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Post-election violence: How thugs set PDP women leader ablaze in Kogi — Police
A prominent 60-year-old female politician was burnt to death in her home by rampaging political thugs, after the post-election violence that broke out between rival political groups in Kogi state on Monday.The woman identified as Salome…
Man, 23, docked for allegedly belonging to secret society in Ogun
A 23-year-old man, Aliu Oluwafemi, on Tuesday, appeared in an Ota Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ogun for allegedly belonging to a secret society, Akate Confraternity.Oluwafemi of no fixed address is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy…
Court remands 2 farmers for cheating businessman of N1.3m
A Kabusa Grade I Area Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that two farmers who allegedly defrauded a businessman of N1. 3 million, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending bail.The police charged Williams Sunday and Senior Marcus…
Court remands agent for illegally selling parcel of land
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered a 55-year-old agent, Alhassan Lamaran, who illegally sold a parcel of land belonging to a businessman, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending bail application hearing.The…
Woman bags 3 years imprisonment for stealing one-month-old baby
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, sentenced a 39-year-old woman, Mercy Momoh, to three years imprisonment for stealing a one-month-old baby.The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, found the convict, whose house…
‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ apprentice bags six months imprisonment in Ibadan
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on Monday, sentenced a 21-year-old internet fraud apprentice to six months jail term after being pronounced guilty of impersonation in a one-count charge filed…
Court sentences woman to 3 years imprisonment for stealing baby in Ekiti
A Chief Magistrates' Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Monday, sentenced a 39-year-old woman, Mrs Mercy Momoh, to three years imprisonment for stealing a baby.The convict, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to…
Three guards in court for allegedly stealing customer’s N35,000
Three security guards, who allegedly broke into a customer’s car and stole N35, 000 from a car parked in a fuel station, on Monday, appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.The police charged Oladeji Olubunmi, 50, Raphael…
Court remands father in correctional centre for defiling nine-year-old daughter
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates Court, Ibadan, on Monday remanded a 25-year-old father, Tope Olayiwola, in Agodi Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his nine-year-old daughter.The Chief Magistrate, Mr Emmanuel Idowu, who did not…
Floods affect more than 547,000 people in Somalia ― UN
The UN said on Monday that flooding in parts of Somalia has impacted more than 547,000 people, of whom 370,000 have been displaced from their homes.It added that the flood has destroyed livelihoods and infrastructure in the Horn of…