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…
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Police in Lagos investigate decomposed body found in room
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…
Lagos Police: 4 murders in 7 days
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…
Man imprisoned by Ikeja Court after fatally stabbing woman
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…
Ghana deports 16 suspected Nigerian cybercriminals
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…
Lagos police arrest 7 traffic thieves at Mile 12
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…
64-year-old charged with hemp trafficking
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…
4 men accused of stealing N5.1m worth of steel
Four individuals who are suspected of stealing reinforcement steel with a value of N5.1 million from their company appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Olaleye Akintola, who is 42 years old and works as a storekeeper, Michael Taiwo, who is 27 years old and works as a driver, Femi Olaoye, who is Read More…
Florida jury decides not to execute Parkland school shooter
A Florida jury opted on Thursday to spare Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in the city of Parkland in 2018, the death sentence, instead recommending life in prison. Some victims’ families shook their heads in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom as the jury rejected the prosecution’s plea for the Read More…
Appeal Court frees Nnamdi Kanu, says extradition to Nigeria illegal
The three-man panel led by Justice Jummai Hanatu said Kanu had no case to answer anymore since the Federal High Court had no jurisdiction to try the case in the first place. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has discharged all charges against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. The Read More…










