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Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested Saidat Kazeem and Fatimo Onakoya for allegedly conspiring with other family members to detain their father, Surajudeen Jaji, in a room for 12 months at his residence, No. 47 Maria Okor Street, Bucknor area of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area …

A 35-year-old man, Wasiu Tijani, and two others were on Monday dragged before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly beating up a monarch in his palace, Punch Newspaper reports. Tijani, alongside 35-year-old Tairu Akangbe and 30-year-old Samad Mutairu were said to have stormed the palace of …

A man, Sunday Amaefula, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing one Chibuike Nwanne to death with a broken bottle in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi. PUNCH Metro gathered that Nwanne and his wife returned home from a party when an argument ensued between …

Experts have stressed the need for the Nigerian youths to replace negative addictions with positive attributes in a bid to better their lots by becoming responsible and accountable adults, Punch Newspaper reports. The experts spoke at the 2021 Shining Stars Initiative International Summit with the theme, ‘Addictions: The ways out.’ …

A mortuary attendant in Oghara, Delta State, has been arrested by the police over the missing corpse of a 58-year-old woman, Mrs Patience Amughoro, Punch Newspaper reports. The deceased woman was said to have died late last year after a brief illness and her corpse kept in a private hospital …

A Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court, on Thursday, ordered that a 32-year-old man, Francis Godwin, who allegedly defiled a nine-year-old girl, be remanded in correctional centre pending legal advice, News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The defendant who resides at Constitution Road, Kaduna is charged with defilement. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, …

Police in Delta State have arrested a grandmother and a butcher reportedly linked to a gunrunning syndicate, Police Commissioner Ari Mohammed said at the weekend in Asaba, the state capital, The Nation Newspaper reports. He said his men arrested Garuba Sani, a butcher at Oghara Cattle Market for illegal possession …

A witch doctor, contracted to exhume the body of a woman said to have suffered injustice in the hands of her in-laws, collapsed and died inside the grave Vanguard Newspaper reports. The witch doctor, named Idike Ezikanyi from Uwani-Amaogbo, Amabokwu village in Aku town, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu …

A Mobile Court has sentenced a fake soldier arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) for assault and impersonation to six weeks imprisonment, The Nation Newspaper reports. Chairman of the Taskforce, Shola Jejeloye, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said the convicted fake …

An FCT High Court in Kubwa on Thursday ordered that a 21-year-old labourer, Meshal Amos, who allegedly defiled a seven-year-old girl be remanded in a correction centre, pending hearing in bail application, News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The police charged Amos with defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty …