Court Jails Stockbroker Seven Years For N20m Fraud
Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Kudirat Jose yesterday convicted and sentenced one Tajudeen Folaji to seven years imprisonment. Folaji was found guilty on one-count charge of...
View ArticleBrutalisation: Police Hand Over Irate Cadets To NAF
The Police in Lagos have handed over cadets Peters Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad, who were intercepted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, last Wednesday, while manhandling an artisan, Dahiru...
View ArticleNigerian Sees Four-Year-Old Grandson In ISIS Video
A four-year-old gun-bearing boy shown in a recent Islamic State (ISIS) video has been confirmed to be partly Nigerian. According to a report by The Telegraph the grandfather of the boy, Mr. Sunday...
View ArticleBirth Defects Linked To Use Of Antidepressant Drug
Using paroxetine, a medication prescribed to treat conditions including depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder, during the first trimester of pregnancy may...
View ArticlePoliceman Kills Father Of 2 In Aba
A policeman attached to Eziama Police Division shot dead a father of two (Ikeokwu Onyemachi), while attempting to seize his motorcycle at Ogbor Hill, Aba, Abia State, yesterday. Late Onyemachi, a Port...
View ArticlePolice Grant Amnesty To 12 Repentant Cultists In Ogun
Ogun State Police, yesterday, publicly granted amnesty to 12 cultists after they had denounced their membership of various cult groups in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali...
View ArticleSexy MYOA Wows With New Album
By Sam Anokam The talent of Oluwamayowa Morenike Sobamowo popularly known as MYOA (pronounced like IOWA) could be described as a combination of top musicians like Desiree, Asa, Basia and Sade Adu. Her...
View ArticleFayose Pours Encomium On Wife At 52
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described his wife, Feyisetan, as a great source of support and God’s grace he enjoys as a politician and the leader of the current administration in...
View ArticleDoctor Arrested For Duping, Impregnating Client
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a native doctor, Ifatade Elegbeleye, for allegedly duping and impregnating a female client, Cecilia (pseudonym), in the Ipaja area of the state. The...
View ArticleMy Gang Killed 15 Persons -Tiamiyu
A 23-year-old suspected member of the Aiye Confraternity, Kazeem Tiamiyu, says his gang has killed no fewer than 15 persons in Ogun State since he joined in 2012. He spoke on Monday while being paraded...
View Article‘How I Dumped My Kids For Botched Libya Trip’
*Victim’s mum: God said she should go One of the four women saved from being trafficked to Libya last week has said she dumped her two children for her husband for the botched trip. Twenty-six-year-old...
View ArticleE24-7 Magazine Launches Nollywoodnewsnow On Radio
Lovers of Nollywood, Nigeria’s fast-growing film industry can now interact with their favourite artistes, producers and directors on Nollywoodnewsnow On Radio. Nollywoodnewsnow, currently an online...
View ArticleFive Killed, Five Injured In Ikorodu Cult Clash
Five persons were killed and five others injured in a cult clash in Ikorodu, Lagos on Tuesday. The fight between the Aye and Eiye confraternities was said to have started around 1am during Itunmeko...
View ArticleInspector Falls Off Speeding Commercial Bus, Dies
The police have arrested a 40-year-old driver, Moshood Ekunsumi, for allegedly killing a police inspector, Stephen Nzerem, on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. The suspect’s conductor, who is at large, has...
View ArticleJonathan Now Grandfather
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has become a grandfather as h is foster daughter, Inebharapu Paul, has put to bed. In photos posted by ABUJA FACTS, a joyful Jonathan posed with Inebharapu, her...
View Article‘How LASTMA Officials Caused My Friend’s Death’
A coroner’s inquest into the death of one Ikechukwu Abasirim was, yesterday, told how the deceased was crushed by a vehicle being pursued by the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA,...
View ArticleEnvironmental Task Force Arrests 81 Miscreants, Two Robbery Suspects
Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offence Unit yesterday paraded two suspected armed robbers arrested at Idera City Scheme, Eleko, Lekki, Lagos. This was even as the Olubukola Abe-led...
View ArticleLassa Fever: Lagos Places 132, Hospital Under Watch
*Index victim came in from Zaria nine days ago Following the outbreak of the deadly Lassa fever in Lagos, the state government yesterday placed 132 possible contacts of the infected person under...
View ArticleInternet Scam Suspect Nabbed For Impersonation
An Internet scam suspect, Elom Nzube, says he hacked into the Twitter account of a Tanzanian, Dr. Reginald Remengi, in order to “just impersonate” him. Nzube, 25, reportedly reached out to Mrs. Tinu...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Lagos, Ogun Bank Robberies’ Coordinator
*End 20-year reign The Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) has arrested the elusive coordinator of the Lekki, Ikorodu, Festac and Agbarra bank robberies which...
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