An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti on Tuesday remanded a man, Basiru Adeyanju, in prison custody for allegedly raping his 17-year-old teenage daughter. Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, after listening to the argument of the parties in the matter, ordered the suspect be remanded in prison. The judge adjourned the matter till October 2, 2019 for … Read more
A 14-year-old boy was arrested on Monday in connection with the rape of a young woman in Germany. The prosecutor said that the boy was arrested, due to concerns he could become a repeat offender, adding that the boy was known to police for sexual harassment on two other occasions but under German law, he … Read more
The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Emuze Omosigho Emmanuel (aka Thomas Brooks) for offences bordering on cheating. Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 8, 2019 found Thomas Brooks guilty of the one-count charge preferred against him after he … Read more
Gombe State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA has confirmed that windstorm and flooding caused by heavy downpour has wrecked havoc on Gombe community, washing away a total of 130 houses. The incident which occurred in Bojude, Kwami Local Government Area three weeks ago also destroyed food stuffs and other household materials, including a goat. This was … Read more
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Lagos State House of Assembly to review the traffic offenses and penalties in the state. Chairman of CDHR in Lagos State, Mr. Alex Omotehinse, made the call in a statement yesterday, urging caution on the new schedule of … Read more
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos State, on Monday, debunked claims that corps members at its orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, were rioting on Sunday. NYSC State Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Joyce Madaki, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, that the report of an alleged riot at the NYSC Orientation … Read more
The deplorable state of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is taking its toll on tourism as the first storey building in Nigeria located in Badagry, recorded a drastic drop in the number of visitors. Its Curator, Daniel Hodonu, said that only 995 tourists visited the historic building between January and June compared with 7,433 and 5,100 recorded … Read more
The Lagos State Government has warned that violators of the State Environmental Sanitation Law would be made to face the full wrath of the law. Leader of the State Environmental Sanitation campaign team of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr. Bode Lawal, who gave the warning during an enlightenment campaign to various markets across … Read more
Twenty Kogi governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the indirect primaries adopted by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The aspirants said this in a protest letter addressed to the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole which was read by one of them, Muhammed Ali, at a news … Read more
The Nigerian Navy on Monday said it recovered and handed over to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, 3,181 jerry cans of petrol – Petroleum Motor Spirit worth N11 million. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, Commodore Ibrahim Shettima, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Apapa, Lagos State. He said the jerry cans were intercepted … Read more
The Lagos Staye Government has announced the death of 10 more victims of last week’s pipeline explosion in Ijegun, Ijagemo in Alimosho Local Government Area According to the Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Titilayo Goncalves, three of the victims gave up at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja while … Read more
The Lagos State Government has announced seizing a truckload of “Ebola Ponmo” which it said was imported into the country. According to New Telegraph report, police officers in Ikotun area of the state made the arrest of a vehicle fully loaded with the “ponmo” before informing officials of the state government. Speaking on the development, … Read more
A corps member deployed to Osogbo, Osun State for her service year, has been confirmed dead after applying sniper to her hair to kill lice. Ayomikun Juliana, a graduate of Tai Solarin University of Education discovered her hair was infested with lice following her visit to the salon, and reportedly sprayed her hair with the … Read more
Troops of 1 Division Nigeria Army under exercise HARBIN KUNAMA III, have killed one suspected bandit and rescued 13 kidnapped victims in Kuyelo community in Birnin Gawri Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Col Ezindu Idimah disclosed this in a press statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Idimah said … Read more
After its investigation into the public assault of a woman who was beaten almost to pulp by Senator Elisha Abbo, the Police in Abuja have taken the senator to the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for prosecution. The Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Bala Ciroma, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday. “They (Police officers) have taken … Read more
Various goods and wares worth over N2million were on Sunday destroyed as fire gutted Ife new market, located in Ife Central local government area. A credible source informed Newsmen that the inferno was caused by electric sparks from the grinding machine before it spread to some sections of the market.
Eleven kidnap victims including three children have reattained their freedom in Zamfara. The children whom are aged between one and seven years have, alongside five men and three women, been handed over to Gov.Bello Matawalle on Sunday in Gusau. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director-General, Press Affairs to the governor, … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has nabbed a pastor who allegedly impregnated a 15-year old girl in Igando area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana on Sunday stated that on July 2, 2019, at about 3pm, the mother of the victim (name withheld) from Akure Ondo … Read more
The Gombe State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Godwin Omiko, has denounced the increasing incidents of crashes involving motorcyclists in the state. He said between January and March this year, 103 persons have been involved in motorcycle accidents, which left seven persons dead and 66 others with vaying degrees of injuries. … Read more
No fewer than 19 persons were confirmed dead and many injured in a auto crash on Sunday at Dinyar Madiga in Takai Local government area in Kano state. The National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), chairman in the area Malam Datti Musa Shawu confirmed the development to newsmen.