Death toll in yellow fever outbreak rises to 16 in Bauchi as communities reject vaccination
It has been confirmed that the death toll of the yellow fever outbreak in Bauchi State has risen to 16…
Gunmen kill 8 in Niger
NO fewer than seven members of a vigilance group and a policeman have been killed by gunmen suspected to be…
Bandits have displaced 40,000 in N/West —UN
Worsening violence from banditry has doubled the number of people displaced from northwest Nigeria to some 40,000 over the past…
Randy father bags 10 years in jail for raping teenage daughter
JUSTICE Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 58-year old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, to…
Man arraigned for allegedly stealing motorcycle valued at N75,000
A 37-year-old man, Femi Araoye, was, on Friday, arraigned at the Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a motorcycle, valued…
Internet fraudster bags six months imprisonment in Ilorin
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Ilorin zonal office, has on Thursday secured conviction of a 35-year-old Stephen Olarewaju Odanye…
Court orders civil servant to enrol his two children in school
A Sharia Court ll, sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Thursday ordered a civil servant, Mr Abubakar Bello, to…
Man hacked to death over alleged eyeing of married woman in Delta
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the murder of Mr Pius Ukrakpo, who was allegedly stabbed to death for…
Man, 28 remanded in prison custody for alleged murder in Osun
A Magistrate Court, sitting in Osogbo, on Wednesday ordered that a 28-year old man, identified as Ajayi Sanya be remanded…
Ibadan court remands man accused of cell phone theft
An Iyaganku Grade ‘A’ Customary Court on Wednesday remanded one Ridwan Waheed in Agodi Correctional Centre for stealing a cell…
Police arrest absconded Army corporal with marijuana in Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa has arrested an absconded Army Corporal with 169 blocks of marijuana in Ringim Local Government Area…
Police arraign tenant for allegedly biting landlady
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old tenant, Mirabelle Nwagu, in a Zuba Upper Area Court, Abuja for allegedly biting…
Court sentences applicant to 6 months in prison for stealing vehicle belonging to Red Cross
A Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja on Wednesday sentenced an applicant, Bashir Sani, to six months in prison…
Court orders final forfeiture of Kwara civil servant’s hotel
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered the final forfeiture of a hotel belonging…
Police arraign man for allegedly stealing motor parts in Osun
A 29-year-old man, Taofeek Oseni, on Tuesday, appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Osogbo for allegedly stealing some motor…
Six feared dead in Gombe motor accident
Not fewer than six lives were lost in a multiple ghastly motor accident involving two articulated trucks, two commercial tricycles…
Woman in court for beating mother-in-law to coma
A 30-year-old woman, Adenike Olowookere, was on Tuesday remanded in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating her mother-in-law…
Court remands man in prison over alleged cultism in Ekiti
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates' Court on Tuesday remanded a 26-year-old man, Gbenga Olowoyo, in prison over alleged cultism. The defendant of…
Court remands two men for allegedly kidnapping a housewife
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday, ordered that two men who allegedly abducted a housewife, be remanded…
Court sentences dry cleaner to 15 years in prison for defiling minor
An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 40-year-old dry cleaner, Joseph John, to 15…
