Full List: Names of 37 miners who died in NSCDC custody
Names of 37 miners, who died in the custody of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State, have been released
Cybercrime: 2 students, one other jailed in Ilori
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Tuesday sentenced two final year students of different tertiary institutions in Ilorin and one other to various jail terms, over offences bordering on cybercrime. The convicts; Adetunji Oyewale and Abiodun Adebayo, students of Kwara State University (KWASU), Molete, and Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, respectively, and one Saheed […]
Kabba Prison: NCoS recaptures 114 fleeing inmates, issues warning to others
By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS has confirmed the rearrest of 114 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State on Sunday night when it was attacked by yet to be identified gunmen. Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, CC Francis Enobore in an updated […]
Court remands trader for allegedly defiling 11-year-old girl
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 41-year-old trader, Oladeji Ojo, be remanded for allegedly defiling an 11-year-old girl. The police charged Ojo, who resides in Ajasa Command of Agbado Oke-Odo, Lagos State, with defilement. Magistrate A.O Layinka, who did not take the plea of Ojo, ordered that he should be remanded in […]
2 brothers docked for allegedly assaulting police officer
Two brothers who allegedly assaulted a police officer on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Rilwan, 18 and Rasheed Shonde, 20, who reside in Ikeja, Lagos State with conspiracy, breach of peace, and assault. The Prosecution Counsel, Sgt Olasunkanmi Adejumola, told the court that the defendants and others still at large […]
Man docked for allegedly buying stolen materials worth N500,000 for N7,500
A 55-year-old man, Abdullahi Mohammed, on Tuesday appeared in a Gwagwalada Chief Magistrates’ Court, FCT, for allegedly buying stolen roofing materials worth N500,000 for N7,500. The police charged Mohammed, who lives in Angwan Dodo, Gwagwalada, Abuja, with receiving stolen properties. The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that Isiaka Sani of Gwako village, Gwagwalada, […]
