THE Police Command in Katsina State, says within the month of April, it arrested about 22 suspected armed robbers, and 36 persons in connection to rape and sodomy cases in the state. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, confirmed this while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievements within the month under review. Sadiq-Aliyu said that…
A lawyer, Festus Onifade, on Tuesday, commenced contempt proceedings against Mr Mohammed Sani, Manager of Abuja office of Multi-Choice Nigeria Ltd, over alleged disobedience to the order made by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CCPT presided over by Saratu Shafii had, on April 29,…
The Police Command in Rivers has announced the arrest of a gang allegedly specialized in kidnapping and raping young women in the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday that the gang kidnapped and molested one Ogechi, 28, in Elele, Ikwerre LGA on July 1, 2023. She said…
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, over the passing of his brother, Salihu Ribadu. The NSA’s brother died on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday in Abuja. The president…
A 16-year-old boy, on Tuesday, told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was given N880,000 cash by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye, in Alliance Hospital, Abuja, after his kidney was removed. Trust News Africa gathered that the teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir. The National Agency…
Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter for continuation of trial, after the Prosecution Witness, Olom Egoro, staff from the compliance unit of a commercial bank, completed his evidence. The banker, who is the sixth prosecution witness for the EFCC, told the court that the EFCC, via a letter requested the bank statement of the Kogi State…
Gunmen numbering about seven, armed with AK-47 rifles, struck around between Ilisan, Ceplast industry, and Iperu junction axis of the Expressway. Though the incident happened on Sunday, the police authorities confirmed the death of a passenger on Tuesday. According to the Police Public Relations Officer in Ondo State, Omolola Odutola, the incident was recorded as…
The US Army reported that the soldier, identified by a court in Vladivostok as Gordon Black, had been detained on criminal charges. It withheld details, citing the sensitivity of the case. The detention of Black adds to the number of US citizens held in Russia at a time of tensions with Washington over Moscow’s invasion…
Two men, Oluwadaisi Samuel, 42 and Innocent Osadare, 39, were on Tuesday, arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged fraud. The defendants of unknown addresses are facing a charge of fraud. The police prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on April 6, and April 23 at…
