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Justice Abdulazeez Anka of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the prison remand of a former Manager of the Oyingbo, Ebute Meta branch of Diamond Bank Plc, Chinedu Oguike, over an alleged fraud of N24m. The judge ordered Oguike’s prison remand shortly after he was arraigned on …

Two people were killed and as many as 16 others were injured after a person opened fire during an event geared toward teenagers at Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida. Police first responded to the scene at 12:30 a.m. Monday where “officers located several victims suffering from gunshots wounds,” according …

A 26 years old fake doctor, Akilapa Johnson has been arrested by Oyo State Police command for procuring a life threatening abortion for 23 years old Barakat in Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade disclosed this ‎while parading Johnson along with 14 other suspects at the command’s …

A man convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl was publicly hung at a bus terminal in western Iran on Monday, a report said. The man was sentenced to death having been found guilty of raping and killing the girl before hiding her body under a highway bridge in May. The …

Francis Taiwo, a Celestial Church of Christ pastor who starved and kept his nine-year-old son in chains for months, has been arrested. The 40-year-old pastor was apprehended by the police from the Onipanu division on Sunday at his church – CCC, Key of Joy Parish – in Ajibawo, Atan, in …

The Managing Director of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim has expressed concern on the increasing wave of non-performing insider loans in banks. A statement issued by the NDIC said  Ibrahim expressed the concern while receiving a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) led …

The Nigerian Navy said it had arrested a suspected member of the Niger Delta Avengers. This is contained in a statement signed by its Director of Information, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, and made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to Ezekobe, the suspect who was picked up on July 11 at …

The Kastina State Police Command is holding a family of five in its custody for allegedly feeding a day-old baby boy to a dog as meal.The incident happened at Saika village in Batsari Local Government Area. The suspects include 15-year-old Wosila Halilu, her three stepbrothers and her mother. It was …

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command on Tuesday seized three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million. The Area Controller, Mr Victor Dimka, a Comptroller, disclosed this at a briefing held at the vehicle seat in the command. He disclosed that individuals who desired to import bullet-proof …

The Police have arrested five suspected killers of the Managing Director of Todays Prints Ltd, Olalekan Ogunranti. A statement issued by the Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don Awunah, on Tuesday gave the names of the suspects as Asimiyu Agboola, Adesina Meyidan, Ramoni Afolabi, Akeem Akorede and Coker Daniel. It would be recalled that …