A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Zuba, on Friday sentenced a dismissed Inspector, Haruna Ocheni to 30 years imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven...
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Heavy security has been beefed around the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex in the three arms zones of Abuja ahead of the for judgment in the Kano State governorship election appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court will also deliver judgment in Lagos,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, said it has arrested a fake soldier wearing military camouflage and a notorious armed robbery suspect. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the two criminals were...
Bandits have killed the village head of Kukar Babangida, the Magaji Zauren Katsina, Alhaji Haruna Ubale and two of his sons in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state on Thursday. The assailants killed six other persons and burnt five vehicles in the village. Police spokesman in the...
An Ibadan Family Court sitting at Iyaganku remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele (50), at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Thursday for allegedly causing the death of a baby boy. He allegedly drowned the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi who did not take...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Benjamin Ikaa before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for his involvement in $1.6million cryptocurrency fraud. Ikaa pleaded guilty...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Headquarters, 6 Division, Nigerian Army has condemned in strong term the unprofessional conduct of two of its personnel involved in the brutality of a civilian in Rivers State, in a viral video online. The Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations,...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has announced that its troops neutralized a total of 86 terrorists, arrested 101 of others and denied oil theft of the estimated sum of N736,115,470.00 in the last one week. Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major-General Edward Buba, who...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – A 30-year old ex-convict, Dada Isiaka, an indigene of Ada in Boripe Local Government of Osun, has been arrested by the Osun State Amotekun Corps for allegedly raping a 9-year old girl in Ada Town. The Osun State Amotekun Commander, retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi,...
The Police Command in Gombe State said it had rescued three babies and arrested 16 suspects in a case of alleged child trafficking and criminal conspiracy. The police spokesman, ASP Mahid Abubakar, said this while briefing journalists on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Hayatu Usman, in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – At least eight people have been killed when IEDs landmine exploded in Kinewba village along Ngala-Dikwa road in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. It was also reported that dozens of other people were said to have sustained various degrees of injuries...
The police in Nasarawa State says it was investigating the theft of a newborn baby at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia. Umar Nadada, Commissioner of Police (CP) in the State made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia. Nadada explained that one Suleiman Abdullahi...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Wednesday, ordered that an 18-year-old, Yusuf Haruna be remanded in a Correctional Centre for allegedly stabbing a cleric, Sani Mohammed, 45, to death. The defendant, who lives in Tudun Nufawa Quarters Kano, is charged with culpable homicide. The Prosecutor, Mrs Fatima...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has removed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Gowon Estate Division, for allegedly detaining a lawyer who was seeking justice for his client. The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the removal in a statement on Wednesday....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Army has arrested one of its soldiers, who verbally insulted the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a viral video. In the viral videos, some persons claiming to be officers of the Nigerian Army had verbally attacked the governor for ordering...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has debunked media reports alleging the purported abduction of some commuters along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Jan. 6. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, debunked the reports in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said:...
Gunmen shot a traditional chief in Sagamu, Ogun dead on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the three-man gang shot the chief in his head at close quarters. He has since been buried according to Islamic rites. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abiodun...
A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take the pleas of the defendants, ordered their remand...
The Police Command in Anambra has rescued two kidnap victims and arrested no fewer than 30 suspected criminals between Dec. 1, 2023, to date. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Aderemi Adeoye, made this known at a conference in Awka on Monday, on the yuletide operations conducted...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday remanded a 28-year-old applicant, Agboola Adebayo, in a correctional centre for defiling a 9-month-old baby. Lagos State government arraigned Adebayo, whose residential address was not provided, on a two-count charge of defilement and causing grievous harm to the...