crime

An Osogbo Magistrate’s Court in Osun on Thursday remanded a 48-year-old police officer, Pius Felix, in prison for alleged murder. Mr. Felix, who is attached to Awo Police Station, Ede, is facing a count of murder. The Magistrate, Olubukola Oluwolagba, ordered the accused kept in prison custody because of the …

55 people have been killed in Irkutsk region, Russia, with almost 26 others still lying in hospital bed without a chance of survival after they drank bath lotion or bath oil, masquerading as a safe alcoholic drink called Hawthorn. Russian authority describe Hawthorn intake as the worst such case in modern …

A seven-year-old boy identified as Prosper Eta, was on Wednesday crushed to death by a sand-carrying truck in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Nation gathered that the incident happened at 12.10 p.m. on Goodnews Street, Azikoro Village, in the state capital. The deceased was running an errand for his mother when …

  Fareeda, the two-year-old daughter of a slain broadcaster, who was abducted by gunmen in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, has been released. Sources told the News Agency of Nigeria that the abductors released the little girl and a friend of her mother on Monday evening at Ikorodu. They were …

A welder, Umar Adam, has said that the demolition of his workshop in Mararaba by the Nasarawa State Government led him into crime. Adam, 19, who was arrested alongside Friday Luyom, 18, and Felix James, 19, for selling stolen phones, stated that he was making a decent living from his …

A church pastor, Samuel Fatoki, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly charming a housewife. Police prosecutor, Caleb Leranmo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 31 at Adehun area of Ado-Ekiti. Fatoki was alleged to have forced one Mrs. Jumoke …

The former governor of Delta State, Mr. James Ibori, has reportedly been released from the UK prison where he has spent four years and eight months. Ibori, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, was accused in February 2012 of stealing $250m from the Delta State public purse.   Ibori, who was …

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has confirmed that 20 persons lost their lives and about10,000 others were displaced in the recent communal clash in Dan-Anacha village in Gassol Local Government area of Taraba State. Sa’ad Bello, the Agency’s Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba Operational Offices, confirmed the …

A 24-year-old man, Afenghide George, whose killing was allegedly sponsored by a hotel manager, was buried on Saturday at Atan Cemetary, Yaba, Lagos. The father of the deceased, Mr Matthew George-Umaigba, a 55-year-old businessman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday. George-Umaigba said his son was buried …

A 100-level part-time student of a journalism institute, Falope Oluwole, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly duping no fewer than 33 men. Oluwole, a 22-year-old undergraduate, was alleged to have posted the photo of a United States female makeup artist, Shayla, on his Instagram page, …