•Hadi Sirika A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted ₦100m bail each with two sureties to a former Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, his daughter, and two others. They are being tried over an alleged fraud to the tune of ₦2.7bn, reports Channels TV. According to the court, the sureties must have landed properties […]
•Adesina The Ogun State Police Command said it had arrested a septuagenarian landlord, identified simply as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s 14-year-old girl (name withheld) at Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the residents and other tenants were throw...
•Hadi Sirika The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama tomorrow. Sirika, who served under the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari, would be arraigned on a six-count a...
•Cultists brandishing weapons There was tension in Auchi, Edo State, yesterday as members of rival cult groups engaged in a violent confrontation, resulting in the killing of an alleged Eiye member in the presence of his daughter. According to social media reports, the perpetrators believed to be members of the Aye Confraternity, arrived at th...
•CP Tunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man simply identified as Jeffrey for allegedly defiling his landlady’s 13-year-old daughter. The incident, it was gathered, happened on Friday at an estate close to the Federal Government College in Abulomma, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, reports Daily Indepen...
•President Joe Biden (C) meets with Yulia Navalnaya (R), widow of late Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny President Joe Biden said yesterday he met privately in California with the widow and daughter of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died last week in a Russian prison. After meeting with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya in San [&...
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has sentenced a 55-year-old man, Emmanuel Adedigba, to 14 years imprisonment for the attempted sexual assault of his neighbour’s 14-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi handed down the sentence after the convict was re-arraigned on an amended charge, reports Channels TV. ...
•Victim A 27-year-old mother, Chidinma John, has cried out to Nigerians for financial assistance to treat her parents and brothers who were victims of the Ojokoro, Lagos gas explosion on Sunday afternoon. A 6kg cooking gas exploded at their residence at Olaniyi Bus Stop, Cele Street in Ojokoro, leaving her mother, Grace, 52, Father, Eyeribeh, ...
•Amputated Mr Ibu The Nigerian Police, through its Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCID), Alagbon, in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has disclosed the arrest of Oyeabuchi Daniel Okafor and Jasmine Chioma Okekeagwu for conspiring and defrauding Mr John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu of the sum of N55 million. The FC...
•Priscillia Ojo and Naira Marle Social media influencer, Priscilla Ojo, has criticised singer, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, for accusing her actress mother, Iyabo Ojo, of defamation and threatening legal action. Naira Marley had taken legal action against actress, Ojo, alleging the dissemination of false and defamat...