A Lugbe Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Tuesday, sentenced a 32-year-old domestic servant, Istifanus John, to seven months imprisonment for stealing his employer’s 60 bags of cement and building blocks. John, who lives in Life Camp, Abuja, pleaded guilty to offence of theft and begged the court for leniency. The judge, Aliyu Kagarko,…
Two teenagers, Simor Aaron, 19, and Francis David, 18, were arraigned on Wednesday before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a sewing machine and other items worth ₦325,000. The teenagers were caught and handed over to the police by members of the vigilante group on patrol in the area. The defendants, both residents…
A 22-year-old carpenter, Ezekiel Malachi, on Wednesday bagged 17 months for stealing 57 ceiling fans from a school in Abuja. Malachi was sentenced to spend the next 17 months at a custodial centre by a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, presided upon by Malam Aliyu Kagarko as the judge. The convict, of Iddo Sarki…
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Lugbe, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a labourer, Terkaa Akishi, 36, to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans and a cellphone from a Mosque. The Judge, Malam Aliyu Kagarko, sentenced Akishi, who pleaded guilty. Kagarko, however, gave him an option of ₦40,000 fine. Akishi was charged with…
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that two labourers who allegedly stole eight cartons of pasta and N900,000 cash be remanded in a correction centre. The police charged Sagir Nasiru, 37 and Abubakar, 32, both of whom live in Gobirawa Quarters in Dala Local Government Area, Kano with criminal conspiracy and theft….
A heavy rainfall which wreaked havoc in Iloko-Ijesa, a community in Osun State, on Monday, has forced residents to evacuate their homes. Also, as a result of the rainfall, traders have been counting their losses in the wake of widespread destruction, no casualties were recorded in the torrential downpour which lasted for more than two…
The Federal Government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in an email sent to our correspondent on Tuesday night, entitled “Designation of Individuals and…
●Says he has appointment to meet Investigators to clear his name The Spokesperson to the Osun State Governor, Malllam Olawale Rasheed has denied giving any news story to an online publisher regarding the son of the immediate past governor of the state, Femi Oyetola, affirming that he already has appointment with investigators to clear his…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, on Tuesday, debunked allegations levelled against the state government by the opposition party in the state, All Progressive Congress, APC over the violation of the state procurement law, noting that It is an unfounded allegation. The party also denied a defamatory allegation by the opposition APC in…
Our attention has been drawn to an interview granted by a chieftain of the All Progress Congress(APC) in which he again repeated his lies about the Osun State Government having taken a loan of Ten Billion Naira to implement current infrastructure programmes across the state. We equally rejected fake news that the state government spent…
