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Rape of admission seeker: Unilag lecturer bags 21 years in jail 

  A part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Afeez Baruwa, is  to spend  21 years in jail for raping an 18-year-old...

2.5bn laundering: Magu wants Diezani extradited to face trial

    For allegedly plundering Nigeria’s whopping $2.5 billion, former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani K. Alison-Madueke, should be extradited to face trial without...

State House, Abuja, Director assassinated

    Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have killed a senior official of the  State House, Abuja,  Laetitia Naankang Dagan.   Fagan, an Assistant Director...

Royal father confirms he was viciously assaulted by ‘nuisance’ Oluwo of Iwo

  The Agbowu of Ogbagbaa, Oba Sikirulahi Akinropo, has confirmed that he was viciously attacked inside the office of the AIG, Bashir Makama, by...

Army Corporal ln Trouble For Brutalizing Abuja Disco Female Staff Over Disconnection 

   ….unions threaten service withdrawal over assault, others An Army Corporal, Ibrahim Auta NA07NA2672 of the 266, Light Battalion, Abuja has reportedly pounced...

Malabu Oil : Adoke faces fresh 7-count Charge 

    A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, was on Monday arraigned on fresh seven-count charge...

Articulated vehicle driver breaks into VP Osinbajo’s motorcade, faces trial 

  For breaking into Vice-PresIdent Yemi Osinbajo’s motorcade, a 43-year-old truck driver, Abubakar Musa, has been arraigned at a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja,...

Shock, disbelief as bloodthirsty 23-year-old man knifes parents to death

  Residents of No. 6, Akeem Gbadamosi Street in Ejigbo area of Lagos, woke up to grieve over the coldblooded murder of a father...

How BVN exposes Petroleum Equalisation Fund GM’s multi-billion naira graft

  …arrested by ICPC Mr Goddy Nnadi, the General Manager (Corporate Services), Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) has been nabbed by the Independent Corrupt...

UPDATED: Policeman commits suicide in Lagos cell

  Confusion, fright and grief has enveloped the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, following the discovery of a policeman, simply identified as...

In self-defence, woman severes attempted rapist’s penis 

Apparently in self-defence, a woman in Pakistan has cut off the penis of a 28-year-old man trying to rape her. The brave 25-year-old...

$82,570 internet fraud: Mother, son jailed 3 years each

      Trapped in the quicksand of internet fraud, a mother and son are to spend 12 years in jail each for...

Ex-Kogi Commissioner bags 19 years in jail for N20m fraud

   For stealing about N20 million naira while in office, a former Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Zachaeus Atte, has been jailed...

Man, 37, faces trial in court for noise-making at police station

A 37-year-old businessman, Lawrence Atikekeresola, got more than what he bargained for allegedly making a noise at a police station in Lagos. He...

Corruption: Transparency International ranks Nigeria 146 out of 180

No Evidence to Back up claim, FG Reacts   Nigeria has been ranked the 146th most corrupt country out of 180 countries on...