NDLEA arrests 93-year-old, doctor in nationwide drug crackdown
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend arrested a 93-year-old man and a 69-year-old medical doctor among other suspects during a nationwide crackdown on drug cartels. Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the operations were intelligence-led and carried out across several states. In one operation, […]
Court orders police to produce defendants over forged land documents
A LAGOS High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the Commissioner of Police Lagos State to produce 12 suspects alleged to have forged the title documents of a vast expense of land belonging to the Registered Trustees of the Estate of late Madam Efunroye Tinubu for arraignment on October 23.
Man bags 5 years over job scam, impersonation
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Wednesday sentenced one Ahmed Suleiman to 5 years imprisonment over a employment scam and impersonation.
How mother sold her baby in exchange for half bag of rice in Imo
A MOTHER, Chioma Fidelis, age 20, from Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state, yesterday, said after selling her baby, Favour Fedelis, not upto a year old, she was given a half bag of rice, chairs and provisions as well as bags of cement to build a house.
Man escapes lynching over attempt to kidnap neighbour’s baby
The Lagos State Task Force, yesterday, rescued a man from being lynched over the abduction of a six-month-old baby, Darasimi Akinyemi, in Oshodi area of Lagos State.
Man stabs son Favour over theft, abandons him to die
ABEOKUTA—A 30-year-old man, Joshua Oyapidan, who stabbed his 12-year-old son, Favour, in the neck and stomach, then abandoned him in a bush in Ogun State, told newsmen that the boy had been a source of pain to him.
