Friday 27 May 2016

Police arrest six suspected homosexuals in Edo


The Nigeria Police have arrested six men for allegedly engaging in acts of homosexuality in different areas within Benin, the Edo State capital.

Police inaugurates gender unit to fight sexual, gender-based violence


The Nigeria Police Force had created a ‘public friendly’ gender unit across the country to prosecute anyone culpable of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.

Kano police arrest 18 suspects over violent protest


Kano State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of 18 suspects who have allegedly destroyed the houses of two law makers from Kano, Senator Kabiru Gaya and Honourable Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya.

Cocaine trafficker jailed for 12 years


A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, sentenced Michael Nwobodo, 31, to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking in cocaine.

Civil servant jailed six months for N109m fraud


A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, on Thursday sentenced a former accountant of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Babatunde Abisuga, to six months imprisonment for offences bordering on stealing of N109m pension funds.