Category: Metro

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping 3-Year-Old Step Daughter In A’Ibom
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...
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Human Trafficking: NGO Trains Enforcement Officers, Judges on investigation, Prosecution
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...
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Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud
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...
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Court Remands Hairstylist For Allegedly Beating Up Ex-Husband
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...
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Mobile Courts Convict 76 Traffic Offenders
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,...
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Court Orders Divorce-Seeking Woman To Refund N50,000 Dowry
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...
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Residents, Traders Express Shock Over Demolition Of FESTAC Market
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...
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My Husband Sleeps With Church Members, Pastor’s Wife Tells Court
December 15, 2020 No Responses

My Husband Sleeps With Church Members, Pastor’s Wife Tells Court

“My husband is a womaniser, he sleeps with church members,’’ a 49-year-old evangelist, Chinwe Ekwe, told an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos.  Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who...
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Ekiti Monarchs Lament Murder Of Ondo Traditional Ruler, Olufon Of Ifon
November 29, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti Monarchs Lament Murder Of Ondo Traditional Ruler, Olufon Of Ifon

The Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers, on Saturday lamented the killing of a first-class Oba in Ondo State by unidentified gunmen, describing it as both worrisome and against the Yoruba tradition and custom. The council, in a statement issued&nbsp...
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Man Allegedly kills Girlfriend In Hotel Room
November 3, 2020 No Responses

Man Allegedly kills Girlfriend In Hotel Room

The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 31-year-old man, Rexlawson Johnson, an indigene of Ebonyi, over alleged gruesome murder of his girlfriend,  Patricia John. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Spokesman, said in a statement that the suspect ...
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Nigerian Navy Arrests 41, Recovers Looted Items
October 31, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Arrests 41, Recovers Looted Items

The Nigerian Navy (NN) has arrested 41 people for partaking in various criminal acts, including looting and attacks on innocent citizens in Lagos State, during the ENDSARS protests. Cdr. Ibrahim Shettima, the Commander, BEECROFT, made this known to Journa...
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Probe Lekki Shootings, Women Coalition Urges Buhari
October 23, 2020 No Responses

Probe Lekki Shootings, Women Coalition Urges Buhari

A coalition of women groups, Mothers United and Mobilised (MUM), on Thursday  called on President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a transparent panel of inquiry into alleged shooting of unarmed EndSARS protesters in Lekki, Lagos State. The coalit...
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Hoodlums Vandalise FRSC Office
October 22, 2020 No Responses

Hoodlums Vandalise FRSC Office

Some hoodlums on Wednesday stormed the Lagos Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ojodu where they vandalised and set ablaze several patrol vehicles. Lagos FRSC Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide,  confirmed the development:“The h...
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Hoodlums Invade Customs Warehouse, Cart Away Seized Contrabands
October 21, 2020 No Responses

Hoodlums Invade Customs Warehouse, Cart Away Seized Contrabands

Suspected hoodlums on Tuesday under the guise of the #EndSARS protesters invaded the Benin out station of the Nigerian Customs Service (NSC) and carted away some seized contrabands in the warehouse.Mr Meshach Uban, the Officer in charge of the outstation,...
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