James Ogunnaike An Abeokuta High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Ugochukwu Obiakor to 25 years imprisonment for raping an 11-year- old girl. Obiakor, who pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge was convicted for having sexual intercourse with an 11 years old girl. Delivering her judgment, Hon Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, the Chief Judge […]

By Bose Adelaja A yet-to-be-identified passenger was Monday, roasted to death while many other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries, when a commercial bus with number plate LSD-715XV, suddenly went up in flames on the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. The incident occurred in the evening, on the Long Bridge, inward Arepo. However, the […]

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old driver, Auwal Ibrahim, to  14 months imprisonment for stealing a tricycle windshield and stereo set. The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, sentenced Ibrahim after he pleaded guilty to the three counts of criminal trespass, mischief and theft and begged the court for […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young The family of late Richard Gbadebo, the 300 level student of the University of Ibadan, who died in an industrial accident at a factory in Ibadan, Oyo State, has petitioned the Chief Medical Director, CMD, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, raising concerns in the autopsy report. This came as the family also […]

By Funmi Ajumobi It is two weeks today that a father, identified as Austin abandoned his wife and baby boy in a private hospital in Lagos for fear of N220, 000 bill. According to Halimat, the mother, she was delivered of a baby boy on 25th of July, 2020 through Caesarean Section and since then, […]