A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years imprisonment for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totalling N237,000. Delivering judgment, the Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji, stated that she convicted and sentenced Osayemi based on evidences tendered against him by the police as...
•Peter Obi and IGP Egbetokun Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged the police to act with urgency when ordinary Nigerians are faced with security challenges. Obi’s statement today came in the wake of the rescue of Folashade Odumosu, wife of retired Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu. On January 1...
•Some of the orphans The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said its operatives rescued nine pregnant women from a baby factory in Abuja. This was contained in a statement by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP, made available to newsmen yesterday in Abuja. Adekoye said the baby factory was situated [&...
•The victim, Fatima A man has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment without an option of a fine for cutting off his female friend’s finger after seeing her with one of his friends. The man, Mas’ud Yusuf, who resides at Dei-Dei market, was arraigned before an Abuja magistrates’ court sitting in Jiwa for causing grievous […]
•Terrorists A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja yesterday gave an order proscribing the Lakurawa sect and other similar groups in any part of Nigeria, especially in the Northwest and Northcentral. In a ruling on the ex-parte originating summons filed by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr, Lateef Fagbemi, S...
•Police The Edo State Police Command today announced the arrest of two suspected cultists for the attempted murder of a rival cult member. The victim, identified as Egiegbor Lucky, aged 29, was reportedly attacked in the Irrua community, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, on January 14. The Command’s Police Public Relations Offic...
•Dr Ramon Adedoyin on death row The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of a popular hotel owner, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, who was found guilty in the murder case of an ex-Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. According to the court’s judgment […]
•VeryDarkMan and Femi Falana SAN The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has adjourned till February 19, the defamation suit filed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) and his son Folarin, popularly known as Falz, against Martins Otse also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). Justice Matthias Dawodu fixed the date today to hear a preliminary objection [&hel...
The Nigeria Police Force has indicted Sterling Bank over allegations of money laundering, fraudulent deductions, and other financial crimes. The indictment was contained in a report presented to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions. The report stems from a petition filed by Miden Systems Ltd against Sterling Bank, the Cen...
•Some of the suspects No fewer than 37 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys,’ have been arrested in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a sting operation at Commissioners’ Quarters, Dr. J. O. Ukwutinife Close in Ifite, Awka....
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