A civil servant in Oyo State, Ronke Mary Adeleke, has bagged a year imprisonment for official corruption. Adeleke works with Oyo State Ministry of Lands. She was convicted by the Chief Magistrate Court 1, Iwo Road Ibadan. The court was presided over by Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran on Friday. Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency secured Adeleke’s conviction. The commissioner had earlier investigated …

A magistrates’ court sitting in Minna, Niger State has sentenced Gambo Adamu to 12 months in prison for deceitfully contracting a marriage between his mother-in-law, Sa’adatu Aliyu and former President Muhammadu Buhari. In October 2019, the Presidency had to dismiss wide rumours that the then President Buhari was getting married to his Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster and Management, Hajia …

The wife and two children of the Kwara State House of Assembly member, Hon. Soliu Ayanshola who were abducted on Monday, have regained freedom, according to top government sources. The victims regained their freedom at about 8 pm on Wednesday, following discreet efforts of the security agencies and the state government. “At least five members of the gang that abducted …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa has ordered the removal of the Divisional Police Officer of the Meiran Police Station in Lagos State over alleged extortion. This followed an allegation of extortion by an engineer, Ibrahim Saliu against some policemen attached to the station. Saliu accused the policemen of extorting N200,000 from him last Saturday after detaining him …

A 25-year-old man, Gaiya Usman, arrested for alleged involvement in kidnapping, has confessed to spending his N470,000 share of N8 million ransom on clothes. Usman is the only one arrested so far out of a five-man gang suspected to have participated in three abductions that yielded a total N8 million. He was arrested after a man-hunt by operatives of the …

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram), alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura and Prince Lawal Shoyode before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two-count charges bordering on conspiracy and cheating to the tune of N150,000,000.00. Count two of the charges reads: “That you Aisha Alkali Wakil, Tahiru Saidu …

The Rivers State woman, Favour Nweke, who bathed her husband, Ekelediri Nwokekoro, with hot groundnut oil in Okehi in Etche Local Government Area of the state, has explained what led to her action. The woman stated this on Friday while she was paraded before journalists during a media briefing at the Rivers State Police Command’s headquarters along Moscow Road, Port …

The Bauchi Police Command has arrested one Khadija Adamu,18, for allegedly beating up her 5-year-old stepdaughter, Hafsat to death. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest at a press conference held at the police headquarters in the state capital on Tuesday. The incident was said to have occurred on 28th September, in the Kandahar area in Bauchi metropolis. According to the …

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday said it was renewing its interest in the case of Bamise Ayanwola, the 22-year-old fashion designer, who was murdered after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the state in February, last year. To this end, the House said it would be inviting the family of the deceased, the related government agency …

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Eket has sentenced Dr. Nwaopara Adolphus Uche, 39, of Immanuel General Hospital Eket to two years in prison for stealing beds from the hospital and Immanuel Psychiatric Hospital. Adolphus, a native of Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State was said to have moved the hospital beds to his private …