A Magistrates Court in Oredo, Benin, Edo State on Friday ordered that a 56-year-old man, Yaro Garuba, be remanded in Oko Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl
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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday signed the State’s Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Establishment Bill into law.
The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 12 suspected internet fraudsters in Calabar, Cross River State; and Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The suspects are: Ahmed Adelakun, Matthew Edafe, Chukwuma Edwin Chisom, Mbang Prince, Ogon Godspower and Nnamdi Ogana.
Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dubai-based Worldwide Jet Aviation SA for helicopters to carryout aerial surveillance on criminal hideouts in the state.
A 21-year-old undergraduate, Oyinya Ugochukwu, has thrown out through the window a child she delivered while in the toilet.
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday ordered the remand of seven teenagers, including a 14-year-old, who allegedly belonged to a secret cult and illegally displayed dangerous weapons in public.
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court on Friday told alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, that he will have to defend himself in his criminal trial if he comes to court without legal representation.
An eyewitness, John Fara, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the deceased bought a gallon of kerosene at about 8pm, sneaked to the back of their house, poured the whole content on her body and set herself alight
The herbalist said this on Thursday when he was paraded alongside two others for being in possession of a skull he bought for N10,000 from a grave digger
This was revealed on Thursday by the Commissioner, Lagos State Police Command, Hakeem Odumosu, while briefing the press
Justice M. L. Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday admitted Chukwuebuka Washington Dikeocha, the blogger behind the fake “EFCC cell” tweet, to bail in the sum of N1 million.
A 21-year-old national of the Republic of Benin, Isa Seidu, has told the police in Lagos how they broke into shops at Balogun Market and then use the stolen goods proceeds to buy cows from Niger Republic and resell in Nigeria.
Eighteen members of two rival cult groups whose constant violence in Ogudu and Ojota areas resulted in the killing of eight people, have been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.
The Senate on Thursday commenced the amendment to the Federal Capital Territory Customary Court Act, 2007 to expand the jurisdiction of customary courts in the FCT to include criminal trials.
A Plateau State High Court on Thursday ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay N50 million in damages to the family of a suspect, Henry Dokotri, who was killed by five police officers.
The Nigerian Army on Thursday handed over a Corps member kidnapped by gunmen along Wukari-Jalingo Road to the authorities of the National Youth Service Corps.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says its agitations and actions over the years were premised on six cardinal demands.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has attributed the recent attacks and killings of some people in rural communities across the state to ignorance and barbaric behaviour.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on Thursday said it arrested 98 suspects over various criminal offences.
The Zamfara State Police Command has rescued a Nigerien, Diddi Kadiri-Ibrahim, abducted from the Republic of Niger, in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state.