Two men – Tunde Okunuga, 33, and John Solomon, 19 – on Thursday appeared before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly damaging a glass door of the Shoprite on Ring Road, Ibadan. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not provided, are facing charges of conspiracy, malicious damage and perjury. They, however, pleaded not guilty […]
The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested 23 suspects involved in electoral violence and other crimes during the general elections on Saturday. The Police Command in Lagos State says it arrested 23 suspects involved in electoral violence during general elections on Saturday. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to newsmen […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arrested nine persons for alleged vote buying in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom and Sokoto States during the general elections. The ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Ogugua said the commission arrested four vote buyers in Osun […]
The Police Command in Ebonyi say they have started raiding black spots as part of efforts to tackle related electoral violence during the general polls in the state. Mr Falaye Olaleye, Commissioner for Police in the state, announced this to newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki. Olaleye said that the raid was in addition to the […]
A businessman, Anthony Domi, on Thursday, told a Customary Court in Nyanya Abuja, that his wife, Ella Obiora, was accusing him of impregnating her maid. The respondent said this in his defence, in a divorce petition filed by his wife. “I impregnate the young lady due to an agreement between me and my wife, which […]
The Supreme Court says the old naira notes are still valid as Nigeria’s legal tender until the final adjudication of the case in dispute. This followed its Feb. 8 order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the Feb. 10 deadline for the use of old N200, N500 and N1000 notes. The apex […]
Human Rights Activist, Femi Falana, criticised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for allegedly flouting the Supreme Court’s order suspending the deadline Naira notes swaps. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), castigate the apex bank while speaking on Channels TV’s “The 2023 Verdict” on Tuesday in Lagos. He also said the Federal Government was […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 51-year-old cleric, Nduka Anyanwu, to double life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Justice Abiola Soladoye convicted the Lagos-based pastor for impregnating a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old. Both girls have delivered of babies. Soladoye held that evidence of prosecution witnesses were […]
A former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, whose trial was slated for Feb. 13, has been rescheduled to June 5. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign Oduah before a Federal High Court over a N5 billion fraud. The matter, which was initially scheduled for Feb. 13, was not listed on the cause list […]
The Police Command in Benue, on Thursday, docked five persons for alleged criminal conspiracy, attempted murder, abduction and terrorism. The defendants are Ushahemba Ikyulaga, Godwin Bee, Thomas Ikyumba, Donald Anande and Samuel Iorchir. They appeared before a Makurdi Upper Area Court. The prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told the court that the case was reported at […]