A 28-year-old cleaner, Idoko Akochi, on Friday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing laptops worth N5.6 million. The defendant, attached to National Health Insurance Scheme Wuse 11, Abuja, is being tried for theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Peter Ejike, told the court that […]

Two men on Friday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badadry, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing motorcycle spare parts worth N2.7 million. The police charged Umoru Yusuf, 23; and Innocent Okoroafo, 23, whose house addresses were not given, with theft. The prosecution counsel, ASP Akpam Ikem, told the court that the defendants committed the […]

A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, on Friday, dissolved a six-year-old marriage between a trader, Kaosara Okeowo and her husband, Lateef, over alleged threat to life. The mother of two, told the court that she was in danger because her husband wants to use her for ritual. Delivering judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of […]

By James Ogunnaike The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police on Friday paraded a seven man syndicate that specialized in kidnapping in Sagamu area of the state. Parading the suspect in Sagamu, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the kidnap syndicate made up of members of the same […]

An eight-year-old boy was killed by a crocodile as he swam in a river in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province, an official said on Friday.