US JAILS 36-YEAR OLD NIGERIAN WHO DEFRAUDED 400 ELDERLY PEOPLE OF INHERITANCE
A 36-year-old Nigerian national, Okezie Ogbata, has been sentenced to 97 months jail term in the United States for his role in a $6 million...
OKPEBHOLO COMMENCES PROPERTIES DEMOLITION LINKED TO SPONSORS OF KIDNAPPING
In a move to combat rising insecurity in Edo State, Governor Monday Okpebholo has commenced the demolition of properties linked to kidnapping and cult-related violence,...
CHIDINMA OJUKWU CLAIMS POLICE COERCED HER INTO FALSE CONFESSION IN ATAGA’S MURDER TRIAL
By Aishat Momoh Chidinma Ojukwu, the alleged killer of Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, has told the Lagos High Court sitting before Justice Yetunde Adesanya...
FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY EKITI COURT FOR MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY
An Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday condemned five individuals to death by hanging for the offences of armed robbery and murder. The five offenders...
NSUK STUDENT REPORTEDLY TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Jatau Shebah Rilokwah, a 23-year-old student at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), is said to have committed what authorities call an apparent suicide. The incident...
OSUN MAGISTRATE COURT SENTENCES MAN TO PRISON FOR THEFT, THREATENING TO KILL VICTIM
An Osogbo Magistrates’ Court in Osun State has sentenced a man, Saheed Babatunde, to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of theft and...
NIGERIAN ARMY ARRESTS 31 SUSPECTS FOR ALLEGED CYBERCRIME, KIDNAPPING, ROBBERY IN EDO
At least 31 suspected criminals have been apprehended by troops of the 4 Brigade of the Nigerian Army during a raid on a suspected criminal...
JUST IN: TERRORISTS ATTACK MOURNERS IN BORNO, KILL SOME, ABDUCT OTHERS
In Kwaple, a community close to the Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State, suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 15 mourners and kidnapped numerous...
JUST IN: FG’S WITNESSES TO TESTIFY BEHIND SCREEN IN NNAMDI KANU’S TERRORISM TRIAL
The witnesses who are scheduled to testify against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, will do so in front of the...
COURT ADJOURNS ARRAIGNMENT OF ALLEGED CHINESE PONZI SYNDICATE OPERATOR TO MAY 5
An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned the arraignment of Friday Audu, accused of involvement in a $2.6 million USDT and ₦3.5 billion fraud, to...