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A 40-year-old businessman charged with defiling and impregnating his neighbour’s daughter in Lagos, on Monday, sought an out-of-court settlement. The accused, Nwanne Nwaora, requested before an Ikeja High Court that the case be settled out of court in the interest of the child produced by the unlawful act. He made the request through his counsel, […]

A Jos Upper Area Court 3, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Thursday, sentenced one Fahad Mohammed, a 20-year-old applicant, to six months imprisonment for theft. The Judge, Yahaya Mohammed, convicted Mohammed after he pleaded guilty and was found to have committed the act of theft. Mohammed, however, gave the convict an option of N5, 000

A 14-year-old girl has narrated how her mother made life miserable for her after she told her that her father was s*xually assaulting her. The girl said that it was very painful because instead of taking action her mother warned her not to tell anyone that her father assaults her. Speaking with the Gender Unit

It was a horrific scene of the bizarre yesterday at Alesa, near Port Harcourt, in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, when a 35-year-old man, Mr. Achibong Patrick, killed his four sleeping children after chasing his wife away with cutlass, set his house ablaze and hanged himself. The four children were three girls and

Police in Jersey City have been placing fake Amazon packages outside people’s homes to catch thieves, reports the Associated Press. Using GPS trackers and doorbells cameras provided by Amazon, police are able to track and apprehend would-be thieves. The sting operation targets the most at-risk areas in the city identified from a combination of crime

An Upper Area Court I,Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 14-year-old boy to three years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl. The judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced the teenager without an option to pay fine. Suleiman held that the punishment would serve as deterrent to others who would want to indulge in such

A house wife, Mojisola Ojodu, has told the Customary Court sitting in Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State, that if the court failed to dissolve her marriage to Ganiu Ojodu, she might end up killing him. Mojisola, who dragged her husband to the court, said that Ganiu, though very caring, was fond of beating her at the

A 51-year old man has been arrested in Lagos for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Mushin area of Lagos. Kasali Daramola was said to have fondled the girl’s breasts, got her aroused and engaged her in a sex romp inside a viewing centre. The incident happened at the centre along Ere-Ego Street in Mushin,

Mr Tertsea Daagu, a member of the NKST Church, has accused a Pastor of the Church, Terlanga Unongu, of “causing confusion” in his relationship with his wife, Wandoo Daagu. Daagu stated this during his defense in a divorce case brought against him by his wife, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court. “I have never beaten

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo-Yahoo boys, in Abuja. EFCC’s Acting Head, Media and Publicity Mr Tony Orilade made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the statement, the suspects were arrested by the Advance Fee Fraud Section of the commission on