Three men, Ajibola Sulaimon, Thankgod John, and Sodiq Awesu, were charged by the Lagos police on Wednesday with theft and malicious destruction. Before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court are Sulaimon, 35, John, 41, and Awesu, 23. However, they pleaded innocent before Magistrate L. J. K. Layeni. According to the prosecutor, Dr. Simon Uche, the crimes were Read More…
Ebong Ime, a 27-year-old male, was arraigned in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday for allegedly making an attempt to rape a 54-year-old woman in her apartment. Ime, whose address was omitted, is slated to stand trial on three counts, including attempted rape, property damage, and sexual assault. Ime committed the crimes Read More…
On Monday, two former employees of First Marina Trust Ltd. testified in a Federal High Court in Lagos about how they copied the emails of a number of customers and stole more than N1.3 billion from them. Adeyemi Oluwaseun and Suleiman Yusuf’s trial has been resumed, and Mr. Anthony Onyeoghane, a witness for the Economic Read More…
A 60-year-old man named Wole Bakare appeared in Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday for allegedly stealing N4.3 million from his workplace. The defendant, a sales advisor, was docked for theft and resides at 8, Ajiboye Crescent, Orile Agege, Lagos. The offence was committed between July 1 and August at SOHAS S.S. Ventures on Ogba Road, Read More…
A drowning and suicide also reported Police in Lagos State have started looking into the death of a 45-year-old man after finding his decomposing body in his residence in the state’s Idimu neighbourhood. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos police command, revealed the information to the press on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the Read More…
The Lagos State Police Command says that there have been four murders in the state in the last seven days. The event was reported to journalists on Saturday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos. According to Hundeyin, four people were detained in relation to the cases. He claimed that Read More…
A judge in Ikeja, Nigeria, handed down a 21-year prison term to Vincent Edeh on Friday for his role in the fatal stabbing of a woman. Edeh faced a charge of involuntary manslaughter for this incident. Justice Oyindamola Ogala, who presided over the case, accepted Edeh’s guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced him to Read More…
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said in a briefing on Friday that 16 Nigerians were sent home from Ghana because they were accused of committing cybercrimes there. The Controller of the Command, Dr. Chukwu Emeka, disclosed this at a press conference in Seme, Lagos State. Emeka claims that these are young Read More…
Police in Lagos State say they have apprehended seven criminals who they say terrorised drivers on the Ketu-Ikorodu Expressway in the Kosofe neighbourhood. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesman, announced the arrests on Friday through his verified Twitter account. According to Hundeyin, five individuals were apprehended on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock while they were Read More…
Lucky Osuya, 64, was charged with hemp trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday. The defendant is facing charges at a Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is labelled FHC/L/590C/2022. According to the NDLEA, the defendant committed the crime on September 18, in the Ikate area of Lagos State. The Read More…
