A Borno State High Court has sentenced a man, Danladi Mohammed to one-year imprisonment after convicting him of fraud. In a statement on Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said that Mohammed was jailed following his conviction on one count of criminal misappropriation of N7.6 million. He converted proceeds of 8,000 pieces of camping lanterns, which he claimed were …

The Police have arrested a 32-year-old man identified as Yusuf Isah in connection with the attack on the Senior Pastor?General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman. Last October, gunmen had attacked the convoy of the cleric along the Benin-Auchi Road in Edo State, and killed six persons including three policemen. Addressing journalists while parading the suspect in …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it had apprehended no fewer than 15 suspects and impounded seven trucks loaded with 315,000 litres of substance suspected to be illegally acquired petroleum products in Akwa Ibom State. NSCDC’s state Commandant, Mr. Eluyemi Eluwade said in Uyo, the state capital, that the Anti-Vandal Squad of the command arrested the suspects …

A Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku in Ibadan on Monday ordered that a nursing mother, Damilola Opeyemi be remanded in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town for allegedly stabbing her husband to death over dinner. Magistrate P. O . Adetuyibi said the remand is pending legal advice from the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP). She adjourned the matter until …

A man in Adamawa State, Abdulrahman Ishaq has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing a commercial tricycle (better known as keke NAPEP). The 22-year-old Ishaq, a resident of Geriyo, a community in Yola North Local Government Area, was arrested after he allegedly took the Keke NAPEP from the premises of a Mosque at Gate 4, one of the …

A middle-aged woman has been arrested for allegedly setting a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, identified as Nneamaka Nwosu, a native of Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of the state, was said to have come in contact with the deceased when she became homeless following …

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has paraded one Aniekan James for allegedly killing his 35-year-old only son, Odudu James. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, who disclosed this while parading the suspect along with 268 others arrested for various offences, alleged that  Aniekan had killed several people in Lagos and Abia states. The police boss said the suspect …

The Anambra State Government has arrested a woman, Eneh Ogechukwu, for using a 10-year-old girl to beg for alms, despite repeated warnings to desist from it. Ogechukwu, aged 27, from the Udi community in Enugu State, was caught at Oyeolisa Ogbunike area of Anambra State using a 10-year-old girl from Benue State for alms begging and other sundry offences. The …

Eruwa community, in the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, was thrown into confusion as a middle-aged man (simply known as Ajibode) allegedly raped a 16-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba, the apprentice of his wife at their residence. The victim reportedly committed suicide after the incident. Ajibode, who is a welder, was reported to have threatened to kill the girl …

The three suspects arrested over the murder of a Naval officer, Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun, in ldo- Ani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have narrated why and how they killed the officer, after an altercation. While being paraded by the state police command, the suspects – Ayomide Sambo, 20; Johnson Adeleke, 20; and Shagari Francis, 17 – confessed to …