An Oyo State Family Court 2, sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, the state capital on Monday, ordered the remand of a 50-year-old man, Gboyega Lasisi, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his seven-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs P.O. Adetuyibi, who did not take the defendant’s plea due to want of jurisdiction, ordered his remand in Abolongo Correctional Facility in Oyo town. …

At about 12:30 pm at Molete in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on Monday, a young man jumped off a flyover bridge in Ibadan as armed men snatched a Lexus jeep at gunpoint while the owner was whisked away to an unknown destination. The gunmen, who were said to have dressed in black, allegedly hijacked the car from the owner …

Three Nigerians have been arrested for alleged armed robbery in Libya. According to local media, the suspects allegedly robbed a residence for expatriate workers in the city of Misrata, northwestern Libya. The accused were arrested by a patrol team from the General Directorate of Security Operations on Monday, and handed over to police authorities for legal action.

The police on Monday arraigned controversial musician Portable (real name, Habeeb Okikiola) for alleged assault. The singer was arraigned wearing a black shirt with the inscription, Bahamas. Portable was arrested last Friday following his refusal to honour invitations for questioning over alleged assault of a man. The arrest came after the expiration of a 72-hour ultimatum given to him by …

Family members of a 22-year-old former student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Kabirat Sobola, who was allegedly stabbed to death in the Ogun State capital are currently demanding justice. The deceased, a National Diploma holder, was reportedly murdered in her room in Abeokuta on Friday, February 4, 2023. According to Information gathered, the incident has thrown the entire family into …

Bandits have killed seven and abducted 26 others from seven communities in the Mashegu Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. According to the LGA Chairman, Umar Jibrin Igede, who confirmed the attacks by bandits on the seven communities in Minna on Sunday stated that the attacks have sacked over residents in their hundreds from their homes. Igede also revealed …

Bandits have abducted two female students of the Federal University, Gusau in Zamfara State. The students were abducted in the early hours of Sunday at Sabon Gida village in Bungudu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The spokesperson of the state Police command, Superintendent Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident in a statement, explained that the gunmen stormed the …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kubwa has sentenced two men – Yahuza Isah and Auwalu Mohammed – to death by hanging for killing a tricycle rider. Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf held that based on the evidence before the court, the defendants formed a common intention when they conspired to kill and rob the deceased, …

Typically, sexually attacked children survivors are reluctant to come forward because they fear being mocked in public. Yet, such is not the case for 15-year-old Binta Isa, a deaf and dumb girl who is accused of being raped by two powerful young boys in the Kyena community of the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Although she had to …

Members of the Muslim community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, staged a protest following the alleged invasion of a mosque in the Ilare area by some Oro adherents. The protesters said on Thursday, the traditionalists entered the mosque, where some Muslims had gathered to observe the 4 pm prayers, and attacked those they found in the building. Beside the …