Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ogun state, have arrested the duo of Akinyele Adebayo and Idosu Gbalo over alleged conspiracy and murder of one Umaru Aliu, alias “Lagi”, a herder at Ijagure village along Sagada in Imeko-Afon Local Government of the State.
POLICE in Rivers state Thursday, confirmed the arrest of one John Danjuma for the murder of Boma Amabomu Jumbo, former University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) Director of Administration in Rivers state.
An Ondo State High Court has sentenced 61-year-old Pastor Famakinwa Ajayi, to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.
Ajayi, of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayede Ogbese, in Akure North council area of the state, was charged to court on a two (2)-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child, contrary to Section 31(1)of the Child’s Rights Law of Ondo State and sexual abuse and exploitation contrary to Section 32 (1).
The woman, who is now 36 years old, also told the court her own father was the father of her eldest child.
An attempt by a suspected internet fraudster to disguise as a female to evade arrest has been foiled by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The suspect, Owoseni Gabriel, alongside 32 others was arrested in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state during a sting operation by the operatives.
The Commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 Election, Atiku Abubakar has declared that despite what the ruling All Progressives Congress would like Nigerians to believe, he did not lose the presidential election.
Atiku said this in an address to outgoing and incoming Governors Elected on the PDP platform, at a reception and award ceremony organised by the PDP Governors Forum, in Abuja, on Thursday.
At the event which was held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Atiku equally advised party members to take stock and unravel the mystery behind how the PDP slipped from being the oldest and dominant political party in 1999 to its present unenviable position.
A Canada-based Yoruba art and culture promoter, Mr Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye, has asked a Lagos High Court to compel Sacked Fraudster Nollywood actress, Mrs Elizabeth Anjorin Lawal, popularly known as ‘Lizzy Anjorin’ to pay him N30 million for alleged defamation
Oyatoye, popularly known as Baba Asa, is the plaintiff in the suit numbered LD/ADR/3481/2021, while Lizzy Anjorin is the sole defendant.
Sarah Sidebottom, 54, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has spoken of her relief after her father Arthur William Bowditch, 73, and her brother, Arthur Stephen Bowditch, 54, was jailed for a total of 32 years.
President Muhammadu Buhari has added an additional week to his stay in London over an appointment with his dentist.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement on Tuesday.
King Charles III was caught on camera applauding Tiwa Savage’s performance at his coronation concert held on Sunday night .
CityNews Nigeria recalls, the king was officially crowned on Saturday, May 6, followed by a Coronation Concert which took place on Sunday, May 7th 2023.
A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till May 15 and May 16 the continuation in the trial of Oluwafemi Thomas, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Thomas is standing trial alongside a bureau de change operator Kabiru Sidi, on a four counts charge bordering on 2.2 million dollars money laundering.
The are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and were first arraigned in 2016, before Justice Saliu Saidu.
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned a businesswoman, Saadatu Ramallan-Yaro, Director, April 1616 Investment Limited and Amsaymay Limited, both Designated Non-Financial Institutions, on alleged money laundering before Justice Nicholas Oweibo
