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Updated: Baba Ijesha sentenced to 16 years in jail

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, in a two-hour judgement on Thursday, convicted Baba Ijesha of indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault…

Buhari to Security forces: Confront these terrorists, send them to the grave

‘Buhari said the Armed Forces of Nigeria are working tirelessly to enhance their combat effectiveness, operational capability and training necessary…
Court sentences Lagos man, Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for forcefully having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend

Adebayo Shittu docked for stealing plastic chairs

Adeyemi said that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment…
ICPC Secures 24-Year Jail Term for Dismissed NECO Staff Over Certificate Forgery*

Mohammed Abubakar jailed for biting off man’s finger

Adaraloye said that the convict bit off the right pinky finger of the complainant, Adamu Abdullahi.
Kebbi

Bauchi gunmen kill 1, abduct 3 others

Bauchi Police Command assured the family members that the kidnapped victims would be rescued and reunited with their relatives.
Former staff of Polaris Bank, Babatunde Keshinro,

N10m theft charge: Court rejects ex -banker Keshinro no-case submission

Babatunde was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Feb. 25, 2020 on nine-count charge bordering on…
Ndifreke Nkanta: narrates how his four children were killed in the landslide that followed the rainfall of last Sunday in Calabar, Cross River

How I lost 4 children to mudslide – Calabar trader Ndifreke Nkata

Nkata, who is physically challenged said apart from his children, the flood also swept everything he owned and he has…
Stanley Okafor

Alleged $111.5m fraud: Absence of defence counsel stalls Stanley Okafor ‘s trial

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC accused the defendant of committing the alleged offences said to be contrary to…
Alaba Bakare, late owner of Bama Hotel and Suite.

Court summons I-G Baba, others over death of hotelier Bakare

Olufemi, father and Taiwo, mother of the deceased in a suit No. ID/5818GCM/2022, through their counsel, Mr Olusegun Raji, prayed…
ICPC Secures 24-Year Jail Term for Dismissed NECO Staff Over Certificate Forgery*

2 Benue farmers remanded for abducting colleague

Ato said the suspects and others, at large, trespassed into Demenongo’s farm and dragged him to Abande Village with his…
Flood on Ijaiye Road, Ogba, Lagos

3 siblings, 4 others killed in Lagos flood

The three siblings who lost their lives were residing at a church building belonging to Mercy of Christ Apostolic Church,…
19 year-old Covenant Onyebuchi giving her life savings her to Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi in Enugu

Why my daughter gave her saving to Peter Obi – Onyebuchi

Covenant caused a stir after handing an undisclosed amount of money to the LP candidate on Tuesday in Enugu as…
Police say 24-year-old Joshua Kosoro hangs himself after telling his relatives that he was hearing strange voices in Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi

Ekiti man Ademola Akinola to die by hanging for killing brother

The police said Akinola on Nov. 19, 2019 at Usin Ekiti in Ikole LGA of Ekiti, robbed Tunde, his older…
Sachet water: price to go up in Rivers

Price of sachet water to go up in Rivers

In some parts of Port Harcourt, a bag of Sachet water, popularly called "pure water" is sold between N120 and…
Pastor Adeboye with his lovely wife, Folu.

Folu Adeboye at 74: We once struggled over “ponmo”- husband

Pastor Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God is 74 today. She was…

Another two-storey building collapses in Lagos

The building, located at No 15 Oke Arin Street, off Shillon, Onipanu, a suburb of Lagos, belongs to Christ Divine…
Police speak on efforts to arrest a gang of robbers who hijacked $11 million from a trader at gunpoint in Abeokuta, Ogun state on Friday.

Suspected Kuje prison escapee arrested in Ogun

Abdulmumuni, aged 28, was arrested following information received by policemen at Divisional Headquarters, Sango-Ota, that the convict was sighted around…
Publisher of 247ureports.com, Ikenna Ezenekwe arrested in Abuja on July 5

Publishers ask Nigeria police to release journalist Ikenna Ezenekwe

Ezenekwe, according to a statement signed by Austyn Ogannah and Daniel Elombah, President and Secretary General of OPAN respectively, was…
Prof. Wole Soyinka

Soyinka strikes 88 in fine fettle

The towering writer who stunned the world as the very first black man to win the coveted Nobel Prize in…
Malami and Wamakko

Wamakko my father, political leader — Malami

Malami also thanked Wamakko for his condolence message extended over the demise of his four childhood friends.
Gov. Sanwo-Olu seeks support for ”Greater Lagos Rising”

Sanwo-Olu orders probe of ill-fated boat mishap

Seventeen passengers were drowned when a boat sailing from Mile 2 to Ibeshe, a suburb of Lagos, on Saturday capsized.
Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the grand finale of the annual Ojude Oba festival at the Oba S.K. Adetona Golden Jubilee centre, Awujale Palace Annex, Ijebu Ode, Ogun, on Monday

Sanwo-Olu drums support for Tinubu at Ojude Oba Festival

The palace of Awujale, the paramount traditional ruler of Ijebu kingdom, came alive with ceremonial parades of colourful Aso Ebi.…
2 killed, 5 injured in Ondo road accident

Four dead, five injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

Umar explained that the accident occurred at about 3:22 p.m. and was caused by over-speeding and loss of control by…
Buhari still grieve for Chibok girls in captivity

Buhari reacts to killing of Adamawa pastor’s sons, abduction of daughter

Gunmen had on Tuesday shot the Pastor, killed two of his sons and kidnapped his 13 year old daughter.
policemen

Deadly sibling kidnappers smashed in Ekiti forest

The suspected kidnappers are siblings. They are Abdullahi Musa 38, Abdullahi Ali 25 and Abdullahi Suleiman, 19.

Two deadly Aiye cult gang members busted in Edo

The operatives were on routine patrol/stop and search on the Auchi-Ekperi road when they accosted two young men on a…
Police

Suspected cable vandals meet waterloo in Lagos

The suspect was charged before a Lagos Magistrate's Court for allegedly vandalizing telecommunication armoured cables belonging to the Management of…
policemen

End of the road: Edo kidnapper shot dead

According to Iwegbu, the suspect was killed by operatives of the command on routine patrol while others were wounded and…
Boat capsizes with 22 passengers in Niger

Lagos boat mishap: NEMA recovers 13 more bodies

According to the NEMA Zonal commander, illegal boat operators plying the waterways beyond the stipulated official hours led to these…
Nigeria at war, let no one deceive you - Adeboye

RCCG inaugurates 2,500 capacity auditorium in Ado-Ekiti

The Redeemed Christian Church of God,(RCCG) has inaugurated a 2,500-capacity church auditorium in Ado-Ekiti and also planned to build maternity…