Appeal Court affirms jail sentence of killer Lagos DPO
The Court of Appeal in Lagos yesterday upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court in Igbosere, Lagos Island, sentencing…
2-year-old, one other feared dead in Ekiti auto crash
Araromi area of Ikere-Ekiti, headquarters of Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was thrown into mourning late on Wednesday…
Man sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for raping 8-year-old
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday, sentenced a 46-year-old man, Salisu Abdullahi to 14 years in jail…
Kin-based relationship, bane of fight against crime —Don
A member of a research team on community-based crime prevention, Dr Babatunde Ojeboye has said that the best way to…
NIS uncovers new tactics by human traffickers, illegal immigrants
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Katsina State Command, says it has uncovered new tactics used by human traffickers and illegal immigrants…
Couple sentenced to death by hanging for murder in Osun
An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ile-Ife, on Wednesday sentenced a couple, Mr Fatai Jimoh and Mrs Lateefat Jimoh…
Army officer’s murder in Ibadan: Police arrest 6
SIX suspects, including a staff of Parents Teachers Association (PTA), have been arrested and detained at Iyaganku Police station over…
River re-run: Police parade 5 suspected ballot box snatchers
Five suspects who allegedly engaged in ballot snatching during last weekend’s election in Rivers State were yesterday paraded in Abuja…
Kidnappers abduct wife of Anglican Communion Secretary, demand N20million ransom
Armed men suspected to be kidnappers on Monday evening invaded the home of the General Secretary of the Church of…
Yuletide season: Security agencies carry out joint show of force
Security agencies in Niger State including the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Air Force, the Directorate of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria…
Three injured as RTEAN, NURTW clash in Lagos
THE timely intervention of the police prevented a bloodbath between two rival factions of transport unions in Igando area of…
Cattle rustling: IGP inaugurates 27-member implementation committee
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated a 27-member implementation committee on the curtailment of cattle rustling in…
NIS Controller decorates 91 newly-promoted officers in Oyo
The Controller of Immigration in Oyo State, Mrs Victoria E. Isang, has enjoined newly promoted officers in her command to…
Ibadan Command Secondary School’s commandant found dead in school premises
The entire community of Command Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan, Oyo State was thrown into mourning on Monday when the lifeless…
Lagos CP orders release of woman arrested for stealing plantain
The Lagos State Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, on Monday released a nursing mother who was detained at Agbowa police station…
NDLEA intercepts N4 billion worth of Ephedrine at Lagos airport
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) said that the…
3 persons bag 6 months jail term for stealing pineapples in Osun
Three persons were on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment in Ilesa prison by an Osogbo Magistrates Court for theft…
One die, 4 policemen injured in police/okada riders’ clash in Ibadan
Hell was let loose in Ibadan on Monday afternoon as an okada rider died, while four policemen were injured when…
Man dies while scooping fuel from tanker in Warri
The body of a worker at a fuel station was on Monday afternoon found lifeless inside a fuel tanker in…
He molests me, embarrasses me for bed-wetting —Wife
An Ibadan Customary Court in Oyo State has dissolved a six-year-old marriage between Femi Bankole and his wife, Modupeoluwa, following…
