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The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 45-year-old businesswoman, Josephine Okpai, to 200 hours of community service for unlawful dealing in 1.3kg of cannabis sativa. Also sentenced was a 44-year-old fashion designer, Waheed Olayiwola, who bagged 250 hours of community service for selling 145kg of hard drugs. While pleading for […]
The Nigeria Police Force said its officers will no longer torture suspects whenever they are arrested and held in the custody. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. His comment comes after the report of arrest of some suspected killers of the Divisional Police […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested suspected cultists and kidnappers allegedly responsible for chaos in the state. The police also said they had apprehended five suspected kidnappers who allegedly extorted money from their victims. The state Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, while parading over a score of suspected criminals at the command headquarters in […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a man, Ugochukwu Onuoha, to life imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old minor, his neighbour’s daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution had established beyond reasonable doubt, the charge of defilement against Onuoha. Oshodi said the prosecutrix (survivor) was a child at […]
Two medical doctors identified as Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye were docked by Lagos State Government before an Ikeja High Court for causing the death of one Ejiro Ugorobi over negligence. Atiba, a doctor at the Gbagada General Hospital and Ugbeye, a consultant with a national orthopedic hospital, are facing a count charge of involuntary […]
An imposter posing as Kuda Bank customer care on X is using phishing attacks to get sensitive information of Kuda customers under the guise of dispute resolution. FIJ found that @Helpteam_live usually responds to X users who tag @kudahelp_ng, the official customer care handle of Kuda Bank, on issues revolving around failed transfers or other problems they may […]
…Residents must be vigilant – security experts Many residents in Lagos State have raised concern over the growing number of components of luxury cars that are being stolen across the state. It is becoming a reality that cars, especially the more expensive ones, are being stolen piecemeal nowadays. Car thieves no longer find it fanciful […]
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency is planning to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Boys’. This was according to a statement by the commission on Friday of Olukoyede speaking on Thursday when a delegation of the National Association of University Students led […]
It’s just the third month of the year and Nigeria has had more mass abduction victims than it did in 2019 and 2020 combined. This was disclosed in an intelligence report published by SB Morgen Intelligence, an international security intelligence-gathering firm, on Wednesday. According to the report, there have been 68 mass abductions in 2024, with 1,867 […]
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, announced that it generated N28.9 billion from cargoes imported into the country through the airport between January and February. By this, the command said it surpassed its January and February, 2024, revenue target. Customs Area Controller, Mohammed Yusuf, also disclosed that the command […]
