Police Arrest School Gardener Who Beat WASCE Candidate to Death
A school gardener, Femi Aderonmu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly beating a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil of the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Rafiu Adagun, to death. It was gathered that Rafiu was heading home after writing his West African Senior School Certificate Examination on Wednesday when […]
Court Remands Naira Marley in Kirikiri for Internet Scam
The Kirikiri Maximum Prison may come alive with many musical shows with the entrance of Azeez Adeshina Fashola also know as Naira Marley in custody. This follows his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on May 20, 2019. Naira Marley was arraigned before before Justice Nicholas I. Oweibo of […]
UK Court Jails Three Nigerians 40 yrs for Illegal Firearms Deal
Three men who conspired to transport firearms and drugs into the UK via Eurotunnel have been sentenced to a total of 40 years. On Friday 17 May at Woolwich Crown Court, Kennedy Udo, 28 (26.12.1990) of Avery Hill Road, Eltham, SE9 was sentenced to eight years and six months, having been found guilty of conspiracy […]
Swaziland Denies Any Law About Marrying 5 Wives
King Mswati of Swaziland has refuted as untrue, reports in the media saying he ordered men in his kingdom to marry more women or face jail sentences, describing the rumour as malicious and poisonous. The media was awash with news of the King’s command to men in his kingdom. But in a press statement, signed […]
Procedural Flaws Stall Obesere’s Chieftaincy Title – Olubadan
The perceived controversy surrounding the conferment of a honourary chieftaincy title of Agbaakin Bobagunwa of Ibadanland in the south-west zone of Nigeria on a popular Fuji Musician, Alhaji Abass Akande Obesere is yet to subside as his installation on a chosen date did not hold. The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Akanmu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso […]
19 Oil Bunkers Plea Bargain, Get One Year Jail Term Each
A gang of illegal automotive gas oil dealers were last week arraigned at the Federal High Court Lagos before Justice Rilwan Aikawa for illegal dealings in petroleum products without licence. The gang of 19 men include, Ayeah John, Emmanuel Tosin, Ayetiniyi Ademola Agbayo Lawrence Adelia Thomas, Idowu Surprise, Benjamin ThankGod and others except for one […]
PDP Governors Prefers Fayemi i in Two-man Race for NGF Chairman
Ahead of the election of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairman, there are indications that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors prefer their Ekiti State colleague, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The seventh NGF poll will hold on Wednesday in Abuja. El-Rufai may back out of the contest following talks among All […]
Gunmen Kidnap Three Wedding Guests in Ondo
There was a confusion at Akoko area at the weekend when three wedding guests travelling in a Toyota Corolla car and Mitsubishi Pick-up Van heading for a wedding at Ikare Akoko were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen along Auga-Ikare road in Akoko North east local government area of Ondo state. The victims who are all […]
Amputated Pupil Stabbed By Classmate Cries for Justice
Anome Emereh, a pupil of Army Day Secondary School, Owode Yewa, Ogun State, has demanded justice after losing his right hand in an attack by his classmate, Lateef Ebunolorun. Emereh, who has since been forced to write with his left hand, lamented that the experience was gruelling. City Round learnt that the plight of the […]
Cleric in Police Net for Turning Daughter to Sex Slave
An Islamic cleric, Moruf Fadipe, 48 (aka Alfa Moruf) has been arrested by police operatives at Ikotun Police Division led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Tarzan Tsav, for raping and turning his 22-year-old daughter into a sex slave in Lagos. The incident took place at 15 Yemi Ogunleye Street, Inufere Bus Stop, Isheri Osun […]
