A 23-year-old man, Happy Balogun, was, on Monday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of plastic chairs and tents, worth N1million. Balogun, a resident of 23, Omisanjana in Ado-Ekiti, is facing a-count charge of stealing to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant […]

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested five men suspected of engaging in homosexuality at Sheka Barde ​​in Kumbotso local government area of  Kano. The Commander General of the Board, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Kano Monday, signed by Malam Lawal Ibrahim, Public Relations Officer of the Board. According […]

Twenty–one–year–old Chidinmma Ojukwu, the 300 level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Chief Executive Officer of Super Television, Michael Usifo Ataga, at a Short let apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos, last month, has denied culpability in the murder saga.

A Family Court in Ilorin, on Monday, ordered the remand of one Oyefeso Saheed in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage. Magistrate Shade Lawal also ordered the remand of the victim’s purported husband, Ismail Lawal, 32, before adjourning the case till Wednesday, for further mention. Earlier, the Prosecutor, […]

A middle-aged woman, Uzoamaka Okoli, on Monday told Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu how one Obinna Ogianya allegedly raped her under Trans-Ekulu Bridge and collected her N250. Narrating the incident before Justice E.M Egumgbe, Okoli said she was on her way to work around 5.30 am on May 28, 2019, when the defendant […]