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Court remands Okada rider in prison custody for throwing baby into river
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Minna has ordered that a 20-year-old commercial motorcyclist popularly called `Okada’ rider, Mustapha Aliyu be remanded in prison custody for throwing his three-month-old baby boy into a river.Aliyu is…
Court remands two labourers over alleged armed robbery
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, ordered that two labourers, Aminu Abubakar, 34, and Salisu Isah, 35, charged with armed robbery, be remanded in a correctional facility, pending legal advice.Magistrate Hajara Dauda, who did…
Court remands man, 25, in prison custody for alleged murder
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, remanded a 25-year-old man, Ebenezer Olorunleke in prison custody for alleged conspiracy and murder.Olorunleke, whose address was not given, is facing charges of conspiracy and murder.The…
Angry youths on rampage over refusal of monarch to attend yam festival
Irate youths from Ilara community, in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday, went on rampage over the refusal of the traditional of the town, Oba Aderemi Adefehinti, to participate in the traditional festivals of the town.…
Man beats wife to death in Ogun
One Kingsley Madukwe is now cooling his heels with the men of the Ogun State Police Command for beating his wife, Glory Madukwe, to death.The incident, according to the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi,…
Rapist who killed victim in Oyo nabbed by police
THE police in Oyo State have arrested a man alleged to be a serial rapist, Gbolahan Ismaila (20), who allegedly killed one of his victims, Toyin Olubowale (35) at her house in Akobo area of Ibadan on August 29.Speaking while parading…
Man, 24, docked over alleged cultism, possession of jackknife
A 24-year-old technician, Idowu Yusuf, was on Friday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful society and being in possession of a jackknife.Yusuf, a resident of Agasa Str., in the Ojo…
Man docked for allegedly stealing MTN backup batteries
A 39-year-old man, Imoleayo Benson, on Friday appeared before an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly stealing 24 MTN backup batteries worth N19.2 million.Benson, whose address was not provided, is facing a…
Man bags 10 years jail term for $179,000 fraud
JUSTICE Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted one Lawrence Maduagwu to 10 years imprisonment for $179,000 fraud.A statement obtained from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) website…
Police rearrest jailbreaker in Abuja
Police Operatives attached to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja Command of the Nigeria Police Force have nabbed 23 suspected criminals terrorising residents of Abuja and its suburbs including one suspect who escaped from Niger State…