AN Area Court sitting in Centre-igboro, Ilorin on Monday dissolved the Islamic marriage between Sikirat and Abdul Zakariyau based on mutual agreement. Delivering a ruling, the presiding Judge, Mr Toyin Aluko said that since the two parties had conceded to divorce, there was no need to drag the issue. Aluko …
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THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday distributed relief items to windstorm victims in Ukanafun/Oruk Anam federal constituency of Akwa Ibom, under the Federal Government Special Intervention Programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that items distributed included; 300 bags of rice (25kg), 300 bags of garri (25kg) …
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A 35-year-old man, Oyewunmi Olanrewaju, who allegedly stole Aluminum tent,valued at N5 million has been arraigned before an Ota Magistrates ‘ Court in Ogun on Monday. Olanrewaju,whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of stealing. The Prosecutor, ASP E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, where it recovered 32 pouches of Canadian Loud, a strain of Cannabis. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that the NDELA operatives arrested a suspect with drugs weighing 15.63kg …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 31, 2025, arraigned one Chukwuka Onovo on a one-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N42m before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. The petitioner alleged that …
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THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the gruesome murder of a caregiver and a toddler in the Dawaki area of Abuja. In a statement released on Friday, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the command began investigating the …
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Members of the Nigeria Police Force have been battling to calm rising tension over the death of two teenagers in Okekwu village, near Ogbogbo in Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The teenage girls identified as Ajuma Simon, 17, and Omojo Shuaibu, 18, were said to have been killed …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday arrested two alleged drug traffickers during an awareness walk against trafficking along Ihama Road in Benin City, the Edo capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects were apprehended while participants marched through major streets of Benin to …
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A 35-year-old businessman, Shehu Saleh, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abuja for allegedly defrauding a business partner. The defendant, who resides in Karu Village, Abuja, is being tried for criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation, to which he, however, pleaded not guilty. The …
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THE Police Command in Niger, says it has arrested a 10-man syndicate in Minna suspected to specialised in international human trafficking. The syndicate is believe to be acting as travel agents under false pretence and trafficking of unsuspecting victims to different countries. This is contained in a statement by its …
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