Amnesty demands justice for man who died in Imo police custody
Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Imo State Government and police authorities to implement a coroner’s recommendations into the death of 32-year-old Japheth Njoku in police custody at Tiger Base, Owerri, and ensure accountability for those found responsible. The organisation made the call in a statement posted on its X platform on Sunday, following […]
Abia community cries out for help as erosion threatens only access road
By Steve Oko Residents of Arochukwu community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State, have called for urgent intervention by both the federal and the state government as erosion threatens their only link road. They called on Governments to support their efforts towards fixing the road abandoned for over 20 years. The one-kilometer road […]
Labour insists on N15 kw/h reduction in electricity tariff
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Thursday, sounded a note of warning to the Federal Government, insisting that the agreement reached with Organised Labour on N15 for kilowatt per hour, KWH, in electricity tariff by December must be respected.
Ochanya: Court fixes October 8 for alleged rapist lecturer to open defense
By Peter Duru – Makurdi A lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo Mr. Andrew Ogbuja who was fingered in the alleged rape of late Ochanya Ogbanje is to open his defense in a Makurdi High Court on October 8, 2021 in the criminal case preferred against him by the Benue state government. The state […]
Woman in court for injuring 8-year-old boy
A 43-year-old woman, Sharon Williams, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’s Court for allegedly assaulting an eight-year-old boy with a cutlass. The police charged Williams, who resides in Igberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos, with three counts bordering on grievous harm and assault occasioning harm. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that […]
Man bags 1-year imprisonment for assaulting police officer
A Magistrates’ Court in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, sentenced a 25-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Soyobi, to one year imprisonment for assaulting a police officer and attempting to escape from police custody. Soyobi, of no fixed address, was convicted on a three-count charge of assault and attempt to escape from police custody. In his judgment, Magistrate Dehinde Dipeolu […]
