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Another UK-based Nigerian bags five-years’ jail term for rape
A UK court has sentenced 33-year-old Segun Ogundipe, a Nigerian resident of Tuffley Lane, Gloucester, to five years in prison for…
Lagos seals Lekki estate over sewage
The Lagos State Government has sealed Myca 7 Court in Van Daniel Estate, off Orchid Road, Lekki, for allegedly discharging sewage…
EFCC arrests 66 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos, Ogun
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 66 suspected internet fraudsters during sting operations…
Suspected serial killer ‘Olori Esho’ remanded in Lagos prison
Magistrate Mobolaji Tanimola of the Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba on Tuesday ordered the remand of 44-year-old Wasiu…
Nigerian faces 47 years in jail for $819,000 US fraud
A France-based Nigerian, Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, is facing a potential 47-year prison sentence after being extradited to the…
21 Foreigners jailed for Cybercrime
Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted 21 foreign nationals for their involvement in sophisticated…
Police arraign suspected Lagos assassin for murder
A suspected hired assassin, Wasiu Akinwande, is currently facing trial at the Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos, where he has been…
Four arrested over missing day-old baby in Ekiti hospital
Police in Ekiti State have arrested four suspects in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby from Okeyimi Health…
Police arrest two sisters, others for staged kidnapping in Abuja
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested four individuals—including two sisters and their…
Physically challenged woman, six others jailed 93 years for drug offences…
A Federal High Court in Benin City, Edo State, has handed a cumulative 93-year prison sentence to a physically challenged…