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Michael Mowete, a school bus driver, has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl (name withheld). The ruling was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Rahman Oshodi at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi stressed the strength of the prosecution case in proving the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, handed over the baton of office to the newly crowned Elempe Tapa, Oba Titiloye Oyekanmi, during a ceremony held at the Elempale Community Senior High School in the city. Representing the governor, Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal emphasized the important role of Elempe in fostering unity, peace and progress in the society. He …

A man, whose identity is still being withheld, on Monday, climbed a pole on Katampe Hill in Abuja, declaring his readiness to sacrifice his life to solve the problems facing Nigerians. According to a suicide note found at the base of the ship’s mast, he demanded the restoration of fuel subsidies among other measures to alleviate the hardships facing Nigerians. …

Kaduna State Police spokesman Mansir Hassan has confirmed the abduction of two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the NUJ State Council Correspondents Chapel, and three members of his family by gunmen on Saturday night. According to Hassan, those who were kidnapped were Blueprint Newspaper correspondent Abdulraheem Aodo and his wife. In a statement on Sunday, a police spokesman said the …

Justice Oyindamola Ogala of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, July 4, 2024, adjourned the further hearing to October 24, 2024 in the alleged N4.8 billion fraud case involving Cletus Ibeto, Chairman, Ibeto Energy Development Company. Ibeto together with Ibeto Energy Development Company and Odoh Holdings Ltd will be arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Eradication …

Police officers on Thursday killed nine suspected kidnappers in a gunfight in the state’s Ladipo area. Spokesperson of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to journalists at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Friday. He said: “It gives us great pleasure to inform the people of the state that the Lagos State Police Command under the leadership of …

An unidentified man on Saturday dived into the Gbodofon River in Osun State. An eyewitness told reporters that the middle-aged man complained that he was tired of life and jumped into the river in the state capital, Osogbo, at 10:30 am. “I saw him coming towards me on the bridge and seemed to mutter something in Yoruba that sounded like …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday handed over a convict to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Imo State. The state commander of NSCDC, Mr. Matthew Ovye, handed over the 28-year-old suspect shortly after he paraded the suspect and one other person before journalists in Owerri. Ovye said the suspect, Chinonso Kalu, was arrested by NSCDC …

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued five victims of human trafficking in Ivory Coast. The Regional Superintendent of the Seme NIS Regional Command, Abdullahi Adamu, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday. He said the Nigerian Immigration Attaché in Ivory Coast in collaboration with the Nigerian community in the country and several other partners, was working tirelessly to …

Officers from the Bauchi State Police Command have rescued a five-year-old boy who was found chained and starved for three days by his father in the Gwallagan Mayaka area. The arrest was made after a report from a concerned neighbor. According to Bauchi State Police spokesman, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Thursday, the child, Hussaini Abubakar, suffered …