No fewer than eight persons have been killed in an inter-cult clash in the Awarra and Ochia communities of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State. A community leader who spoke to PUNCH Metro on condition of anonymity on Thursday…

The Badagry Magistrate Court in Lagos on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 28-year-old man, Stanley Amos, who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Patrick Adekomaiya, directed that Amos be held in the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre in Badagry…

The Elegbedi of Egbedi in Osun State, Oba Muideen Azeez, and four other defendants, standing trial for alleged arson and malicious damage of a farm in Iloba town, were on Thursday remanded in the Ile-Ife Custodial Centre following their inability…

The Kwara State Government on Thursday commended the judgment that convicted the five suspects involved in the Offa bank robbery to death describing it as a “triumph of good over evil.” The government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner…

The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Center, NPF-NCCC has arrested at least four suspects in connection with an alleged case of sextortion and romance scam. Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who made this known in a statement on Thursday…

Justice Hauwa’u Bubari of the Federal High Court in Kaduna has sentenced the duo of Audu Ishida and Elisha Smith to six years imprisonment for fraud. Ishida and Smith were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and…

The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, has arrested two suspected kidnappers who allegedly abducted four travellers along the Owo/Benin Expressway in the Ose Local Government Area of the state. The incident happened barely 72 hours…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has unveiled a robust strategy to reduce Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) during the ember months and beyond across the country. Speaking at the maiden town hall meeting organised by the FCT Sector Command, FRSC, on…

A clergyman in Osun State, Niyi Peter, was arraigned on Thursday before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly defaming popular gospel artiste, Bunmi Akinnaanu, also known by her stage name Omije Ojumi, via social media. Peter, facing…

New York’s scandal-plagued mayor Eric Adams was federally charged Thursday with crimes including wire fraud, soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations and bribery conspiracy, a stunning indictment unsealed amid calls for him to resign. The grand jury indictment follows a sweeping…

A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badagry on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Stanley Amos, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya directed that Amos be held in the…

The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has disclosed that a total of 11 people died as due to flooding in about five local governments of the state. It stated that five lives were lost in Mokwa LGA, two each…

The Kwara State High Court has sentenced five suspects involved in the 2018 Offa bank robbery incident to death. Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court found the five suspects guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery…

Malian singer Rokia Traore will be extradited from Italy to Belgium over an outstanding two-year prison sentence handed down in a child custody dispute, her lawyer said Thursday. The singer and guitarist was sentenced in absentia by a Brussels court…

The Police on Thursday arraigned Mr Ezekiel Ogunbiyi, 32 and Wasiu Sule, 42, before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing pandrol clips worth N220,000. The duo whose addresses were not provided were charged with conspiracy and stealing, to…