Abuja Trader Jailed For Stealing N8K Worth Chickens
A 22-year-old trader identified as Kingsley Isaac has been sentenced to three months in prison by a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court on Monday in Abuja for stealing two chickens worth N8,000. The police charged Isaac with theft. The Area Court judge, Saminu Suleiman, offered Isaac a choice of N10,000 fine and N45,000 in restitution to the complainant. The prosecution attorney, Chinedu...
Soldier Shoots Okada Man Over N200 Bribe, Killed Nursing Mother, Baby
A soldier has reportedly shot a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger, a nursing mother and her baby, in Babanna community in Borgu LGA of Niger State. ABN TV gathered that the incident happened on Monday evening when the victims were returning home from the Babanna weekly market. Residents told City & Crime that the soldier fired a gunshot at the...
Abba Kyari’s Application To Stike Out Charges Suffers Setback At Federal High Court
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application requesting to strike out charges against the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite dismissed the application on the ground that the court of law has the exclusive right and power to hear drug-related cases as stipulated in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...
Ike Ekweremadu, Wife Found Guilty Of Organ Trafficking
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old...
Nigeria Air Will Fly Before May 29 – Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika
Despite the controversy surrounding the founding of Nigeria Air, the Federal Government has announced that local and international flights will begin soon under the Ministry of Aviation. Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, made the announcement on Thursday at the National Aviation Stakeholders Forum 2023 in Abuja. "Negotiation meeting with the Ethiopian Airlines Group Consortium and the Federal Government of Nigeria...
Uganda Passes Death Penalty Law For Homoséxual Offenders
The Bill proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relationships, which were arrived at after hours of bickering in the House. The death penalty was revised from a previously proposed punishment of 10 years imprisonment according to the Daily Monitor. In the enacted Bill, aggravated homosexuality is defined as homosexuality on persons under the age of 14 or over the age of...
Imo Labour Party Governorship Aspirant Anumudu Found Dead
A Labour Party aspirant in the upcoming Governorship primaries in Imo State, Chief Humphrey Anumudu has been found dead in his house. The aspirant died in his house in Lagos after he had returned from an LP meeting at the party national headquarters in Abuja on Friday. A native of Mbieri Ancient Kingdom in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo state,...
FUTA Graduate Killed During Presidential Poll Buried Amidst Tears In Edo
A 33-year-old graduate of Mythological Engineering Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo, who was allegedly shot dead by suspected political thugs during the February 25, Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Edo, has been buried in Benin City amidst tears and sorrows. The deceased, simply identified as Festus Idahosa, was reportedly shot dead alongside three others when some unknown...
We Are Being Denied Accommodation In Anambra – Fulani Herdsmen Cries Out
Fulani herdsmen in Anambra State, organized by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), have expressed dissatisfaction with the state's population. According to MACBAN, its members are being denied accommodations in the state's southeast, causing disruptions to their typical business. According to Naija News, the leader of MACBAN in the South East, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, revealed this to journalists...
Another Lagos Spare Parts Market Gutted By Fire
Fire has gutted the Olowu spare parts market in Lagos. The fire incident occurred on Thursday morning. This is coming three weeks after a similar took place at Akere Spare Parts Market on Kirikiri Road, Olodi-Apapa in Ajegunle, burning goods worth millions of Naira. At the incident on Thursday morning, some shops engulfed by the inferno contained air-conditioners for sale, parts...
