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Funmi Ademosun

Ademosun arraigned for alleged N26.6B Investment fraud in Lagos

Justice Osiagor granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250m, with two sureties.
Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board

Smear campaign: Group urges Wabote not to back off libel suit

Wabote had filed libel suit against Jackson Udeh, the publisher of PointBlank news (an online newspaper) in the United States…
Wheelbarrow pushers during their protest in Benin, Edo State on Friday

Clash averted as wheelbarrow pushers protest extortion in Benin

One of the wheelbarrow pushers said the revenue collectors in Benin started with N50 per day for a wheelbarrow, but…
Police arrest 51 suspected kidnappers, others in Borno

Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Borno

The Police Command in Borno has paraded five suspected kidnappers and 46 other suspects arrested for various crimes in the…

Court sends fraudster Raji Olasunkanmi to prison

Raji was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for possession of fraudulent documents used to perpetrate internet fraud.
The suspect

How Abdullahi deposited fake €482,000 in bank – Witness

Abdullahi, who was arraigned in November 2021 on a three-count charge bordering on an alleged €482,000  counterfeit fraud, allegedly deposited…
Hanifa and Buhari

Hanifa’s murder: Buhari wades in, orders police to ensure justice

Mohammed was Hanifa’s private teacher and having realized that the victim recognized them, the suspects poisoned her to death, butchered…
Police dock Abuja hairstylist, Chiamaka Nmonye for stabbing her apprentice, Joy Jacob with a scissors during an argument.

3 Benue farmers docked over death of 7-year-old girl

Uleru said that while the defendants were at the party, the house was razed by fire and Levi Ianna’s granddaughter…
Manager

Deadly robbers Adeola, Adeyemo sentenced to death

The convicts and others at large, on Nov. 27, 2018, at House 2, Dende Bovas Garage, off Iyana Eku, Larodo,…
Hoodlums on rampage

Heavy gunshots in Idumota as hoodlums clash, streets, markets deserted (Videos)

The incident began last night and spread to Friday morning, with hoodlums seen with dangerous weapons, such as cutlasses, guns,…
Hanifa Abubakar

Kano shuts school where pupil Hanifa was killed by her teacher

Five-year-old Hanifa was abducted on 4 December by her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, who has been arrested by the police.
Military neutralise 3 kidnappers in Jos

Nigerian soldiers kill 3 kidnappers in Jos

Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have neutralised three notorious kidnappers in Jos.
76-year-old grandfather bags 40 years imprisonment for drug offences

Ayomide Olatunji, 4 others remanded in Kirikiri for armed robbery

The suspects, armed with dangerous weapons, robbed Mr Emmanuel Ono of his cell phone worth N68,000.
Chicken

Chicken thief David Akubu bags 1 year jail term

The prosecutor said that the David Akubu stole the chicken, cooked it and ate it with his friends.
LG, RRS institute taskforce to tackle ‘Awawa’ cult in Agege

Agege LG sets trap for Awawa cult members

The Agege Local Government and Rapid Respond Squad (RRS) have invented a plan to get rid of the menace of…
de arrest over allegation that he been raping 14- year- old daughter

Borno rape victim stabbed to death by rapist – CSOs

The group said it was investigating the matter, adding that preliminary reports showed that the victim, a domestic help, was…
Federal University, Birnin Kebbi: Studentss urge politicians not to drag students into their political calumny and machinations in the state.

Birnin Kebbi federal varsity students warn politicians

The students of Federal University Birnin Kebbi said some politicians were using their names to tarnish the image of the…
Suspect teacher killer, Abdulmalik Tanko and Hanifa Abubakar

How Kano teacher Mohammed kidnapped, murdered 5-year-old Hanifa

Abdulmalik Mohammed was Hanifa's private teacher and having realized that the victim recognized them, the suspects poisoned her to death,…
Mr Francis Chukwura and the pit he allegedly dug for the killing of his neighbour's son, Henry Ekwos

How sacked FMC staff Chukwura attempted to kill neighbour’s on ritual

Chukwura lured his neighbours son, Henry Ekwos, into his room to help install whatsapp application for him in his phone.
Wasila

Kano woman Wasila arraigned over alleged N32m oil scam

It was also discovered that her company, Najaatu Petroleum Limited evaded tax payment from January 2013 to 2020.
Niger Delta Carnival

Media firm to launch of Unity App, Niger Delta Carnival

The app will enable users access to socio-economic developments going on in the nine states that make up the Niger…
Nigerian Railway Modernization Project: Lagos to close Jibowu and Yaba Level Crossing for the laying of tracks.

Lagos announces closure of important road in Apapa

The government said it would divert traffic flow at Apapa Dockyard Road from 6:00pm on Sunday 23rd of January till…
Members of Stanley Job Stanley led new executive of Rivers NUJ being sworn into office

Stanley, Wigodo re- elected as chairman, secretary Rivers NUJ

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Comrade Stanley Job Stanley and Ikechukwu Wigodo have been re-elected as Chairman and Secretary of the Rivers…
Ortom

Ortom goes hard on herders, slams N50,000 fine per animal for open grazing

The governor said that the fine has been increased from N2,000 to N50,000 per animal.
Oyo to clampdown on tricyclists without permit, defaced windscreen

Kano agency reduces tricycles’ operational fees

The tricycles operators had gone on strike from Jan. 10 to Jan. 12 to protest against the N8,000 operational permit…
Bello Turji

Kwara Police speak on bandit Bello Turji’s whereabouts

A member of the House of Representatives alleged that the kingpin and his gang have relocated to an unidentified forest…
The new road

Residents hail Kwara Govt over 33km Ilesha-Baruba road

Residents and commuters plying the 33km Ilesha Baruba-Gwanara road in Baruten local government area of Kwara State have commended Governor…
Wahab Alawiye-King, Chairman, LASUBEB

EkoExcel has rescued out-of-school children from social vices – Alawiye-King

Alawiye-King said Lagos State has over two million out-of-school children,  a problem that the state is determined to tackle with…
A 200 -level female student of UNIPORT identified as Adaeze has been found dead in her apartment in Aluu Community of Rivers State capital

4 abducted UNIPORT students regain freedom

Earlier, two PhD and two undergraduate students were kidnapped while they were on their way to Orashi River in the…
The suspected internet fraudsters

Eight suspected internet fraudsters busted in Makurdi

A statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC's spokesman, said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 during an…