Speaking to newsmen, the Osun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Dosu Babatunde, said the government would not act based on social media reports. “While it may be true that the monarch has been convicted and jailed, there is no official record with us. We cannot rely on Facebook posts and stories to […]
The Rivers State Police Command, in a statement, disclosed this through the state Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju during a joint security briefing in Port Harcourt. said it recovered eight explosive devices and arrested 33 suspects for various crimes, including cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping and human trafficking in various parts of the state. The police […]
The police spokesperson in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident, stating that the suspect has been arrested and the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Port Harcourt. According to reports, the man had accused his girlfriend, identified as “Ima”, of cheating on him, resulting in an argument. An eyewitness […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) arraigned the five suspects, Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik, Abdulhaleem Idris, and Momoh Otuho Abubakar, on a nine-count terrorism charge. All defendants pleaded not guilty. According to the DSS, the accused are alleged members of the Al Shabab terrorist group and are believed to have operated […]
The duo faced a four-count charge of conspiracy, armed robbery, and impersonation. Witnesses testified that the men, one dressed in a police T-shirt and the other in military camouflage, carried out multiple robberies in the Idanre area. Victims recounted how they were stopped, assaulted with jack knives and fists, and robbed of cash and belongings. […]
An Indian citizen, Tukur Shamsudden, and 12 individuals were on Tuesday arraigned by the operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, Lagos, for alleged conspiracy and unlawful diversion of Automotive Gas Oil, commonly known as diesel, valued at over N4 bn, property of Dangote Industries Limited. The defendants were brought before Justice Deinde Dipeolu […]
Similarly, a Kwara State High Court presided over by Justice Hammed Gegele also jailed the duo of Abdulalahi Omotosho and Akeem Salaudeen for involvement in internet fraud-related crime. The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had on Wednesday October 9, 2024 arraigned the trio before the courts on separate charges. […]
Andrew, a native doctor from Ikono Local Government Area of the state, was said to have conspired with others, now at large, to commit the offence at Nkemba Street, Uyo on November 29, 2015, and harbored the victims in his shrine at Ikot Enua, Ikono, demanding N50m as ransom. The convicted native doctor was standing […]