Murjanatu Zubairu, 400-level female student of the University of Abuja, who was declared missing on Friday, 26 April, 2024, has been found dead in a car accident on the Lugbe – Airport Road, Abuja. Zubairu, a student of the Department of Arts Education in the university left home for school …
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THE Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected motorcycle snatchers. A statement by the police spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the suspects were arrested by the Rapid Response Squad of the Command. The statement reads: “Due to the recent incessant robberies especially snatching of motorcycles within Ado-Ekiti and other …
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THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, has arrested a fake doctor, Oladiti Saheed, after delivering a pregnant woman of baby which led to her death. NSCDC accused Saheed, 32, of parading himself as a medical doctor without the required qualifications for the past six years. NSSDC’s …
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THE Anambra government on Thursday said the police had arrested a 75-year-old barber, Nwankwo Nweke, who allegedly defiled an eight-year-old girl in Awka. Mrs Ify Obinabo, the state’s Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, told journalists in Awka that the arrest followed a report by the girl’s parents to the …
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A 53-year- old woman, Olokunlade Olateju, was on Thursday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ court in Lagos State, for allegedly obtaining N850,000 under false pretence. Olateju, who resides at Odumosu Street, Ketu, Lagos is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretense and stealing by conversion. The defendant, …
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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered forfeiture of an internet fraudster Precious Ogheneviomeze’s iPhone. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Ogheneviomeze with cheating by impersonating an American doctor. He pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgment, …
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A Mapo Chief Magistrates ‘Court in Ibadan on Thursday sentenced Opeyemi Adeshina to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing five cell phones from worshippers. Delivering judgment, magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji said that she convicted and sentenced Adeshina based on the evidence made available to her as well as …
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A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a 34-year-old man, Theophilus Philip, in a correctional centre for malicious damage. The Chief Magistrate, L.A Aina, gave the order after Philip pleaded guilty to wilful damage of a T4 bus engine, belonging to one Emmanuel Effiong. Philip …
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One Afeez Aderibigbe, 24, was on Thursday brought before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, for allegedly belonging to a confraternity. Aderibigbe, whose address was not provided, was charged with conspiracy and belonging to unlawful society. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Mr Philip Amusan, told …
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THE Commissioner of Police in Kano State, Mr Usaini Gumel, says the command under his watch arrested and prosecuted no fewer than 3,000 suspects for various offences in the last one year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Gumel said those arrested included suspected kidnappers, banditry, armed robbers, human …
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