Man Steals Phone In Mosque, Gets 14-Month Jail
A Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 23-year-old welder, Usman Yongo, to 14 months in prison for stealing a phone in a mosque. The judge,…
Man storms hospital with petrol and lighter, protests baby’s medical treatment
A 32-year-old man, Felix Iloakarochukwu, who Police accused of threatening to burn down a maternity ward, on Thursday appeared in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. Iloakarochukwu, whose address was not…
Security guard begs court not to send him to jail for alleged theft of beer, goat meat
A 31-year-old convict, Mathew Ajayi, on Thursday begged a Karmo Grade I Area Court not to send him to jail because he will not steal again. Ajayi pleaded guilty to…
Kaduna village under siege
Gunmen have reportedly attacked Ungwan Paa-Gwandara village in Jema’a Local Government, Kaduna State on Sunday night. Mr Joshua Paul, a resident of the community told the News Agency of Nigeria…
Tanker with 33,000 litres of petrol loses control in Ogun
Eniola Yemi The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps in Sango-Ota, Ogun, said danger was averted on Saturday when a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit lost control…
Woman sues after paying N830,000 for spiritual cleansing
Lukman Amusa The Police in Ibadan on Friday arraigned a 33-year-old man, Yomi Adebayo, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N830,000 in the guise of giving her spiritual cleansing. Adebayo,…
Mistress drags lover’s wife to court, seeks restraining order
A Zimbabwean woman, Juliet Nyasha Mbofana, has dragged her lover’s wife, Winfilda Mpiyabo, to court for allegedly disturbing her peace. Mbofana told the court that she needed a protection order against Mpiyabo,…
24-year-old man bags death sentence for killing stepmother
A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on Thursday sentenced 24-year-old man, Binfa Lamde, to death-by-hanging for hacking his stepmother to death. Justice A.I. Ashoms handed down the sentence as…
Policeman bags 25-year jail for raping girl, 13
Lukman Amusa A British police officer was jailed for 25 years on Thursday for 37 offences that included raping a 13-year-old girl in the back seat of his car. Constable…
Nigerian man convicted of £32,000 fraud in Britain
A Nigerian man, Abolaji Onafuye, 54, has been convicted on charges of fraud, after he claimed £32,000 in donations and housing support upon lying to authorities that he lived in…
