Mojeed appeared before the Chief Magistrate of the Iyaganku Family Court, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi. The prosecutor, Inspector Gbemisola Adedeji, presented the case to the court, alleging that Mojeed lured the young girl into his room and committed the heinous act. The court, finding the allegations credible, ordered Mojeed to be remanded in custody at the […]
A 21-year-old man, Halilu Yusuf, of Gezawa, via Shinkafi village has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping a 6-year-old boy. The suspect who was a mentee of the boy’s father, lured the child away from their home in Kofar-Sauri and demanded a ransom of N2 million. After abducting the boy, […]
Stephen Chamberlain, the co-defendant of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch in a recent US fraud trial, has tragically died in a car accident. Chamberlain, who was acquitted along with Lynch, was struck by a car while running in Cambridgeshire, England. Chamberlain, a former vice-president of finance at Autonomy and later the chief operating officer of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suffered a devastating loss with the sudden passing of its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye. Ijalaye, a respected figure within INEC, succumbed to a medical emergency on Monday evening. According to reliable sources, he collapsed at his hotel room in Abuja shortly after attending […]
The chain of events began when a minibus was stopped by police for driving against traffic. As the minibus was halted, a truck lost control and collided with it. The impact of the collision caused the minibus to strike a motorcycle and its passengers. Tragically, the motorcycle rider lost their life instantly, and three others […]
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old wanted suspected cultist, Olamilekan Akojede, in Oja Oda, Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state. Akojede was reportedly arrested at about 2:30 pm on Friday. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola who confirmed the arrest in a statement posted on her X handle, said the […]
Ekiti State Police Command has arrested one Kunle Ogunnusi, a resident of Oke-Ila,Ado-Ekiti, who allegedly inflicted injuries on his 4-year-old son, while correcting him. This is contained in a statement by the police spokesman in the state, SundayAbutu, indicating that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off by residents of hisOke-Ila community. During interrogation, the […]
The incident happened on Friday on Sanni Adewale Street in Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident in a statement, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, said firefighters from the Ebute Elefun, Sari, and Lekki 1 stations were dispatched immediately after receiving a distress call […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps ,NSCDC, in Jigawa State has recovered the remains of two men from a pond in Birninkudu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer ,PPRO, Badaruddeen Tijjani, made this known in a statement issued in Dutse. Tijjani said the deceased, identified as Abubakar Alhaji, 20 […]
It was gathered that the rain which fell for three consecutive days also claimed the lives of domestic animals, destroyed farmlands and other valuable properties worth millions of naira. Responding to the tragic incident, Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, established a high-level committee headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Ibrahim Mohammed, to assess […]