Year: 2017
Man remanded for torturing another to death
For allegedly torturing another to death with a cable, 32-year-old Monday Tizhe is to be remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons,…
Court slams N500,000 bail on labourer for manslaughter
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday slammed a N500,000 bail on a labourer, Sunday Hyacinth, for alleged…
Ayade approves N1.4bn for 2016 UBEC matching grant
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has approved N1.4 billion to the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to enable…
Woman nabbed for stabbing drunken husband to death
A 37-year-old trader, Christiana Odo, was on Friday charged with stabbing her husband, Romanus, 48, to death at an Ebute…
Volkswagen executive charged with fraud denied bail
A Volkswagen executive arrested in the U.S. over the German carmaker’s emissions-cheating scandal has been denied bail by a federal…
Police to sanction erring officers
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
Truck pusher pleads guilty to drug trafficking
A truck pusher, Wilson Sunday, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over drug trafficking. Sunday, 27,…
Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles
The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…
Bird flu: Kano government to disinfect markets, poultry farms
The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures…
Police to sanction erring officers
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has said that the police management would not hesitate to sanction any…
Plateau youths protest against hard drugs
Youths in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau on Friday staged a peaceful protest against the production, consumption of hard…
Obaseki urged to appoint competent person as sports commissioner
Fans in Edo have urged the government to ensure the appointment of competent persons as sports to administer sports in…
Lawyers seek strict enforcement of laws on rape
Some Abuja based lawyers have advocated full enforcement of laws on rape to curb the increasing cases of rape and…
Wicked! Woman burns half-sister with hot iron
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered that a 44-year-old woman, Nneka Ilokwu be remanded in prison for allegedly…
Veteran pro-democracy activist, Alfred Ilenre, is dead
A veteran journalist and a dogged human rights activist, Mr Alfred Ilenre is dead. He died in Ikorodu, Lagos State,…