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July 2, 2021 No Responses

Timipre Sylva: Peace Is Key To Economic Development In Niger Delta

Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva has urged Niger Delta youths to be at the vanguard of promoting peace in the region to be able to attract investment and developments. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Raping 85-Year-Old Stepmother

The Police Command in Ekiti State on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundel...

June 4, 2021 No Responses

Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred...

May 31, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Expresses Outrage Over Murder Of Gulak

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder“ of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri by yet to be identified gunmen. The president reacted on Sunday in a statement issued by his Senior...

May 23, 2021 No Responses

AIB-N Recovers Black Box, Expands Military Plane Crash Investigation

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) has commenced investigation into the military plane crash which claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Friday in Kaduna State....

January 30, 2021 No Responses

Court Dissolves 38-Year-Old Marriage, Orders Husband To Vacate Home

A Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday dissolved a 38-year-old marriage between a trader, Justina Bassey and her estranged husband, Evans, over financial exploitation and a threat to life.Delivering judgment, the court’s President, Chief Ademola...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

Man Kills Wife, Son In Anambra

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, for allegedly killing his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 and his four-year-old Son with a shovel. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ha...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping 3-Year-Old Step Daughter In A’Ibom

The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom. The Court, presided over by Justice...

January 21, 2021 No Responses

Human Trafficking: NGO Trains Enforcement Officers, Judges on investigation, Prosecution

The Pathfinder Justice Initiative (PJI) is organising a two -day training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors and Judges on investigation of trafficked victims and prosecution of human traffickers in the country.The workshop is funded by INSighT- Buildin...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a dismissed personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Tokunbo Ajisafe, accused of defrauding one Raji Jimoh of N673,000.The defendant, who was arraigned on a three-count charge of crimina...

January 13, 2021 No Responses

Court Remands Hairstylist For Allegedly Beating Up Ex-Husband

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year old hairstylist, Gift Paul, who allegedly beat up her former husband be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Paul with criminal trespass, assault and...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

Mobile Courts Convict 76 Traffic Offenders

The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States, commenced OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE with the aim of ensuring sanity on the road during the Christmas and New Year Operations from 15 December,...

December 23, 2020 No Responses

Court Orders Divorce-Seeking Woman To Refund N50,000 Dowry

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Tuesday ordered one Nur Aminu, 25, to refund the N50,000 dowry she received from her husband Abdulrahman Garba, in exchange for divorce. The judge, Malam Salisu Tureta, gave the order after the...

December 16, 2020 No Responses

Residents, Traders Express Shock Over Demolition Of FESTAC Market

Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called ”23 Road Market” by government. They said the demolition showed the state government’s “insensitivity...