The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended a commercial motorcyclist, Afeez Mustapha, for allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger. According to the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday, May 10, 2024, the suspect was transporting the victim to her destination when he unexpectedly altered their route. Upon reaching…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ekiti State Command has apprehended Afolabi Ojo for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl. The suspect was apprehended following a report by the mother of the child at the NSCDC Command in Ado-Ekiti. According to the mother, the assault occurred on Olujoda Street. During interrogation, the young girl…
In a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court session held on Thursday, May 9, a 23-year-old student named Rabiu Garba was sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane for the theft of a laptop and two cell phones. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel handed down the sentence to Garba, a resident of Badiko in Kaduna, after he pleaded guilty…
Two employees, Ebenezer Olusesi, 31, and Ibrahim Adeniyi, 41, of FoodCo’s Ring Road branch, appeared in court on Monday, accused of stealing two loaves of bread valued at N2,600 from their workplace. Olusesi, a baker, and Adeniyi, a security guard, both pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft. The prosecution, represented by Cpl. David…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly killed one person and abducted seven other travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway. The gunmen armed with A.K 47 rifles and numbering up to seven waylaid and attacked the travellers in between the Ilisan, Ceplast industry and Iperu junction axis of the expressway on Friday, May 3, 2024.…
A High Court in Benin City, Edo State, on Monday, May 6, ordered the remand of Osasumwen Vincent at a correctional facility for allegedly raping an 11-year-old girl. Vincent was arraigned on a single count charge of rape to which he pleaded not guilty. Justice Efe Ikponmwonba adjourned the case until June 10 for further…
In Kaduna State, the Kafanchan Upper Customary Court on Tuesday, April 30, ordered the remand of a 32-year-old businessman, Raphael Moses, in prison custody for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. Presided over by Judge Michael Bawa, the court did not entertain Mr. Moses’ plea, directing instead that the case file be forwarded to the director…
During the trial at the Lagos High Court Sitting in Ikeja, the second prosecution witness, former Director of Information Technology of the Central Bank of Nigeria, John Ayoh, alleged that former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele accepted bribes before awarding contracts. Ayoh made this assertion on Monday, April 29, before Justice Rahman Oshodi. Under the guidance…
A joint security operation has successfully apprehended Mustakima Mohammed Ali, a wanted terror suspect implicated in the brutal killings of a police officer and two chiefs in Lamu County, Kenya, back in December 2019. Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) head, Mohammed Amin, confirmed the arrest in an official statement released on Sunday, April 28, 2024.…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to freeze approximately 1,146 bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies suspected of unauthorized dealing in foreign exchange, money laundering, and terrorism financing. In its ex parte motion before the court, the EFCC…
