A 34-year-old man, Samson Oyedoyin, who allegedly went to a bank to ask for his friend’s internet banking pin code, was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Suspected assassins have killed a family of six – husband, wife and four children, in a pre – dawn attack on them in their home at the Atiba area of Odogbolu, Ogun State.
Presenting the couple before journalists, Hafiz Inuwa, the state Commissioner of Police, said the suspects were arrested at Ikom Local Government Area on April 26 following a tip-off.
A Reverend Sister and Principal of School of Nursing, Umulogho in Imo, Eberechukwu Nwachukwu, was on Tuesday arraigned in Owerri for allegedly defrauding 25 students of N8.25 million.
A former staff of Fidelity Bank PLC, Friday Yahaya, was on Monday arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court for stealing N40 million in total from several customers of the bank.
An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mr Ilori Ayotunde and his wife, Yetunde. Ilori sought dissolution of the marriage on grounds of adultery, “no rest of mind and lack of care for him.’’
A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Monday ordered the remand of one Mohammed Nura in Badagry Medium Prison over alleged rape of a 16-year-old boy.
A 23- year -old spinster, Khadija Ibrahim, on Monday, sued her father, Ibrahim Bassa, before an Upper Area Court, Karu, Abuja for not allowing her to marry a man of her choice.
AFTER a couple of kids, it used to be understandable that a woman let herself go because she’d packed on some flab from nurturing her kids. In the last few decades though, quite a lot of women are fighting tooth and nail to gain control of their weight.
Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on May 11 convicted and sentenced two siblings, Chukwudi Ugwueke and Sophia Ugwueke, to two years imprisonment each, with an option of N400,000 fine each.
A 29-year-old domestic help, Idara Archibong, who allegedly stole her employer’s N13.3 million property including jewellery, was on Friday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
A secondary school graduate, Ella Egwu , on Friday told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her fiancé, impregnated her and married another woman. Ella, the petitioner, stated this in the petition she filed against Abo Egwu, her husband.
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed the release of Idongesit Udom, former staff of Exxon Mobil and founder of Sure Polytechnic in Ukanafun Local Government Area of the state.
An incestuous father, Folorunsho Oluwaseun, who allegedly turned his 17-year-old daughter into a sex object, was on Friday granted bail by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court on Monday in Lagos sentenced 20-year-old Jamiu Saheed to six months imprisonment after he was found guilty of robbing a woman at knife-point.
A 25-year-old man, Sunday Aremu, who pleaded guilty to abducting a physically-challenged girl and raping her, appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday.
Operatives attached to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Zone II, Onikan, have arrested two persons for allegedly printing fake Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs).
Five pupils of Ireti Grammar School (IGS) in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, were yesterday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for alleged sexual assault.
A driver, Samuel Adebayo was yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping twin sisters and putting one of them in the family way.
Three teenagers were on Friday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly robbing one Mr Isaiah Okeimen of his possessions in his house.
A 22-year-old unemployed woman, Tope Olanrewaju, who allegedly assaulted her friend by biting off her left ear, was on Friday granted N100, 000 bails by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded a 55-year-old pastor for alleged unlawful possession of a human head, buffalo horn as well as gun powder and charms.
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) say the agency has foiled attempts by two women to unlawfully export narcotic drugs to New York, United States and Medina, Saudi Arabia.
The Kano State Government, says it would ensure that whoever is found involved in the reported rape of a six-month-old girl in Kano, goes to jail for life.
They were only a few days old in the United States. Tunde Adepegba, his wife Oluwayemisi , who is seven-month pregnant, and their two chidlren, arrived the U.S. in April. But on April 26, Adepegba died in a bus. His wife has sobbed her heart out since then.
WARIZ Alimi is one of those who bid the brown rusted roofs of Ibadan farewell for the commercial city of Lagos, in search of greener pastures. His Idi-Arere hometown had failed his dream of a comfortable childhood that his daily bread was subject to his quotidian hustle.
There was panic on Monday at the mortuary of Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos, when a man was suddenly grabbed by the corpse of his brother being prepared for burial.
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday paraded a 55-year-old pastor for alleged unlawful possession of a human head, buffalo horn as well as gun powder and charms.
A Customs officer serving in Akwa Ibom State was critically injured on Thursday after he was knocked down on a highway by a man who allegedly tried to evade duties check.
Justice Maruf Adegbola of an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan, on Friday sentenced one Gafar Asimiyu to seven years in prison for raping a 12- year- old girl.
The Kogi High Court sitting in Okene on Thursday sentenced two trans-border cattle rustlers – Muhammed Lawal Jauro and Yusuf Sanni – to death by hanging.
A 22-year-old electrician, Lateef Sanni, who allegedly stole a motorcycle valued at N115,000 in the wee-hours from where it was parked, was on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
A Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old boy, Mohammed Abubakar, to three years imprisonment for stealing items valued at N337, 000.
A civil servant, Micheal Ayinde, on Wednesday pleaded with an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his marriage because of his wife’s penchant for making babies.