POLICE RESCUE FOOTBALL COACH AFTER VIGILANTE GROUP ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTS HIM OVER “DISAPPEARING MANHOOD” CLAIM
By Aishat Momoh. O. A football coach identified simply as Gaso has been rescued by police after members of a local vigilante group, the Onelga...
OVER 27,000 OFFENDERS PASS THROUGH LAGOS COMMUNITY SERVICE SCHEME AS MINISTRY SEEKS GREATER STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT
By Aishat Momoh. O. About 27,529 offenders have passed through the Lagos State Ministry of Justice Community Service Unit (CSU) between its establishment in 2012...
ABIA POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS OVER VANDALISM, THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Abia State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly vandalising and stealing government property along the Umuahia–Uzuakoli Road axis....
FASHOLA URGES LAWYERS TO TAKE LEADING ROLE IN TACKLING INSECURITY
By Aishat Momoh. O. Former Lagos State Governor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Babatunde Raji Fashola, has called on members of the legal profession...
MAN BAGS SEVEN YEARS JAIL TERM OVER INDECENT TREATMENT OF HIS 15-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
By Aishat Momoh. O. [caption id="attachment_102959" align="alignnone" width="300"] Special Offences Court[/caption] An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a civil servant,...
WITNESS TELLS COURT HOW HE TRANSFERRED $500,000 IN ALLEGED $1.5M FRAUD TRIAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The first prosecution witness in the alleged $1.5 million fraud trial involving Ifoma Immanuel on Monday narrated before a Special Offences...
GOVERNORS CALL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL BACKING TO ESTABLISH STATE POLICE
By:Tajudeen Aminat Nigeria’s 36 state governors have renewed their call for greater constitutional authority over security matters, advocating stronger roles in the management and coordination...
OYO STATE GIVES 7-DAY DEADLINE FOR CLAIM OF UNCLAIMED CORPSES IN PUBLIC MORTUARIES
By:Tajudeen Aminat The Oyo State Government has issued a seven-day ultimatum to relatives and next of kin of unclaimed corpses deposited in public hospital mortuaries...
PROTESTERS BLOCK IBADAN’S IWO ROAD, DEMAND RELEASE OF ABDUCTED OYO SCHOOLCHILDREN
By:Tajudeen Aminat Motorists and commuters along the busy Iwo Road interchange in Ibadan were stranded on Monday as protesters blocked major sections of the road,...
POLICE DETAIN OFFICERS AS LAGOS DRIVER BATTLES TO SAVE LEG AFTER CHECKPOINT SHOOTING
By;Tajudeen Aminat A commercial truck driver, Peter Francis, is battling to save his leg after he was shot during an encounter with police officers at...