Adesola Soyele A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in the Ikeja area has sentenced an alumnus of the University of Lagos, John Otema, to 50 years imprisonment for raping a 19-year-old student of the institution on campus. Thirty-four-year-old Otema,
Solomon Elusoji A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for questioning. Mailafia spoke to reporters in Jos on Monday as he prepared to honour the security outfit’s invitation.
Benue students have taken to the streets to protest killings in the state by suspected herdsmen. They asked the Meyitti Allah Vigilante Group to leave the State. The placard-bearing protesters blocked major streets leading to traffic grid lock in Makurdi, capital of Benue.
By Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Committee, High Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, has declared he has evidence to substantiate his allegations of diversion of N6.25bn COVID-19 palliatives. He denied submitting a petition on the
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Imo State Police Command have arrested suspected armed robbers, who killed and buried a serving police officer in a shallow grave in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Isaac Akinmoyede,
Earlier yesterday, one Mrs Chinyere Lilian Amuchinwa had reportedly alleged that the former Governor of Imo State, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim had allegedly defrauded her of a whooping sum of N500 million in a land transaction. Thisday reported that Umuchinwa had in a petition
General Court Martial (GCM) sitting in Abuja, Wednesday, sentenced a soldier, Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida to 55 years imprisonment over culpable homicide, burglary and theft. The soldier was alleged to have killed one Mr. Bello Abdullahi Aliyu and also robbed his car, at
The recent massacre of 13 Christians in Edikwu District, Ukpogbo, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, bore the imprint of killer herdsmen rather than that of people fighting over a chieftaincy stool, the International Society for Civil Liberties & Rule of Law
Businesswoman, Mrs. Chinyere Amuchinwa, has accused a former Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, of defrauding her of N500 million. In a petition which was addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services (DSS), seeking
Responding to the heightened security challenges in the country, which has continued to cause wanton loss of lives, property with huge loss of business activities, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the Federal Government to grant licences to responsible citizens to carry
Governor Hope Uzodimma has appealed to the Muslim faithful in Imo State to be tolerant
The wave of abduction of journalists that continues to grow under a so-called democratic government
Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military
– As Chief Okeke Thunders In line with his astute stance against the “cast system”