The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested several suspects, including a 75-year-old man, during a series of anti-narcotic and security operations nationwide. According to a statement by agency spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday, the elderly man was arrested on 22 October with 4.7kg of cannabis in Ovum village, Obingwa LGA, Abia State. Another…
The Lagos State Police on Wednesday arraigned 51-year-old John Ajose before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting a man with a sharp object. Prosecutor ASP Edet Ekpo said the incident occurred on 25 August at Setomo Compound, Ajido, where the defendant and others at large conspired to attack the complainant, Olubiyi Oluwaseun, leaving…
A 40-year-old Nigerian man, identified as Lekan Adebeshin, has been remanded in custody by a Lagos magistrates’ court after being accused of defiling a 15-year-old girl. The Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Magistrate B.A. Sonuga, ruled on Monday that Adebeshin be held in a correctional facility. The court referred the case file to…
A Lagos court has ordered the detention of a 40-year-old man in a correctional facility after he admitted to breaking into a residence and stealing electrical cable valued at approximately ₦3 million (about £1,500). The Chief Magistrate of the Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Mr B.A. Sonuga, gave the remand order on Monday following the guilty plea…
One Moshood Kolobo of Temidire Community, Oko-Olowo area, Ilorin, on Wednesday applied to the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, for the dissolution of his marriage to his wife, Hafsat Kolobo, citing lack of love. Moshood told the court that he was no longer interested in the 17-year Islamic union, saying that the marriage lacked love and emotional…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan on Wednesday ordered the remand in custody of correctional service, a 27-year-old man, Michael Samuel, for allegedly robbing and killing 83-year-old woman. Samuel, whose address was not provided, was charged with murder and armed robbery. The Magistrate, Mrs Kausarat Ayofe did not take the plea of the defendant for lack…
A businessman, Abdulrazak Yunusa on Monday dragged his former wife, Latifat Sanusi before a to Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna state, alleging that she is threatening to kill him. The counsel to Yunusa , Faham Ahmad told the court that she threatened to stab him. “Sometimes she threatens my client with a pestle….
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…
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday remanded a man Ntai Bagshaw for allegedly stealing N45 million. Justice Olubusola Okunuga remanded Bagshaw at the EFCC custody and adjourned the case until May 22 for hearing of his bail application and commencement of trial. The News Agency of (NAN) reports that Bagshaw was arraigned alongside his…
A man who drove a car into a crowd in Changde City, central China’s Hunan Province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Monday for endangering public safety by dangerous means. On Nov. 19, Huang Wen crashed a car into a crowd in Dingcheng District of Changde after the vehicle stopped, he exited…
