A Magistrate Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has directed the detention of Oloba Maroof Afolayan, who is accused of causing the death of his friend, Mustapha Balogun. The suspect appeared before Magistrate Monisola Kamson on charges of criminal conspiracy, false impersonation, and culpable homicide, which are in violation of sections 97, 179, and 221 of…
Tragedy struck in Lagos when Barakat Adio, a housewife, lost her life after being stabbed during a dispute with her neighbor, Cynthia Aigbondon, while they were both fetching water at a public tap in the Ajegunle area. Eyewitnesses recounted that the altercation between the deceased and the suspect escalated into a physical confrontation over who…
The Federal Government has offered a two million Naira bounty for information leading to the arrest of Mrs. Adachukwu Kukelu Okafor, who allegedly subjected her 10-year-old maid to severe burns on her private parts and body. The case gained attention after a video showing the naked girl with burns on various parts of her body,…
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has detained a Motor Tanker (MT) SAISNIL II on suspicion of involvement in crude oil theft. According to Lieutenant Hussaini Ibrahim, the Base Information Officer, the vessel, flying the flag of St. Vincent and Grenadines, raised suspicions when it deactivated its Automatic Identification System (AIS). This act alone constituted…
Six suspected armed robbers have been apprehended by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, as revealed by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement issued on Friday, February 9, 2024. The arrests were carried out by operatives from the Utako Divisional Headquarters. The suspects were found in an unfinished hospital…
In Lagos, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has directed the detention of Mohammed Sanni, a 50-year-old security guard, in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, O.A Layinka, refrained from taking Sanni’s plea and instructed that the case file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions…
In a ruling on a lawsuit initiated by his wife and mother of his three children, Henry Edet Unung, a resident of Akwa Ibom, has been sentenced to one month in prison by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo for neglecting his children. Presiding over the case, Justice Ntong Ntong directed the Akwa…
Justice Halima Sulaiman, presiding over a Kano High Court, has rendered a verdict resulting in the life imprisonment of Rukayya Abubakar, a housewife convicted of the murder of her stepchild, as reported by Daily Trust. The court was apprised by prosecution counsel Barrister Rabia Sa’ad that in the year 2021, Rukayya Abubakar had thrown her…
Omolara Ogundiran, the sister and witness of one of the individuals arrested in connection with the violent robbery incident in Offa, Kwara state, has been taken into police custody while in court. The recent graduate of Ire Polytechnic, who is the younger sibling of the fifth defendant, Niyi Ogundiran, was apprehended by state police command…
The Ogun State Police Command has ousted three officers on allegations of armed robbery and extortion. The disclosure was made by the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, during the parade of suspects at the state headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta on Tuesday, January 30. The three dismissed officers, Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe, and…
