A Yaba Chief magistrates’ court in Lagos on Monday adjourned until July 27, the bail application for the 47 men and two women brought before the court over alleged murder and arson. The defendants are: Abiodun Taiwo, Adagunodo Babatunde, Oluwafemi Adeleye, Oloye Taiwo, Saheed Kareem, Adebayo Waheed, Akinbode Sunday,  Lawal Akeem, Samuel Ire, Ogundile Dare, among […]

Two brothers were on Saturday evening crushed to death after their motorcycle slide under a moving truck.

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 […]

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 […]