•Bishop Feyi Daniels The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has fixed January 26 to deliver judgment in the case of a cleric, Bishop Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, accused of raping two of his church members. Justice Rahman Oshodi fixed the date for judgment after the prosecution led by Babajide Boye and the […]
•The two fishermen lost a hand each Some members of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, militants have severed the hands of two Borno fishermen over two cartons of fish. The incident happened at Marte Local Government Area of the state, reports Vanguard. The fishermen, according to sources, were part of a larger […]
•Olu Agunloye A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Apo, today, granted bail in the sum of N50m to a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye. The court had ordered his remand in the Kuje Correctional Service pending the hearing of his bail application over an alleged $6 billion fraud in connection to […]
•Terrorists A fresh attack by suspected bandits today has left 10 persons killed and several others wounded at Kukar Babangida village in the Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. Among those killed were the Kukar Babangida Village Head, Zauren Katsina, along with his four biological children, reports Channels TV. Residents told our co...
•IGP Egbetokun There is an uneasy calm in Enenurhie community over the death of a youth leader, Oyibo Diamond, in police custody at Ughelli A Police Division, Delta State. It was gathered that the deceased, a father of five, arrested and detained on December 20, 2023, allegedly died on Christmas eve in detention in unexplainable […]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano, today, ordered that an 18-year-old, Yusuf Haruna, be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing an Imam, Sani Mohammed, 45, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, was charged with culpable homicide, reports NAN. The Prosecutor, Mrs Fatima Ado-Ahmad, told the court tha...
•Olu Agunloye The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Minister of Power and Steel, Mr Olu Agunloye, before Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High court, over allegations of fraud. Mr Agunloye was brought before the court today where he pleaded not guilty to the charges read against him, reports Channel...
•Prison A Nigerian identified as Olugbenga Lawal was on Monday sentenced to ten years in prison in the United States for conspiring to launder money derived from internet fraud schemes. Lawal, 33, of Indianapolis, Indiana, has also reportedly been ordered to pay over $1.46 million in restitution. In a statement, the U.S Department of Justice [...
•Sadiya Farouq and Betta Edu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday seized the travel documents of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu and her predecessor Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq. The anti-graft agency also impounded the international passport of the suspended National Coord...
Police authorities in Kaduna State have debunked reports of the abduction of scores of persons by suspected bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja highway. Debunking the story in a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, admitted that there was a heavy gun duel between security operatives and bandits who a...

