An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced two middle-aged men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The condemned persons, Jamiu Idris and Ganiu Issah, faced two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery. Justice John Adeyeye, in his judgment on Thursday, found them guilty of carrying out a robbery activity while … Continue reading Two to die by hanging for Ekiti car robbery →

• A vandalised shop   Hundreds of businessmen and women, whose shops are located in the Alakuko and Dalemo areas, which are border communities in Lagos and Ogun states, were shocked on Wednesday as hoodlums destroyed the properties. Some of the shops were said to have been burgled and the goods in them looted in … Continue reading Hoodlums invade Lagos community, destroy 100 shops →

  Two suspected robbers were, on Thursday, burnt to death by an angry mob in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the young men met their end after allegedly robbing some Point of Sale operators at gunpoint at the Green Villa junction, Isaac Boro Expressway, in the Biogbolo-Epie area of the state capital. They … Continue reading Mob set ablaze suspected Bayelsa POS robbers →

Photo: Oko Oloyun The Oyo State Police Command, on Friday, gave an update on the killing of a trado-medical practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as ‘Oko Oloyun’. It will be recalled that the convoy of the deceased was attacked on Thursday on the Igbo-Ora-Eruwa road by gunmen who shot at his convoy from thick … Continue reading Murder: Oko Oloyun detected fraud in his Lagos office – Police →

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos on Friday, ordered that two men, who allegedly robbed and murdered the wife of the Managing Director of Maersk Nigeria, Gildas Tohouo, be in Kirikiri Correctional Centre, pending legal advice.   The police charge Olamilekan Oke and Adeyinka Akande, both electricians, with five counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted … Continue reading Court remands two electricians for alleged murder of Maersk MD’s wife →

The owner of a popular restaurant, WhiteHouse, at Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, Alhaji Aliu Sheu, has been murdered by suspected robbers. PUNCH Metro gathered that Aliu was robbed on Monday in his house in Somolu, with the assailants stealing his property, including his Automated Teller Machine card. They were reported to have withdrawn and transferred … Continue reading Robbers murder restaurateur for reporting looting of home →

A 58-year-old man, Badamosi Mohammed, and his 22-year-old wife, Maimuna, are currently facing charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide over the death of one Salihu Mohammed. The couple, who reside in the Kasai village, in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, have been remanded in a correctional facility till February 20, 2020, … Continue reading Katsina couple on trial for culpable homicide →

Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has declared his support for the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as ‘Amotekun’. He described the security outfit as a pleasant New Year gift, saying it has shown that the yearnings of Nigerians prevailed. Professor Soyinka stated this while addressing some elder statesmen and prominent Nigerians at an event … Continue reading Amotekun Is A ‘Pleasant New Year Gift’ – Soyinka →

          The five suspects arrested by the police The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested five persons for their involvement in the theft of female underwear in the Ojo area of the state. According to a statement on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bala … Continue reading Police Arrest Five Suspects Over Female Underwear Theft →

Justice Muslim Hassan of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 58-year-old farmer, Yesiru Onajobi, to 10 years’ imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his teenage daughter. The convict, a resident of Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, was charged in 2011 on two counts of having carnal knowledge of his 13 year-old daughter. He was prosecuted … Continue reading Father sentenced to 10 years for impregnating 13-year-old daughter →