Driver sentenced to 15 strokes of cane for assaulting police officer
A Chief Magistrate Court in Kaduna State has sentenced a 36-year-old driver, Mustapha Aminu, to receive 15 strokes of the cane after being found guilty...
Salesgirl remanded for alleged defamation, theft
A 23-year-old salesgirl, Nifemi Friday, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre by an Eti-Osa Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defaming a businessman and...
Amotekun rescues 16 women, girls from human traffickers
The Ogun State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, has rescued 16 women and girls who were allegedly trafficked and forced into prostitution....
Man arraigned for allegedly rejecting naira as legal tender
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, arraigned Precious Uzondu before Justice A.O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court in...
Senate questions IGP over 178,459 missing firearms, N1.1bn contract splitting allegations
The Senate Public Accounts Committee (SPAC) on Tuesday interrogated the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, over the disappearance of 178,459 firearms and allegations...
Woman sells baby for N4m, receives only N600,000
A 26-year-old woman, identified as Rachael, has confessed to selling her two-week-old baby for N600,000 due to financial difficulties. However, investigations revealed that the child...
Kidnappers demand N350m ransom for APC National Director’s release
The abductors of Adekunle Adeniji, a national director of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have contacted his family, demanding a ransom of N350 million for...
Nigerian billionaire bags jail term for financial crime in Dubai
A Nigerian billionaire, owner of Rahmaniya Filling Station, Ultimate Oil and Gas, Abdulrahman Bashar, has been sentenced to one-year jail term for financial crime, by...
Uber driver killed, body dumped on Lagos road
The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON) in Lagos State has expressed grief over the tragic death of a 42-year-old e-hailing driver, Yusfat...
Edo lawmaker denies police rescue of abducted monarch, says ransom paid
A member of the Edo State House of Assembly, Inegbeboh Eugene, has refuted claims by the state police command and the Edo State Security Corps...