A 34-year-old man identified as John has died after drowning in the Elegushi Beach, in Lagos State, on Saturday, during a church hangout. Newsextra24 gathered that the unnamed Ikorodu-based church had organised a picnic for its youths which the late John was a part of. Newsextra24 gathered that concerns grew when …
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A Lagos State High Court sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday sentenced a 24-year-old motorcycle (Okada) rider, Idris Agunbiade, to 21 years imprisonment for armed robbery. Justice Sherifat Sonaike sentenced Agunbiade after she found him guilty of the offence of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery. The judge …
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NO fewer than thirty (30) young illegal migrants have been apprehended and paraded by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun State Command. In a statement released on Wednesday, November 1, the State Comptroller of NIS, Abosede Olayemisi, said the illegal migrants from Benin and Congo were also found to be involved in …
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A police Prosecution Witness Inspector, Glory Eyo, on Monday, narrated to the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos how a father, Abdullah Abiodun, allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter. Eyo who was led in evidence by the state prosecuting counsel, Olushola Sholeye, told the court that the minor …
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SOME suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly killed the Chief Imam of Kaga, Imam Goni Muktar, and a vigilante in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. Newsextra24 learnt that the insurgents in a Volkswagen gulf stormed the imam’s residence at Malamti, an outskirt of Benishek at about 12:30 am on …
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THE Ogun State Police Command has said it arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school in Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government Area of the state on fire. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. Odutola noted that the minors gained access …
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THE Catholic Diocese of Wukari has confirmed the abduction of one of its priests. The priest whose name was given as Rev. Father, Thaddeus Tarhembe, was said to have been abducted in the early hours of Sunday. Confirming the abduction via a statement made available to journalists in the state, …
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TWO Nigerian women, Adaze Jaye, 43, and Lagantius Chamika, 23, have been arrested with 65 grams of mephedrone by Pushkar Police in India. A total of 65 grams of mephedrone, 65,000 Indian Rupee, and a digital wave machine were seized from them, First India reports Sunday, October 29. The value of …
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A lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State, Dr. (Mrs) Adefolalu Funmilola Sherifat has been found slaughtered in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town. The chairperson of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) in the …
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A man identified as Wasiu Oyekan has beaten one of his neighbours to death over N4,500 in Ogun State. Trojan News Media reports that the neighbour, Ibrahim Lateef, died on Sunday when the suspect allegedly punched him in the neck and he fell, hitting his head against the ground. The …
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