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  • Senator Adeola _Killers Of My Aide Must Be Found

    The lawmaker representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola, has reacted to the death of his aide, Olaniyi Sanni, who was murdered by unknown assailants on Saturday. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement, said the late Sanni had called his wife to request a document while at a checkpoint in the…

  • Sharia Court Remands Labourer For Allegedly Stealing N8,500 ‘Ponmo’

    A 23-year-old man, Abdulwahab Yusuf, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Sharia Court sitting in Kano for allegedly stealing cow skin, (ponmo) worth N8,500. Yusuf, who lives in the Tukuntawa Quarters area of the state, was charged with theft. The Judge, Umar Lawal-Abubakar, ordered that the defendant, who pleaded guilty be remanded in a correctional…

  • Emefiele Arraigned, Pleads Not Guilty To Firearm Charges

    Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday morning, was arraigned at the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on two counts of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition Emefiele was arraigned before the vacation judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo, after over six weeks since his arrest and detention by the Department…

  • Court Rejects FG’s Objection, Takes Emefiele’s Bail Application

    Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos State has rejected the Federal Government’s claim that it is yet to receive a copy of the bail application filed by the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in his alleged gun possession trial. The judge held that there was evidence…

  • Nine Killed In Civilian Plane Crash In Sudan, As War-Hit Capital Left Hungry

    Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to “technical” reasons, the army said, as the war in the east African country entered its 100th day. The fighting has left millions trapped in their homes and some without water, particularly in the suburbs of the capital…

  • Gunmen kidnap Anambra native doctor, kill bodyguards

    Gunmen have abducted an Anambra-based native doctor, Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The armed men were said to have stormed the hotel of the popular witch doctor in the Oba community on Sunday night. His two bodyguards were shot dead before he was later whisked away to…

  • Police Arrest Three Suspects Over Abduction Of Chief Imam In Ondo

    Detectives in Ondo State have arrested three people suspected to have allegedly kidnapped Ibrahim Oyinlade, the Chief Imam of the Uso community in Owo Local Government Area of the state. The 67-year-old cleric was abducted on his farm and later released the following day. Parading the suspects, The Public Relations Officer of Ondo State Police…

  • Stella Oduah, Ex-Aide, Others Arraigned Over Alleged N5bn Fraud

    A former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, her ex-aide, Gloria Odita and seven others have been arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja over fraud related offences. They were arraigned on a 25 count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and maintaining anonymous bank accounts with First Bank Plc with about…

  • Ex-Pope Benedict’s Cross Stolen From German Church

    The perpetrators, whose identities are unknown, also broke into a cash register of a magazine stand and stole the money inside, the police said. The pectoral cross was in a case in the wall of St. Oswald’s church in Traunstein, in the state of Bavaria, where the late Benedict spent his adolescent years. Thieves broke…

  • NDLEA convicted 5, 147 drug offenders, says Marwa

    Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) said 5, 147 drug offenders have been successfully prosecuted and convicted in the past two and half years. He said this at a briefing to announce the flag off of activities to mark the 2023 UN Day Against Drug Abuse…