2022: 324 persons die, 1,706 sustain injuries in Kogi – FRSC
A total of 324 persons were killed in 2022, while 1,706 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the same period in road accidents in Kogi State, the Federal Road…
Gunmen miss Catholic priest, abduct catechist in Kaduna
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State. It was gathered that the gunmen…
Gunmen kidnap Taraba monarch, wives, children
Heavily armed men suspected to be kidnappers have again kidnapped a traditional ruler in Taraba State. The traditional ruler, Sani Suleiman Duna, was kidnapped around 1 am on Friday alongside…
Court remands 8 Sharia judges, 7 others for allegedly stealing N99m
A magistrate court in Kano State has ordered eight Sharia Court judges and seven Sharia Commission staff members to be remanded in prison custody over the allegation of diversion of…
Adamawa court remands man caught with machetes
The Jimeta Area Court II in Yola, capital of Adamawa State, has remanded a suspected member of a notorious youth gang, Shila Boys, caught with machetes. The court ordered the…
Two traditional rulers arrested over train kidnap in Edo
The Edo State Government on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two traditional rulers over the kidnapping of passengers waiting to board a train from Igueben station to Warri in Delta…
Fire guts Ogun agric commissioner’s house
The residence of the Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Samson Odedina, was on Thursday gutted by fire. The house located at Kemta Idi-Aba Area of Abeokuta was said to have…
Man nabbed in Adamawa over alleged money-printing fraud
A man, Usman Garba, has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State over alleged N2.5 million money-printing fraud. The 45-year-old Garba was arrested after allegedly collecting the N2.5 million…
Government worker arraigned for performing ‘juju’ on daughter in Abuja
A civil servant, Moses Saka, faces trial in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada in Abuja for allegedly using ‘juju’ on his daughter. The police charged 36-year-old Saka and an accomplice…
My husband said our marriage was being controlled by demonic spirits – Wife tells court
A trader, Sarata Olagunju, on Thursday, told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to grant her divorce on the grounds that her husband, Adewale, said the union was…