Imo police locate abducted NYSC members’ camp, IED threat delays rescue
The Imo State Police Command has identified the location where 19 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members abducted in the state are believed to be held, but security operatives have delayed moving into the area over fears that the camp has been planted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The Commissioner of Police, Audu Bosso, […]
Court sentences man to death by hanging for armed robbery
A High Court in Abeokuta, on Friday sentenced a 44-year-old man, Tosin Shodunke to death by hanging for armed robbery. Shodunke had pleaded not guilty to the two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Delivering judgment, Justice Ayokunle Rotimi-Balogun, held that the court was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the convict was guilty as charged. […]
Court grants man divorce over lack of love for wife
A man, Bitrus Gapfung, who dragged his wife, Pamkat, before a Jos Upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Mama, was on Friday granted divorce due on grounds of ”lack of love and peace” for 14 years. A panel of two magistrates, Ghazali Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, granted the divorce after Gapfung told the court that […]
How Suleja Prisons O/C allegedly seduced inmate’s wife, impregnated, married her
Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS, Haliru Nababa has initiated a high-level disciplinary procedure into the circumstances leading to an illicit marriage contract between the Officer in Charge of the Suleja Custodial Centre, AbdulRahman Musa, an Assistant Controller of Corrections and the wife of an inmate under his custody.
Army Provost Marshal killed by bandits along Lokoja-Abuja highway
By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja Major General Hussaini Ahmed, former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, during the tenure of Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was on Thursday assassinated by suspected Bandits/kidnappers along the Lokoja-Abuja highway. The General was said to be coming from Okene with his in-law when they were attacked by the gunmen […]
Marriage: Stop returning bride price, lawyer cautions
A Family Law specialist, Mrs Dorcas Aderemi, has advised against the practice of returning bride price to the family of the groom during the process of a customary marriage. Aderemi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview in Lagos on Thursday that such an act would only tend to invalidate marriages so […]
