Beyond the Headlines
A 37-year-old woman, Mary Ubah, was on Monday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting her neighbour. The defendant, who appeared before Magistrate Ademola Adesanya, is charged on two counts bordering on causing a breach of peace and assault. She, however, pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Asp. Simeon Uche, told the […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed today for a supplementary election after declaring the November 6 exercise inconclusive. The election did not end on first ballot because in Ihiala, which has a total of 148,407 registered voters, not a single ballot was cast. Follow all updates here on Crimefacts.news
Unknown Gunmen on Monday night, shot and killed AVM Mohammed Maisaka, the Proprietor and Managing-Director of MSK Hospital, at his residence in Makarfi, Rigasa ward in Kaduna State. It was gathered that Maisaka, a retired Air Vice Marshall was murdered around 10pm on Monday after the assailants stormed his home. Sources also said Maisaka was […]
Some armed men had attacked the institution in August killing two. Sergeant Solomon, according to reports was picked up on Monday and flown to Kaduna for further investigations. Two separate written communications on the arrest was quoted in some of the reports. The first reads, “On 08 Nov 21, at about 0600hr, NAF07/ 23922, SGT […]
The Sokoto state police command says bandits did not impose new heads and fines on residents of Sabon Birni community. Sabon Birni LGA has come under a series of attacks by gunmen recently. In a statement on Monday, Sanusi Abubakar, police spokesperson, said investigations revealed that the claim is not true. According to the spokesperson, […]
The seventh defendant in the murder case of Miss Olajide Blessing, a student of the University of Ilorin, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of the Directorate of State Services (DSS). Daud Bashir Adebayo, when called to the witness box on Monday, disclosed that the DSS operative by the name Femi Babalola threatened to […]
The Defence Intelligence Agency says insurgents and secessionists are getting foreign support. Maj.-Gen. Samuel Adebayo, the Chief of Defence Intelligence, stated this in Abuja Monday at the opening of a retreat for Defence Advisers/Attaches Conference. The DIA boss, while requesting collaborative efforts from all stakeholders, also said that the conflicts resulting from insurgents’ activities had […]
The federal government has dismissed the rumour circulating on social media that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos state has “opened up”. On Monday, a post asking motorists to take alternative routes from the Third Mainland Bridge to avoid “major disaster” appeared on WhatsApp. Reacting to the rumour, Boade Akinola, spokesperson of the federal ministry […]
For allegedly evicting their tenants forcefully, two landlords, Chuks Okoye (62) and Abubakar Lawal (40), yesterday, appeared before an Ojo magistrates’ court in Lagos. The defendants whose house addresses were not provided, are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and forceful eviction. The prosecutor, ASP Simeon Uche, told the court that the defendants […]
Elder statesman and chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Elders Council, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said the South-East will soon undergo a massive industrial and economic revolution. Iwuanyanwu disclosed this while addressing the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Worldwide who visited him in his office in Owerri. He said this would be achieved in collaboration with the […]
