An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 58-year-old man, Mufutau Raheem, should be remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre for allegedly defiling a 17-year-old. The police charged Raheem, who resides at No. 22, Bakare St., Isheri Olofin, Lagos State, with rape. Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, gave the order, following a motion moved by the Prosecutor, […]

A 21-year-old woman, Opeyemi Mustapha, on Monday, appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly stealing N286, 000 cash. The police charged Mustapha with theft under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015. She pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court that Mustapha, […]

Two men identified as Umar Salisu and Abba Tijjani have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court for kidnapping a minor in Kano State.

By Dapo Akinrefon Yoruba traditional rulers from Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi states, on Sunday, demanded the immediate release of 13 aides of the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who were arrested by the Department of State Service, DSS, during a recent raid on his Ibadan residence. The […]

Two people were reportedly killed while two others were injured at the weekend, on the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, after a truck rammed into a Toyota Camry car.