Police in Nasarawa State, yesterday, paraded another 28 Fulanis suspected of planning to wreck another havoc in some parts of Doma communities, in Doma Local Government Area of the state. This was just as the command also paraded a 50 -year old man, Ab...
Tension enveloped Tunkus in Mikang local government council of Plateau State, yesterday, as a Police Inspector was shot dead by an Army Corporal. This was just as women of Latya community around DogoNahawa junction protested the military search for arm...
The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigation into the alleged killing of one Ejike Onah in Nsukka. According to a release made available to LEADERSHIP in Enugu by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Eb...
A violent conflict between farmers and herdsmen has resulted in the death of eight people in Galtum, a village in the eastern part of Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State. An eye witness account said about eight people were confirmed death alth...
The military in Nigeria has advised the leadership of Boko Haram sect to embrace peace or face its full wrath. This warning is sequel to signals coming from Northern Mali indicating that the rebels, having been dislodged from all their hideouts, join t...
A series of raids launched by the Joint Task Force (JTF), code named Operation Restore Order (ORO) in suspected camps of the Boko Haram sect, has claimed 17 terrorists and a soldier. The task force, which confirmed the casualty figure yesterday, said t...
Two leaders of the Muslim Council in Taraba State were yesterday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for diverting the sum of N19 million of the N21 million released to the council by the state government. Alhaji Inuwa U...
Suspected gunmen in the wee hours of Thursday struck at the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) in Girei, the headquarters of Girei local government area of Adamawa State and killed the choir master. Residents said the gunmen numbering about se...
A 43-year-old pastor, Nehemiah Elijah, who allegedly obtained N725, 000 under pretence, was on Friday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos.
Elijah, who resides at No. 13 Edom St., Muwo, Ojo, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
The prosecutor, Insp. Okoi Edet, told the court that the accused had on May 5, 2011 at Ojo Area, Lagos, obtained the sum of N725, 000 from one Mr Cyprian Ezegbo.
Edet said Elijah received the money from Ezegbo, under the pretext of obtaining a Qatar Visa for his son.
The prosecutor said that the accused, with some others now at large, did not honour the agreement.
He said the offences contravened Sections 285, 312 and 409, of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The Magistrate, Mrs Dan Oni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till Feb. 19 for mention. (NAN)
Delta state wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has expressed concern over the increasing rate at which teachers in the state are being kidnapped. They also warned that if the trend continued, they might be forced to shut down the schools for t...
At least three students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja were killed by a suspected drunken driver said to be a lecturer in the school. The lecturer was said to have knocked down one miss Taiwo Edilola Omolola, an HND1 student as she...
A new twist emerged, yesterday, following the story of a man caught with five human skulls in his house in Mangu, Plateau State as Meyitti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Plateau State Chapter, identified him as one of their memb...
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Benue state has arrested the resident pastor of the Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Pastor Collins Obuh, in Katsina-Ala town of Katsina-Ala Local Government Area for illegal possession of...
The masquerade that allegedly shot an Islamic cleric Lateef Amusa to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Sunday has been reported missing from the police custody. The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command , Ikemefuna Okoye told journalists ye...
A 26-year-old, Seun Bankole, was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court for murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Adewale Amos, told the court that the defendant unlawfully caused the death of one ...