Law / Crime
Law / Crime

Assault on Magistrate: 3 civil servants docked in Kebbi

By Our Correspondent The Police in Kebbi State, on Monday, arraigned three civil servants before a Magistrates’ Court in Birnin Kebbi for allegedly assaulting a Chief Magistrate, Umar Salihu-Kokani. The Police, in a charge sheet, accused Aliyu Shehu, Yahyah Badare, Surajo Shehu all members of staff of the Kebbi Ministry of Higher Education of criminal […]

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UNICEF reacts to abduction of 21 Katsina school children

United Nations Children’s Fund has condemned the recent abduction of 21 children in the Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State saying that the report was worrisome. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, in a statement issued in Bauchi on Friday described the abduction of children, either at home, in school or elsewhere as […]

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General Law / Crime Legislature

Audit report: LAHA quizzes Lagos MDAs

The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA), on Wednesday, began investigation of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) indicted in the 2021 Auditor-General’s report. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Saka Solaja, made the announcement when the committee received the first set of government officials that were summoned to appear before it. The NewsZenith […]

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Divorce-seeking husband tells court how he caught wife having sex with his cousin

A businessman, Mr Justine Onu on Monday, pleaded with a Customary Court in Abuja, to dissolve his marriage with his wife, Joyce, for allegedly having secret affairs with his cousin. The petitioner told the court that his wife was promiscuous and he was tired of the marriage. “I caught my wife having sex with my […]

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NSCDC solicit for more operational vehicle from KWSG

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has solicited logistic support from the Kwara State Government to enhance its operational efficiency and tight security surveillance in the state. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Muhammed Ibrahim, made the appeal during an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin. Ibrahim said the logistics support would […]

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Usifo: Absence of witness stalls murder trial

The trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, for the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Mr Usifo Ataga, was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of a prosecution witness. Ojukwu is standing trial before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. She is also charged with stealing and […]

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Student’s death: Court orders NCS to present Adedoyin for trial Nov. 7

An Osun High Court in Osogbo, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Correctional Services to produce Raheem Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotels, Ile-Ife, alleged to be involved in the murder of one Timothy Adegoke, an Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) a postgraduate student, in court on Nov. 7. The six other defendants standing trial in the murder […]

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Stealing: Police arraign 22-year-old unemployed man

A 22-year-old unemployed man, Michael Chindo, was on Monday, arraigned before an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing two generators valued at N350,000. The Police charged Chindo, who lives in old Kutunku Gwagwalada, Abuja with criminal trespass and theft. The Prosecution counsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant, Mr Joseph Abiriyi […]

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General Law / Crime

Chef docked for allegedly shielding an offender

A 44-year-old chef, Anthony Umoh, was on Friday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja for allegedly shielding an offender. The Police charged Umoh, who lives in Apo, Abuja, with screening of an offender. The Prosecution Counsel, Me Stanley Nwafoaku, alleged that on Oct. 5, at about 4 p.m., the complainant Maureen Okoloji, […]

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General Law / Crime Politics

Sanwo-Olu re-echo call for state police

By Our Correspondent Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday reiterated the need for the creation of state police in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu made the call when the Commissioners of Police Service Commission (PSC), led by the acting Chairman, Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina. He said […]

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