Category: Metro
Oil mogul, Abdulrahman Bashir jailed in UK
Abdulrahman Bashir, the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited has been jailed in the United Kingdom.
Justice Butcher of Englan [...]
Shari’ah council asks Kano govt to execute singer for blasphemy
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano state government to execute the court judgement that found Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a singer, g [...]
Mompha sues EFCC for N5m over fresh arrest
Instagram billionaire, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the [...]
How herdsmen killed my fiancé, kidnapped me – Oyo female farmer
A businesswoman, Modupeoluwa Oyetoso, has been mourning the death of her fiancé, who was shot by suspected herdsmen at the Lanlete area of the Ibarapa [...]
Police arrest two officers over serial killer’s escape in Ibadan
Two policemen have been arrested in connection with the escape of Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect in the serial killings that rocked Akinyele Local [...]
EFCC re-arrests Instagram billionaire, Mompha for alleged money laundering
Popular social media personality and self acclaimed Instagram billionaire, Ismaila Mustapha, more popularly known as Mompha, has been rearrested by th [...]
Blasphemy: US agency kicks as Kano court jails 13-year-old boy for 10 years
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has faulted the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State sentencing a 13-year-o [...]
Quantity surveyor bags 50-year imprisonment for raping student
An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court has sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), to 50-year imprisonment [...]
Police rescue another man locked up for 15 years by father in Kano
The police command in Kano State, yesterday, rescued another man who was allegedly placed in solitary confinement by his father for 15 years in the st [...]
Serial killer escapes from police custody in Oyo
The Oyo state police command, on Sunday, confirmed the escape of Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer, from its custody.
Olugbenga Fadeyi, the [...]