A 52-year-old bus conductor, Segun Awogbemi was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates Court in Lagos for allegedly raping his landlady after they both shared a drink in her room.
The death of two persons in a suicide bomb attack around Muna garage in Maiduguri has been confirmed by the spokesman of Nigeria Police in the State, Mr. Victor Isuku.
Two officials of the Zamfara State universal basic education board, Gambo Lawal Tsafe and Kasimu Mohammed were yesterday, November 23 sentenced to a fine of N800,000 and N100,000 respectively.
The Pro Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Senator Adeseye Ogunewe will on Friday, November 25, be arraigned alongside two others on charges of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds reported against some of the institution’s management.
Two brothers, Shola and Kayode Oni, and Ibrahim Omilade, son of a traditional ruler in Oshodi area of Lagos State, were all condemned to the gallows for killing one Suleiman Afolabi during a fight that occurred on Christmas day three years ago.
Four members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), a paramilitary agency of the government, were on Monday shot dead by unknown gunmen at the installation at Omoku, near the oil hub of Port Harcourt.
A yet-to-be-identified female road sweeper attached to Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) was on Wednesday, November 23, knocked down by a car while going about her duty.
Despite United Nations’ warning, hoodlums, in a bid to orchestrate forceful eviction of the Egun Community from Otodo Gbame, reportedly launched another attack on Tuesday, setting fire to some remaining structures in the area.
Few students suffered minor injuries as residents of Bakasi Hall, a female hostel in Yaba College of Technology, Lagos woke up to a fire incident that engulfed a better part of their hostel around 5 a.m today.
Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo, has directed that five suspects who were released despite being accused of raping a 15-year-old girl be rearrested and taken into custody.
Nigerian lawmakers have taken turns in condemning acts of jungle justice in the country, citing the recent increase in lynching as an indication that the people were losing confidence in the government.
About N450m worth of goods was estimated to have been lost to a fire incident that gutted Erisco Foods Ltd warehouse in Lagos on Monday, according to the company’s General Manager, Mr. Tokunbo Agbede.
Usman Nafada, a bureau de change operator, has been arrested by the police for allegedly conspiring with an accomplice, in issuing fake dollar notes to dupe one Abdullahi Uba out of N1.7m.
The Federal Government on Monday gave tertiary institutions in the country a go ahead to issue their own cut-off marks for admission of students, instead of the former general cut-off mark of 180.
A 49-year-old football coach, Frank Darlington was on Thursday arrested in the Agege area of Lagos state on accusations that he engaged in acts of sodomy with three of his teenage players.
Embattled judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia who was arrested for her alleged involvement in a fraud of about $793,800, has been denied immediate release from EFCC custody during a ruling by the Federal High Court on Monday.
