Anuoluwa Ogunyinka

Mother, son bag 12 years in Kirikiri for duping American of $82,570

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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Mrs Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and her son, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, to 12 years’ imprisonment each for duping an American of $82,570. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke convicted the duo following their plea of guilty to four counts of “fraudulent trick business email compromise” during their arraignment on Tuesday. […]

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38 injured, 15 dead as truck plunges into river in Ogun State

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No fewer than 15 persons died while 38 others sustained varying degrees of injuries as a Toyota Canter truck plunged into dried Omi river on the Ibadan-Ijebu Ode road. Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said that the accident occurred in the

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Mother, son wanted by FBI, jailed for internet scam in Lagos

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A suspected internet scammer, Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, have been convicted on a four-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $82, 570, about N29.9million. PM news reports that Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, convicted the woman and her son and

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Police confirm abduction of 17-year-old FGC student

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The FCT Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Gift Abiikor, a 17-year-old student of Federal Government College in Rubochi, Abuja. FCT’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri Manzah revealed that the student was abducted by unknown persons in the early hours of Tuesday January 28. It was gathered that FCT’s Commissioner of Police, CP Bala Ciroma has already

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Yesiru Onajobi

Pastor, wife sentenced to 3 years in prison for selling JAMB form above N4, 000

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A magistrate court in Nasarawa state has sentenced to three years in prison each, a pastor, Ujaku Emem Samuel, his wife, Mrs Peace and two others, Opulani Sunupe and Umar Musa Sa’adu, for selling the e-PIN for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) above the N4, 000 stipulated price. According to a statement by

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FG shuts down supermarket selling imported seafood from China over coronavirus

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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has closed Panda supermarket in the federal capital territory (FCT) as a precautionary measure to the outbreak of coronavirus. The commission said the supermarket imported seafood and other animals from China illegally. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, the commission said it also discovered that the

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Couple arrested for setting fire on daughter’s private part for stealing N3,000

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The Oyo State Command of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested a couple who allegedly tied their 10-year-old daughter Abibat, to a ceiling, burning her private part for stealing the sum of N3,000. The father of the girl, Taofeek Olawale 41, an indigene of Ede, Osun State, said he was only

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19-year-old wife arrested for allegedly stabbing husband to death in Katsina

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A 19-year old housewife, Rabi Shamsudden, has been arrested by men of the Katsina state police command for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in Malumfashi Local Government area of the state in the early hours of today Monday, January 27th. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Gambo Isah, said the

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