A Kwara State Magistrate Court has sentenced a teenage boy to one year imprisonment for arson and theft. It will be recalled that the teenage boy, Olawumi Ayomide, set a building on fire in Ilorin after stealing items belonging to the occupants. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara State Command, arraigned Ayomide…
Music mogul, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ attorney is planning to file a third appeal for his release from prison a fortnight after his arrest. According to court documents obtained by People on Monday, Alexandra Shapiro from Combs’ legal team filed a notice to appeal after Combs was denied bail two times.The music mogul was arrested on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a former governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, and a former Permanent Secretary of the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja for fraud. Ishaku and Yero are…
France forward Ousmane Dembélé has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad for their Champions League showdown against Arsenal on Tuesday, October 1, a source close to the club confirmed to AFP. The omission of Dembélé is reportedly not due to injury but is a decision made by head coach Luis Enrique, possibly as…
Michael Anugwa, deputy controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), says he was not suspended by the service. Anugwa is the officer in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos state, where Idris Okuneye, a popular crossdresser better known as Bobrisky, served his time While speaking at the House of Representatives investigation…
One Shehu Usman on Monday September 30th dragged his niece and sister in-law Hauwa’u Muhammad and Jamila Kasim respectively to a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State over alleged intimidation of his wife. The defendants are being charged with intent insult, intimidation and trespass. Mr Usman, a resident of Unguwan Shanu…
A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bilikisu Bala, on Monday, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and the Nigeria Correctional Service that charges of money laundering dropped in the trial of Idris Okuneye (a.k.a Bobrisky) were lawful and…
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen reportedly has a €90m release clause for a permanent move during the January transfer window, according to a report by RAI Sport. Galatasaray forward, Victor Osimhen could leave his parent club, Napoli on a permanent transfer in January, according to RAI Sport. According to the publication, the clause is valid for…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, yesterday took a fresh swipe at his opponents amid the ongoing crisis in Rivers State, declaring that they are no match for him. Wike attended a reception organized in his honour by the Ijaw Peoples Congress (IPC) in Amadi-Ama, Abuloma, Okirika Local Government Area of…
Troops from Sector 1 of the Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe have arrested three suspects in possession of a significant cache of weapons. The suspects, identified as Abel Festus, Ramsey Akporoyibo, and Stephen Omah, were apprehended while traveling in a Lexus RX 350, with registration number YAB 347 CQ, in the Oghareki community…
