendants, Emmanuel Damson, 26; and Isiah Ibrahim, 33, of Idioro area, Mushin, Lagos, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and neglect. The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty […]

A 58-year-old traditional bone setter,  Olayinka Adesoji, on Thursday appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly burying the corpse of his patient. The police charged Adesoji, who lives in Agbongbon area, Iyana Olunloyo, Ibadan,  with one count of manhandling a corpse. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Opeyemi Olagunju, said  Adesoji, on June […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government is borrowing to build world-class infrastructure and not for recurrent expenditure.

….demand N30m ransom By James Ogunnaike Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have kidnapped a pregnant woman and two others in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. demanding a ransom of N30 million. Vanguard gathered that the three persons were kidnapped on Sunday evening along Igbo-Ora-Sokoto road in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. […]

Rapists in Kaduna State are still having a field day in spite of a stiff penalty prescribed for offenders, Mrs Comfort Anwe, Chairperson, Committee on Human Services and Social Development, Kaduna State House of Assembly, observed on Wednesday. Speaking in Kaduna during a dialogue session with stakeholders on the challenges confronting education of girls in […]