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Ekiti man Adeshina Michael Oluwafemi jailed for attempted fraud

Ekiti man Adeshina Michael jailed for attempted fraud

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, secured the conviction…
Police confirm man’s death at beer parlour in Lagos

SP Hundeyin becomes PRO Lagos Police Command, Ajisebutu out

Hundeyin replaces CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, who spent seven months in office. Ajisebutu is yet to be redeployed.
Adebola Dosunmu

K1, Olamide, others billed for Adebola Dosunmu’s 50th birthday celebration

Chief Adebola Dosunmu, the Akinsiku of Lagos (Olori Eyo), who is the custodian of Lagos’s most popular cultural festival, the…
Prince Emeka Obasi

Shock as Hallmark Business publisher Emeka Obasi dies

His son, Emeka Obasi Jr announced the death in a Facebook post Wednesday, triggering shock all over.
Saliu Atwodi

Court orders forfeiture of property, $228,428 linked to retired Air Force Chief

The property measuring about 57933.69 square metres, controlled by Vector Integrated Services Limited, is located at No 3004 Cadastral Zone…

ISWAP abducts health worker in Borno

At about 2 a.m on Wednesday, ISWAP insurgents attacked Gubio and looted food items and fuel from a humanitarian truck.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Bandits kill 4 policemen, one civilian in raid of Kebbi’s tomato factory

The tomato factory is owned by GB Foods, an international company. It has Vincent Egbe as MD of the Nigerian…
Policemen on duty

Four policemen, civilian dead in battle to rescue 10 expatriates in Kebbi

A statement from the Kebbi State Police Command said the 10 expatriates were working in a Tomatoes processing plant in…
Tochukwu

Law graduate Tochukwu sentenced to 10-year imprisonment over Ponzi Scheme

Trouble started for the defendant, according to a statement from EFCC's spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, when he created a fake Facebook…
Kebbi

Four dead as gunmen attack NDLEA facility in Ebonyi  

Police Spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, who confirmed the incident said that security agencies killed two of the gunmen, while others…
Kulloma

Borno man Kulloma arraigned for N19m fraud

The defendant allegedly collected the sum from Abdulwahad Abba Aji as payment for contract awarded the second defendant to supply…
Abuja based lawyer and activist, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, commends President Tinubu over rehabilitation of Port Harcourt and Warri refineries.

Deji Adeyanju bags first class degree in law

To God alone be the glory. I suffered so much to get here. I have always known the law as…
Court of Appeal affirms 4-year jail term of two officials of the Sokoto government, Kabiru Bello Mr. Bashar Garba for fraud by lower court

Appeal Court upholds 4-year jail term for 2 Sokoto officials

Mr. Bashar Garba, before his conviction by the lower court, was the State National Union of Teachers (NUT) treasurer, while…
Innocent Ezeonwuka: ex- treasurer with the Anambra Ministry of Finance to spend 11 years for defrauding pensioners of N66.5m

Anambra civil servant Ezeonwuka jailed 11 years over N66.5m fraud

Ezeonwuka committed the offence between June 2009 and June 2011 when he diverted the entire N66.5 million released by the…
Erelu Okin

Petrol souvenirs: Erelu Okin appears in court

Ogbolu was arraigned on a four-count charge of conduct likely to cause a breach of peace, endangering human life by…
Deadly Ogun robbers busted

Five deadly Ogun robbers smashed after snatching Corolla

The suspects, Moruf Abidogun, Usman Adeyemi, Fisayo Aliu, Afees Adesina, and Dauda Lekan were arrested following a distress call received…
Kano lawyer, Musa Tudunwada ask Hisbah Board boss to clarify how bags of rice donated by the state to his officers and staff were distributed

44 commercial sex workers arrested by Hisbah in Jigawa

The suspects were arrested on Monday in the popular ‘Gujungu’ town by operatives of the command in collaboration with the…
Tanko Abdullateef and victim Miss Mabel Okafor-Mang

How body of slain banker Mabel Okafor-Mang was found

Tanko, who had just spent two weeks on the job, pleaded not guilty to the charge against him. After he…
Chiamaka Odo strangles toddler, says cult demanded victim’s blood

Babysitter strangles toddler, says cult demanded victim’s blood

Chiamaka Odo, a 14-year-old babysitter, has confessed to strangling her mistress’ son, Jayden Osokolo, to death.
Nigerian Army

Four feared dead as army, youths clash in Edo

Some members of the community, however, claimed that two soldiers were also killed by arms-bearing youths, bringing the number of…
Ogun government rolls out figures to disprove claim of diversion of funds allocated to LGs in the state from Federal Govt by Gov. Dapo Abiodun

Stakeholders raise alarm over increase in ritual killings in Ogun

They expressed their worries at a Security Submit in the state organized by the Police Community Relations Officers (PCRC) in…
The convicts

Welder, barber, four others jailed in Ilorin for Cybercrime

The defendants, who were prosecuted on separate charges before Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin,…
Court sentences Pastor Ayodeji Oluokun of RCCG City of David Parish, Lagos to 2 years imprisonment for issuing 1.6 million dollar dud cheque.

$1.6m Scam: Court fixes date to rule on Lagos Pastor’s No Case Submission

Oluokun was arraigned alongside his company, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, on charges bordering on issuance of dud cheques, stealing…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Edo father Oisamaiye accused of defiling 15-month-old daughter

Justice Geraldine Imadegbelo of an Edo State High Court has ordered the remand of one Yahaya Oisamaiye, in Oko correctional…
Osondu Igwilo, second left and the other accomplices arrested by EFCC

End of the Road: EFCC nabs FBI wanted Nigerian Osondu Igwilo over $100m fraud

Igwilo, 52, has been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, since 2018, He is the…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Idris Musa, 40, docked for impregnating 14-year-old-girl

The girl told her father that Idris Musa called her into his room two times and had sexual intercourse with…
Mu’azu Magaji

Court orders rearrest of ex- Kano commissioner Mu’azu Magaji

Mu’azu Magaji allegedly posted a picture of Governor Ganduje with a yet to be identified woman, claiming that both were…
Murder

Udoka Umeofia docked for stabbing trader to death

He alleged that the defendant had stabbed the deceased, Chijioke Onwuajuegwu, on his neck with bottles and knife, which led…
LAWMA CEO, Ibrahim Odumboni

LAWMA to increase waste bills of estates that fail to sort waste

The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, who spoke at a stakeholder’s meeting on solid waste management across LCDAs in…
The vehicle

Saloon car plunges into river in Lagos (Photos)

Oke-Osanyintolu said the sole occupant of the vehicle was rescued and taken to the hospital for further treatment.