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A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Oshodi on Friday, convicted 19 persons for indiscriminate waste dumping in contravention of the state’s environmental law. The presiding Magistrate, Ademola Adesanya who convicted the suspects out of a total of 24 accused brought before the court, said after careful consideration, 19 of them were guilty as charged. In convicting them, the Magistrate …

Governor Muhammed Bago of Niger State has raised an alarm over the latest insurge of bandits and other criminal elements into the state which he said has forced farmers and thousands of residents to flee from their homes and communities. Bago who lamented the nefarious activities of bandits, cattle rustlers and illegal miners among other criminalities in the state while …

Succour has come the way of ailing Nollywood actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu after the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation offered to cover his medical bills. The good news was made known to the delight of many in a statement shared on the foundation’s official Facebook page on Friday. The statement revealed that the foundation promptly paid off …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the news in a statement on Friday in Gusau. He added that the troops rescued two victims and recovered a commercial vehicle carrying foodstuff along Corner Jollof in the Shinkafi local government …

At least five women died when a container crushed a commercial bus in Anambra State on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. He said the container fell off a trailer and crushed the nearby bus along the Nteje-Awka Road at 7:30 a.m., …

A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka, the state capital. “According to eyewitnesses, the trailer was …

The proprietor of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi has been taken into custody, according to the Delta State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on suspicion of raping a four-year-old female student. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, made this disclosure in response to a social media post on Thursday. Edafe said that the police …

Police on Monday arraigned three persons at the Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over an alleged N2.5 million fraud. The defendants – Oliver Qussa (29), Azignon Appoeinane (33), and Kiki Dorcas (40) – were arraigned on a six-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by pretense, issuance of dud cheque, breach of public peace, and stealing. The police alleged that the …

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested nine suspected armed robbers and recovered several dangerous arms from them as it’s Operation Restore Peace (ORP) and Rapid Response Squad (RRS) continued to crack down on criminal elements in the state. According to the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili, the joint efforts of ORP and the RRS of the Command have led to …