The Lagos State commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the posthumous trial of Inspector Olukunle Olonade, who allegedly shot dead an official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), yesterday. Police spokesman, CSP Chike, confirmed the development in a statement this morning. The incident reportedly occurred at Iyana Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, when […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has explained reasons the Convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, was arrested. Adeyanju was arrested on Wednesday while leading a protest tagged ‘Police Are Not Politicians, Save Our Democracy’ in Abuja. Speaking on AIT breakfast show on Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, advanced reason for Adeyanju and […]

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), worldwide, has expressed concern over the delay in the signing of the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Zabazaba Deepwater Project. The IYC expressed its displeasure in a statement signed by the spokesman Daniel Dasimaka and called for action so that the project would not be eventually abandoned. According to […]

The Police has dispelled the rumours of the death of the alleged killer of Ondo High Chief and Chairman of Credit Switch Technology, Ope Bademosi. The suspect, Sunday Adefonou Anani, is currently standing trial for the murder. A section of the media had reported that Anani slumped and died in Ikoyi Prisons yesterday. The reports […]

Two teenage brothers have been held by the police in Lagos for allegedly beheading a 10-year-old boy after receiving N200, 000 from a man who needed two fresh human heads. Lagos State police spokesman, CSP Chike Oti said in a statement that the suspects identified as 18-year-old Ayodeji Obadimeji and Saheed Obadimeji were caught with […]

Twenty-nine cars were today seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos during a raid on the office of a car dealer, Astrax Auto Shop. According to a statement from EFCC’s acting spokesman, Tony Oriade, the raid followed intelligence report received by the Commission on the activities of the operators of the auto shop, who were seen […]

Former governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja mounted the witness box at a Federal High Court on Tuesday to testify in his eleven years old trial for a N4.7 billion fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His evidence before the court brought to a close all evidences before […]

A Police Investigative Officer in the Juvenile Welfare Center, DSP. Ayanleye Adenike, of the Ikeja Division on Tuesday gave the report of police investigation in the case defilement preferred against a former supervisor of Chrisland Schools, Mr Adegboyega Adenekan before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. DSP Ayanleye told the trial judge, Justice Sybil Nwaka that […]

A Federal High Court in Osogbo today refused to grant bail to a former Obafemi Awolowo University lecturer, Prof. Richard Akindele, accused of demanding sex to pass his student, Monica Osagie. Justice Maureen Onyetenu in her ruling ordered Akindele to be remanded in Ilesa Prison until December 17. Onyetenu ordered the prosecution counsel from the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has re-arraigned the former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero for money laundering and criminal diversion of funds. Also re-arraigned with the ex governor were former Minister of State, Nuhu Somo Waya; former Kaduna State PDP Chairman, Abubakar Haruna Gaya and the former Secretary to the State […]