An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court yesterday remanded in prison an Islamic cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, following his arraignment for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl in a mosque. Justice Abiola Soladoye remanded him at the request of the prosecutor’s, Ms T. Olanrewaju-Dawodu. She adjourned till October 14 for trial. The News Agency of Nigeria…
Immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has again delivered a verbal blow on his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, who he accused of heightening tension in Edo State. Apparently piqued by the position of the APC National Working Committee (NWC) on the crisis rocking Edo State House of Assembly, Oyegun argued…
A 21-year-old bride, Fatima Musa, has allegedly attempted to kill her husband, Saheed Husaini, by stabbing him in the abdomen over a misunderstanding. Fatima, a Law student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), allegedly committed the offence at 1.30 a.m on Saturday at their Ungwar Mai Kalwa, Naibawa Quarters home in Kumbotso Local Government Area of…
Fifteen months after two suspected thugs allegedly led by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege invaded the Senate chamber and snatched the mace, the police have yet to conclude their investigation into the incident. Findings by our correspondent in Abuja indicated that the police had been treating the incident as a cold case, believing new information could lead to…
There was panic in Komkom community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State when a pipeline exploded in the early hours of Saturday. The exploded pipeline, which supplies petroleum products to Aba and Enugu belongs to the Petroleum Product Marketing Company. However, the cause of the explosion has not been ascertained as of the…
The police in Lagos is holding a 22-year-old man, who allegedly killed his employer and her mother. Joseph Ogbu was on Thursday arrested for allegedly killing Oreoluwa John, 38, and her 89-year-old mother, Adejoke John. He allegedly committed the crime two days after he was employed as a houseboy. The Nation learnt that the incident…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday threw more light on why President Muhammadu Buhari relieved the present Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru of the responsibility. The corporation in a statement that the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu issued in Abuja on Friday said that Baru…
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday dissolved an 11-year-old marriage between Jolomi and Osaryekeme Odometa, over threat to her life. as an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday granted the request of her estranged wife to dissolve the union. The court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye said that since the petitioner, Osaryekeme, insisted…
A 28-year-old woman, Toriola Suliat on Wednesday told her husband, Toriola Lateef, that she would only consent to his request for the dissolution of their marriage if he returns her virginity and good health, as she was two years ago before the union. Suliat stated her conditions before an Iseyin Grade C Customary Court, where…
The management of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Ondo State, on Tuesday, shut the school after members of its chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics staged a peaceful protest against the non-payment of their five months’ salaries. It was gathered that the demonstration by the lecturers paralysed social and academic activities on the…