Three dead, five injured as festival turns bloody in Delta
Three youths were shot dead on Monday night, and five others severely injured during the annual traditional festival of Eku community
DPR seals 10 filling stations in Osun for sharp practices
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field office, Osun state on Thursday sealed ten filling stations in the state for engaging in sharp practices. Five of the sealed stations were in Osogbo the state capital while the other five is located in Ile-Ife. Speaking after surveillance and inspection of […]
Man in court for alleged visa fraud
A 38-year-old man, Okorafor Kehinde, who allegedly collected N600,000 to secure a UAE visa for a businessman, on Thursday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti The police charged Kehinde, whose address was not given with fraud. The prosecution Counsel, Insp Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in November […]
As husband’s whereabouts is unknown, wife seeks divorce
A teacher, Mrs Farida Muhammad, on Thursday approached a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State seeking a divorce. Muhammad who resides within Kaduna metropolis said this was because she could not establish whether her husband, Ahmad, is still alive or dead. ”He has been on admission in the hospital receiving treatment. He was […]
Trader gets 6 months jail term for stealing cooking gas cylinder
A Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a trader, Mutari Bala, to six months imprisonment, for stealing a gas cylinder. Bala, of Orange Market Mararba, Nasarawa State, pleaded guilty to criminal trespass and theft and begged for leniency. The Judge, Gambo Garba, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of […]
4 security guards face trial for alleged diesel theft
Four security guards – David Onatola, Johnson Oduola, Tope Eniolorunda and Oluranti Oludare – on Thursday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 2,500 litres of diesel valued N700,000. Onatola, 56; Oduola, 52; Eniolorunda, 47 and Oludare,43, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]
