The Police on Wednesday, arraigned 12 security guards before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged theft of armour cables valued N755, 000. The defendants were Adenekan Kolawole, 42, Olawale Oderinde, 32, Oladejo Kunle, 61, Akanbi Mutiu, 54, Adegbenro Jubril, 27, Nurudeen Olalekan, 26, Also arraigned were, Rufus Adetunji, 72, Sarafadeen Lasisi, 52, Sulaimon Lamidi,55,…
The Police on Monday arraigned an 83-year-old man, Idowu Olowo before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, over an alleged land grabbing. The defendant whose address was not provided, is facing charges bordering on land grabbing, forcible entry, threat to life and stealing. The prosecutor, ASP Kehinde Ojugbele, told the court that the defendant committed…
The police on Monday arraigned a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged threat to kill a 15-year-old girl for reportedly snatching her boyfriend. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing charges of threat to life and breach of public peace. She, however, pleaded not guilty to…
A Department of State Services,(DSS)’ witness, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how cell phone analysis of four defendants who allegedly carried out the terror attack on Owo church placed them at the crime scene. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected terrorists were alleged to have perpetrated the…
A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the suspected terrorists were funded, armed and mobilised to attack St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, on June 5, 2022. The witness, who was giving his testimony under protection, led a DSS investigation…
A joint operation involving Nigerian security agencies and local vigilantes successfully destroyed three major bandits’ camps on Sunday in Kogi. Information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement in Lokoja, said the camps, which were located in Kogi West, were led by a notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Babangida. According to Mr Fanwo, the operation, supported…
The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has condemned the killing of a Nigerian, Mr Emeka Uzor, in Windsor, Randburg, Johannesburg. Uzor, who hailed from Enugu State, was allegedly killed on Feb. 8, 2026, after being fatally shot by Mr Xolani Khumalo and his team under circumstances that have raised concerns about the use of…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, rescheduled ruling on a motion filed by Binance Holdings Limited, seeking to void the substituted service of court documents served on it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to April 21. The development followed the absence of Justice Mohammed Umar in court. Although lawyers to the…
An Area Court sitting at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, has dissolved the seven years Islamic marriage between Mukaila Zainab and AbdulJelil Suleiman over lack of love and care. The presiding Judge, Mr Toyin Aluko while delivering ruling said that there was no need to prolong the case as the two parties had agreed to divorce. Aluko ordered…
The police on Monday, charged a Point of Sale (POS) operator, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, for allegedly stealing her employer’s money. The defendant, Arike Akinlabi, 25, is standing trial on charges bordering on stealing. She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, Insp. Samuel Owolabi told the court that the…
