An Ibadan Federal High Court has sentenced two Internet fraudsters, Mumeen Akinjobi and Idowu Onifade to six months’ imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation. The duo was arraigned on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office in Oyo State. They were both convicted on an amended charge following a plea bargain agreement
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A Kaduna magistrates’ court on Friday remanded a driver, Amos Luka, 33, for allegedly raping his landlord’s 16-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Umar Ibrahim, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he (Luka) should be kept in correctional facility pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions. Ibrahim adjourned the case until Jan.
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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced two men, Abiodun Omotosho, 27 and Biodun Ademoye, 18, to two years imprisonment for attacking a policeman with weapons. The magistrate, Mrs. B.O. Osunsanmi, sentenced the duo after they pleaded guilty to four counts of conspiracy, assault, extortion and breach of the peace. Osunsanmi ruled that the convicts
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Two Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff have been sentenced to 42 years imprisonment for collecting bribes. The 42 years jailed term was slammed on the INEC staff at a High Court sitting in Yola, presided by Justice Nathan Musa on Thursday. Justice Musa also asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and the
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The abductors of two Catholic Priests in Ondo State, have contacted the catholic church, forty eight hours after the abduction, and demanded N100 million as ransom before their release. The two priests, Rev. Fr. Joseph Nweke and Rev. Fr. Felix Efobi from Awka Catholic Diocese, Anambra state were said to have been kidnapped on the
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Some pupils of Zappa Secondary School in Asaba, in Delta State, have attacked a male teacher after allegedly taking hard drugs. According to reports, the pupils, who completed their first term examination on Friday, attacked the teacher while he was on his way home. The teacher, according to an eyewitness, was rushed to the Federal
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Operatives of Iba Police Station, in Lagos have arrested a 19-year-old boy, Ifeanyichukwu, for allegedly setting his 24-year-old girlfriend, Tolani, ablaze on the suspicion that she had another lover. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, made this known in a statement released to newsmen on Sunday. Bala said the incident took
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The Presidency, Sunday, said the detained RevolutionNow leader Omoyele Sowore, is a person of interest to the Department of State Services (DSS), which does not need the permission of President Muhammadu Buhari to do its work whenever it needs to act. Presidency noted that Sowore’s antecedents and actions ordinarily make him a person of interest
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Muhammad Garba, a herdsman has reportedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Segun Akinlade, for allegedly attacking him with a catapult in his farm. According to reports, the incident occurred last week Sunday, in Imala, in the Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the deceased was infuriated when he got to his
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The Niger State command of the Nigeria Police has arrested one Mohammed Isa, 27, of Dogon Ruwa village of Bosso Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly shooting and killing his neighbour, Umaru Abubakar, 30, with a locally made gun. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Usman Adamu, disclosed this to News Agency
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A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State on Friday, ordered the forfeiture of Dews of Hope Hospital, a 200-bed state-of-the-art hospital, which was allegedly built at a cost of N1.5 billion by an aide to the former governor of Imo State and a serving senator, Rochas Okorocha. The hospital located at the heart of
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46 Okada riders arrested in Lagos
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Ondo Police command arrests trigger happy policeman over murder of truck driver
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Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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