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Naira abuse: Plea bargain: Cubana Chief Priest pays N10m to FG, case struck out

Following a plea bargain, Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed the naira abuse charge brought by...

Caught in the act! Nigerian magistrate pilfering frozen bank account of petitioner

Three magistrates and a registrar of the Kano High Court are facing serious disciplinary action for misconduct, as one of the magistrates was...

Lagos Police Command detains two officers for unauthorized operation resulting in civilian’s death

The Lagos State Police Command has taken two police officers into custody in connection with an unauthorized operation that resulted in the death...

Abuja Court rejects Abba Kyari’s latest bail application

Abba Kyari, the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, renewed his request for bail until the conclusion of his trial, but Justice Emeka Nwite...

Access Bank staff, two others hack bank’s system, steal N3.5bln, remanded in prison

For allegedly hacking Access Bank’s network and stealing N3.5 billion, a Lagos High Court has hauled three men, including a senior manager of...

Timileyin’s murder: 25 Ajayi Crowther Varsity students arraigned, remanded in Ibadan prison

Twenty-five students of Ajayi Crowther University have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, over the murder of...

Assault on nurse: Police arraign Oriokpa masquerader

The Enugu State Police Command says it has apprehended and charged a masquerader, Ugwuoke Ebube, a 22-year-old, who allegedly assaulted a nurse in...

Ataga’s murder: Blood stain on Chidinma’s dress matches deceased’s blood, forensic expert reveals

A new revelation in the murder case of Super TV’s CEO, Usifo Ataga, has confirmed that the blood stain on Chidimma Ojukwu’s red...

Invasion of Oyo Govt Secretariat: Police parade 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators in Ibadan

The police in Ibadan paraded no fewer than 21 suspected Yoruba Nation agitators on Monday, including a female and two elderly men in...

Naira abuse: Bobrisky to spend six months in jail, court rules

Controversial social media personality, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been handed a six-month prison sentence without an option of a...

From glamour to gavel: Bobrisky’s transition from best dressed to EFCC custody

In the glitz and glamour of Eniola Ajao’s recent movie premiere, all eyes were on Nigeria’s controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as...

Bobrisky convicted of naira abuse, to remain in EFCC custody until April 9 for sentencing 

A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted controversial cross-dresser and social media celebrity Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, for naira abuse....

Qatar-bound illicit drug trafficker busted at Lagos airport, narcotics concealed in African salad, dried veggies

A 35-year-old woman named Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue has been taken into custody by agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after...

Out of rage, father, son fatally batter neighbour’s wife

In Ogijo, Ogun State, a man and his son pounced on Tope Owoade, 43, the wife of a neighbour living together in a...

Chinese man to die by hanging for stabbing his Nigerian girlfriend to death

A Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong, who killed his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, has an appointment with the hangman. This is the verdict of...

NDLEA Nab Hairstylist, Dispatch Rider For Allegedly Selling Drug-Laced Chin-Chin To Students, At Parties

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has detained a 20-year-old hair stylist named Josephine Odunu and a 30-year-old dispatch rider named Edesemi...