CRIME
18-Yr-Old Boy Tope Strangles Mother To Death For Calling Him Bastard
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, weekend, ordered the remand of 18-year-old Tope Momoh, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled...
Nnenna Ukeje’s Home Fire: Hon. Ben Kalu Threatens Legal Action Against Promise Okoro, Vincent Ihendu, Others Over Alleged Defamation
Member representing Bende Federal Constituency Abia state, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has threatened to seek redress in the court following alleged defamatory publications against him by one Mr. Promise Uzoma Okoro in his Facebook page along with Vincent Ihendu , Obike Kanu and others. The lawmaker said he is currently consulting with his lawyers following what he called unsubstantiated accusations against...
Suspected Killer Of Lagos Lawyer Remanded In Ikoyi Prison
A suspended police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi suspected to have killed a Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mrs Bolanle Raheem has been charged to court of offences bordering on murder by Lagos State government. The Attorney-General of Lagos, Moyosore Onigbanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria on Friday filed a one-count charge on behalf of the state government against the suspected killer cop. “That...
Civil servant sentenced to life imprisonment for molesting wife’s niece in Abuja
Justice Hassan Babangida of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja has sentenced a civil servant, Francis Kyamang, to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece and assaulting the victim after the act. The 37-year old who resides in SS Quarters, Jikwoyi, Abuja, was convicted under the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act which is applicable within the...
EFCC Arraigns Man For N110m Money Laundering Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday March 19, 2020, arraigned one Babatunde Morakinyo, Iretidu LTD and Tree Four Universal Concept Limited, on a 23 count charge for Money Laundering contrary to Section 5 (1) (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act to the tune of N110,000,000 (One Hundred and Ten Million Naira) only. They are being...
Man Caught In Abia Community After Stealing Irons Installed In Construction Site (Photos)
A man identified as Uchechukwu Ogbonna Uzoanya of Umuokatu Amapu in Abia State has been apprehended after allegedly making away with 16mm-rods riser pillar already mounted on a building site, ABN TV reports. He allegedly perpetrated the act on Saturday 26th August 2023 when he invaded the building and stole the items, owner of the construction site, Ifesinachi Okite Okite...
Police To Arraign Lawmaker Alex Ikwechegh For Assaulting Bolt Driver In Abuja
Barring a last-minute change of plan, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) will this Wednesday arraign the lawmaker representing Abia North/South federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, for assaulting an e-hailing cab driver, Mr Steven Abuwatseya. Abuwatseya was verbally and physically assaulted by the lawmaker a few days ago as captured in a viral video on social...
Indignant Pope Francis ‘Slaps’ Woman To Free Himself From Her Grip [VIDEO]
Leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has been captured angrily smacking the hands of a woman who gripped his hands as he was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday. The pope, 83, was seen making his way to the Nativity scene at the center of Vatican City when a woman grabbed his hand...
Anger As Soldiers Kill Igbo Businessman In Owerri
Five days after allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Imo State University, Divine Nwaneri, in front of the state Government House, soldiers have allegedly shot and killed a businessman, Noel Chigbu. The victim’s elder brother and spokesman for the family, Tobechi Chigbu, told PUNCH Metro on Monday that the military men at the Amakohia flyover in Owerri killed Noel...
Insecurity: We Want Ebubeagu Now, Ohanaeze Begs South-East Governors
Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Friday said there was not enough to deny the Igbo the opportunity to produce the successor of president Muhammadu Buhari. Ohanaeze said that the current security challenges in the region should not be an alibi to deny Ndigbo the opportunity to succeed Buhari in 2023. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, in his Christmas and New...
