The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended three suspects for allegedly conspiring to defile a 15-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this to newsmen on Monday at the command headquarters in Ikeja. He said that the suspects and five others still at large committed the offences on April 27 at 8:00…
The re-arraignment of Olugbenga Obadina, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Almond Projects Limited, on Monday, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suffered a setback. Obadina is being prosecuted over his alleged involvement in the misappropriation of N33.2billion meant for the purchase of arms by retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, a former National Security…
An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, on Monday, remanded a 19-year-old man, Taiwo Lateef, who allegedly stabbed another man with a broken bottle. Lateef, whose address was not provided, is facing a count charge of assault. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp E. O. Adaraloye, told the court that…
The police command in Ekiti has arrested one Helen Kayode, a graduating Student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), who allegedly raised a false alarm that she had been kidnapped along Iworoko/Ado-Ekiti road. This was made known by the command Spokesman, SP Sunday Abutu on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. Abutu alleged that Kayode stated that she was…
The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Ali Dahiru from Jaji, Kaduna State, for allegedly posing as a taxi driver and operating a syndicate of theft along the Kura-Kano route. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, idsyed in Kano on Tuesday….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has traced over 300,000 dollars, laundered to a suspected internet fraudster. A statement by Mr Dele Oyewale, the Spokesperson of the EFCC on Tuesday in Abuja said the suspect was among the 35 suspects arrested Sunday in Auchi area of Edo. Oyewale said the arrest was…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan has sentenced a scavenger, Fatai Abiodun,18, to two weeks imprisonment for unlawfully entering into a house with the intension to steal abandoned metallic objects. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji, in her judgement, held that Abiodun was convicted and sentenced based on the evidence available to her and…
A 27-year-old security man, Ezekiel John, was arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Monday, for allegedly stealing cables from the MTN mast at Jericho area, Eleyele, Ibadan. The defendant, a resident of Oke-Bola area, Ibadan, faced a five-count charge bordering on intent to steal, stealing, and destruction of cable wire. According to…
The operatives of the Economic d Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja with the businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, as ordered by the court. Achimugu, who was sandwiched by two female EFCC’s officers, arrived in court at about 11:35am. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Inyang…
A former University of Lagos Student, Chidinma Ojukwu, accused of killing Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, on Tuesday said that statements she made during police interrogation were false and under duress. Ojukwu testified in her defence before Justice Yetunde Adesanya at a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. She is…
