The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) arrested and arraigned 600 motorists before mobile courts between December 20 and 23 for contravening various traffic regulations. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Nseobong Akpabio, the organisati...
Disturbed by the increasing number of ghost workers on its payroll, the Rivers State government has threatened to invite the Police and the State Security Service (SSS) to look into the records of all the ministries in the state. State Governor, Mr. Ch...
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, have arrested a South African lady in connection with suspected drug trafficking. The suspect, Nene Happy-Girl, 38, was to...
The Rivers State police command has arrested 24 suspects, including a girl and a soldier serving in the Joint Military Task-Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta region, over their involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping and other criminal acts in the state....
A 10-man armed robbery gang yesterday stormed Ikole Ekiti in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti and raided a first generation bank. Two policemen were reported to have been shot at a check-point by the armed robbers who invaded the town via Itapaji-I...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court is to begin ‘real-time online’ filing of cases from the 2011-2012 legal year. This was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja from the office of the FCT Chief Judge, Justice Lawal G...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna, Niger State, presided over by Chief Magistrate, Hassan Mohammed, has sentenced two men, Idiong Inima and Osinomumu Kenechukwu, to one year imprisonment for operating an illegal orientation camp for Natio...
A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday admitted Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume to bail in the sum of N25 million with two sureties. The court had earlier dismissed the objection raised against his bail application by the Federal Government, saying i...
The sacked Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Computer Services and Information Technology in Osun State, Engineer Abiodun Oladapo has denied the allegations against him that he misappropriated a sum of N2.5billion meant for the provision...
A 14-year-old, Yusuf Mohammed of Bindigari ward Damaturu in Yobe State has been sentenced on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, shop-breaking and attempt to commit an offence of theft; offences punishable under sections 97, 355, 95 of the pen...
The Senior Magistrate’s Court II, sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, presided over by Abubakar Bukar Kagu, has sentenced a 24- year-old man, Kabiru Habu to two years in prison, without an option of fine for criminal use of force and t...
Police detectives in Asaba, Delta State have arrested four suspected robbers and recovered lives cartridges from their room. Reports said the suspects have been terrorising farmers and residents of Asaba in the recent times. Besides, they are also said...
Bandits went on rampage at Kwa town, near Kano, killing three officers of the Nigerian Air Force after a gun battle. Officials of the Air Force and the police in Kano could however, not confirm whether the attack was carried out on the officers by the&...
A 32 year old man, Owolabi Kolade from Bankole village, near Oja Odan, Yewa South Local Government of Ogun State was, yesterday, paraded before newsmen by the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command, for allegedly strangulating his aged father Mr Kolade to ...
The Commissioner of Police in Abia, Mr Bala Hassan, has vowed to bring to justice the killers of Mr Celestine Ozuruora, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Uratta in Aba. Ozuruora was shot dead by hoodlums while on foot patrol of the area. “He...