A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Tuesday granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) leave to play compact disc as evidence in the trial of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele is being prosecuted before Justice Maryanne Anenih by the EFCC on a six-count charge in…
Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have detained a 16-year-old boy over alleged illegal possession of a pistol in Ebute-Ero area of Lagos. The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a post he shared on his verified X handle @benHundeyin on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the suspect was apprehended following a…
Police officers attached to Border Patrol Zone 4, Katsina, have rejected N1 million bribe, impounded a suspected stolen vehicle and apprehended two suspects in Mashi local government of Katsina State. The Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Katsina. He said: “On April 11, 2025,…
The Police Force Kano State Command has detained 157 suspects alledgly involved in armed robbery, thuggery, theft, and illicit drug dealings between March 17, till date.The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, disclosed these developments during a press conference on Wednesday in Kano. Among those arrested is a 20-year-old man, who confessed…
A Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for more than four years for rape. The officer was found guilty of raping a woman at an address in London on May 11, 2021, after a trial at Inner London Crown Court earlier this year, Scotland Yard said. He was sentenced to four years and six months’…
A High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Monday sentenced two persons to life imprisonments and death by hanging for conspiracy, armed robbery and kidnapping. The defendants, Rotimi Onileowo (42) and Ayodele Adetola (42) were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotosho on June 30, 2017 on three count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery and kidnapping. The…
The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested three suspects allegedly linked to the hijacking of a DAF truck loaded with 45,000 liters of petrol belonging to NIPCO Ltd. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan. Osifeso said that the command’s…
The Yovoyan community in Badagry, Lagos, was thrown into mourning on Tuesday morning when an ex-police officer, allegedly shot and killed two family members and one other person over a land dispute. A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that Mr Richard Atideka, Mrs Latevi Atideka, both from Yovoyan community, and Mr…
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the killings of 16 persons in Edo, describing it as barbaric. The caucus, in a statement jointly signed by the Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda, Minority Whip, Rep. Ali Isa and Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Aliyu. Madaki, in Abuja on Tuesday, expressed shock and grief…
Gov Umar Namadi of Jigawa has pardoned 10 inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in the state. The NCoS spokesman in the state, CSC Sani Jahun, made this known in a statement in Dutse, on Monday. Jahun said the inmates were pardoned by the governor after they were recommended by the Advisory Council for…
