The police in Lagos on Wednesday, August 28, arraigned a 38-year old man, Lucky Ugwauka, in Badagry for allegedly def!ling his 10-year-old daughter. Ugwauka, whose address was not provided, is charged with defilement, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, NAN reports. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp…
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have seized 106 motorcycles during its enforcement operations at the Iyana-School bus stop, first gate bus stop by Igbo-Elerin, Iyana Iba-LASU expressway, Megida bus stop and Ayobo roundabout axis of the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, disclosed this…
Three men, Joshua Oladele, Micah Hines and Ali Alamiri, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the m8rder of a 25-year-old man in London, United Kingdom. Hamza Iqbal was k!lled on Wembley Way by the men who chased him down and stabbed him 23 times in a devastating revenge attack.Iqbal was with friends at…
Gunmen have abducted a director of the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Service, identified as Aribibia Fubara. It was gathered that Fubara was abducted by the gunmen who came through the Okirika Waterfront in a speedboat to the Marine Base axis of Port Harcourt, the state capital. The gunmen who were about…
A 13-year-old Fulani girl has been reportedly r@ped to d@ath allegedly by local miners at the Tipper Garage area in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT. The council’s Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ibrahim Ciroma, confirmed the incident to the Daily Trust on Sunday, August 25, 2024. …
Bandits have k!lled an engineer, Bello Ahmad Gobir, in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was gathered that Bello was k!lled on his way to his hometown, Gobir on Sunday, August 25. This comes amid the mourning of the d@ath of the Emir of Gobir, in Gatawa town, Alhaji Isa Muhammad Bawa,…
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of five persons in a correctional facility over the alleged attempted murder of their neighbour. The five suspects; Aliu Hammed (23) Molomo Tairu (20) Haruna Isiaq(25) Abdullahi Isiaq (22) and Abdulmumini Idris (25) were said to have attempted to murder one…
There is growing anxiety in Galadimawa Village, located in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, after bandits raided the community late Monday night, abducting the wife of the village head along with his two children. According to local sources, the attack occurred around 11:30 p.m. The abducted victims have been identified as…
President Bola Tinubu strongly condemns the tragic circumstances leading to the passing of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa District in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. President Tinubu describes the savage attack on the traditional ruler as deeply disturbing and a heinous act that will not go…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, August 20, ordered the former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to present himself for trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in April moved to arraign the former governor for alleged N80 billion fraud at the Federal High Court, Abuja. He was charged with a…
