A 60-year-old man, Samson Obio, on Wednesday appeared before an Osogbo Senior Magistrates' Court charged with raping a 12-year-old girl. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Michael Imiavan, said that the accused, on Feb. 19, at Oora village near Ilesa in ...
The trial of six policemen accused of killing five auto spare parts dealers and their female companion in Abuja suffered another setback on Wednesday. Those standing trial are DCP Danjuma Ibrahim, ASP Othman Abdulsalami (still at large), Constables Nic...
The Police in Imo say they have arrested six suspected kidnappers, including a native doctor, who allegedly prepares charms for the suspects. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Imo, Mr Samuel Oddee, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in O...
Alhaji Adamu Ahmad, Comptroller of Customs for Borno and Yobe Commands, was on Tuesday night killed by unidentified persons in Potiskum, Yobe, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Commissioner of Police in Yobe, Alhaji Lawal Tanko, confirmed t...
Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau declared on Tuesday in Jos that the recent attack on COCIN headquarters Church in Jos was carried out by forces outside the state. Jang, who stated this when he received the COCIN President, Rev. Soja Bewarang, who led the Ex...
An Akure Senior Magistrates' Court on Tuesday ordered that a 33-year-old businessman, Samson Awonire, be remanded in prison for allegedly killing his stepmother. The accused person was said to have killed his 65-year-old stepmother, Mrs Esther Awon...
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old furniture maker, Shola Adeboyo, of Lugbe Village, Abuja at an Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court charged with abduction. The police prosecutor, Cpl. Pascal Njoku, told the court that the offence was commit...
The police in Bayelsa have recovered the bodies of five policemen killed by unknown gunmen on the Nembe Waterway on March 1. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Eguavon Emokpai, said in Yenagoa on Tuesday that the remains of the five cops had been ...
Six suspected secret cult members were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court, charged with alleged acquisition and possession of human parts. The suspected cultists were Hope Ajuzie (30), Ifeanyi Edward (60), Chigozie Bob ...
One Mr. Faseyi Adebayo, whose address was given as 31 Idowu close, in Alimosho LGA of Lagos state, has been arrested for impregnating his 17 year old daughter Bisola Adebayo. Bisola, while narrating her ordeal to the police at Afonka police station on ...
The Nigeria Police Force has intercepted truck carrying engine oil worth N15.8 million allegedly stolen by suspected armed robbers. Mr Jaiyeoba Joseph, tThe Spokesman for the Police Command in Lagos State, who confirmed this to newsmen on Sunday, said ...
Pick-pockets had a field day yesterday during the interment of the ex Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, in his country home, Umudim Nnewi, Anambra State, as they dispossessed people of their belongings. One of the victims who spoke to...
A Nigerian teenager, Victoria Osoteku, has been convicted of manslaughter in London. She was said to be at the heart of the attack at Victoria station in London, which resulted in Sofyen Belamouadden being knifed in front of horrified commuters. Accord...
It was a black Friday at the Tincan Island Port yesterday as two clearing agents lost their lives and several vehicles destroyed over a misunderstanding resulting from a minor car brush. According to an eye-witness report, the two unidentified agents w...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned two former employees of the Vanguard Media Ltd. at an Ikeja High Court, for allegedly stealing N7.9 million belonging to the company. The accused persons are James Unoka, Sales Rep...