Tragedy visited Plateau state on Monday evening as three persons lost their lives while four sustained degree of injuries as a trailer rammed into a tricycle. The incident happened along Farin Gada road in Jos North.Peter Yakubu, spokesperson of the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), and Nura Ussaini Magaji, State branch […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has seized unregistered food products worth N3.8 billion in a warehouse in Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Tuesday. The statement read, “NAFDAC’s Investigation & Enforcement Directorate raided a warehouse at Apongbon Oke Arin Market, following a tip-off about the […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has disclosed that the Nigeria Police Force recorded a total of 30,313 arrests, recovered 1,984 firearms, and 23,250 ammunition in 2024. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, noted that Egbtokun made the disclosure at a strategic meeting held on Tuesday, with […]
An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has indefinitely postponed the inauguration of the Sharia court earlier scheduled to be held on January 11, 2025. The group made this disclosure in a statement signed by the Khadimul Muslimeen of Oyo Kingdom, Imam Daud Igi […]
An 18-year-old suspect, Fatiyah Abdulhakeem, accused of killing a retired Permanent Secretary in Niger State, Adamu Jagaba, has died while in police detention. Reliable police sources told Daily Trust that Abdulkareem died on Thursday but they could not tell the cause of his death. The suspect was recently paraded by the Commissioner of Police in […]
A magistrate’s court in Ogba, Lagos, has granted bail to TikToker Olumide Ogunsanwo, popularly known as Seaking, setting the amount at ₦500,000 with two sureties in the same sum. The court’s decision on Monday followed Seaking’s arrest on Saturday after he posted a video on social media allegedly inciting attack on police officers should they […]
Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi has regained freedom after meeting his bail conditions, and is on his way to his Lagos home. The development was disclosed by politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore. He was arrested earlier in the month for allegedly defaming Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and founder of Afe […]
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi, at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The remand order followed their arraignment in connection […]
An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has set plans to unveil a Sharia court in the state and its environs. The group, in a flier that went viral on Tuesday, invited guests from across the country to the court’s inauguration ceremony, which will […]
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has rejected the request from Chief Afe Babalola’s (SAN) law firm, Emmanuel Chambers, to revoke the practising licence of lawyer and author Tomilola Farotimi, also known as Dele Farotimi, over allegations of criminal defamation and professional misconduct. A petition submitted by a lawyer from Emmanuel Chambers, Mr. Ola Faro, was […]
