The Lagos state government will today March 22 arraign the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) driver, Andrew Nice Omininikoron, accused of murdering 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Nice will be arraigned before Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on a four-count charge of conspiracy, murder, and two…
Three suspects fingered in the killing of Sen. Bala ibn Na’allah, Abdulkarim Na’Allah, have been remanded in a correctional centre by a High Court in Kaduna State on Monday, pending ruling in the bail application. The Kaduna State Government charged Bashir Mohammed, Salisu Nasiru and Suleiman Salisu with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide,…
A final year student has died two weeks after returning from the war-torn country of Ukraine. The Nigerian man identified as Uzaifa Halilu Modachi died in Sokoto State. The late Uzaifa was a final year student of Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Ukraine and was preparing for his final year examination which will qualify him to…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has been ordered to pay N1million as damages to a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore. Federal High Court in Abuja gave the order saying the DSS unlawfully arrested and detained Sowore in 2019. In a ruling on the fundamental rights suits filed by the activist, Justice Obiora Egwuatu ruled…
Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have rescued two suspected kidnappers from being lynched by an angry mob at the Alakia-Adelubi Area of Ibadan. It was gathered that the suspects, Kabiru Salam and Lukman Adisa, allegedly attempted to kidnap attempt a 9-year-old girl identified as called Ope, who was on her way to church…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has disclosed that former Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, has been granted bail. Obiano, who is under investigation for N42 billion fraud, has been in EFCC custody since Thursday when he was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State while attempting to…
Following the detention of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, Women in Anambra state under the aegis of Anambra-North Women Empowerment Movement (AWEM) have vowed to protest naked at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) if he is not released. Recall that Obiano was arrested on March 17…
Abusers Don’t Change, They Only Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi’s ex-wife has given a cryptic warning to the monarch’s new wife. Chanel Chin, the former wife of Oluwo of Iwo, said abusers don’t change. The posts come a day after the monarch married his new wife, Firdaus Abdullahi, who is the daughter of the late ‘Madakin Kano’,…
The Nigeria Police Force has banned its officers across the country from demanding tinted glass permits. In a tweet on Sunday, Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, also said officers should stop demanding Customs papers from drivers. According to him, tinted glass permit remains suspended across the country. He tweeted, “No policeman should demand your…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been lambasted by the Peoples Democratic Party for abandoning Nigerians to continue his travels as crisis hit the economy, oil and gas industry. Speaking on Sunday, PDP warned that the ongoing fuel crisis might snowball into nationwide protests worse than the October 2020 #EndSARS protests. In a statement signed by the…