Author: Kwara Reporters

Men of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested three members of an armed syndicate that targets Dangote trailers plying the highways in the State.In a statement by the spokesman of the command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, on Saturday, he said the Police acting on a tip stormed the hideout of the syndicate at Nnokwa, Idemili North Local Government Area where the three suspects were arrested while vandalizing two trailers.He said the vandalized head of one of the trailers was recovered while the whereabouts of the other is yet to be ascertained. According to him, the suspects have been taken into…

In a major breakthrough against economy saboteurs, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, have apprehended eight individuals suspected of oil theft.The arrest occurred during a routine patrol of the antivandal unit of the command, where the suspects were caught red-handed transporting 13 industrial tanks and 50 drums, each containing 200 liters of adulterated diesel.According to a short statement via the corps’ Facebook page, an antivandal unit on a routine patrol, spotted the suspicious activities of the suspects, leading to a swift and decisive action.Upon inspection, the operatives discovered the illicit cargo, consisting of…

Lawyers, litigants, and journalists were ordered to vacate the courtroom of a Federal High Court Abuja where the trial of Tukur Mamu was held.When the matter was called on Friday, counsel from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), who is prosecuting the case on the Federal Government’s behalf, David Kaswe, told the court that their witnesses were in court for the trial.Kaswe then urged Justice Inyang Ekwo to enforce the order earlier granted, for all parties not party to the suit to vacate the court.Justice Ekwo, who granted the prayer, ordered everyone to vacate the court, except…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to declare him the winner of the February 25 presidential election, having won won in 21 states.This was as he stated that the winner announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, was not qualified to contest the election “having regard to an order of criminal forfeiture against him arising from a drug-related offence, his declaration of allegiance to a country other than Nigeria and acquisition of citizenship of another country and presenting a forged certificate to the first respondent (INEC)’.Atiku also…

Nigerian skit maker, Abdullahi Maruff Adisa, popularly called Trinity Guy, has regained freedom from prison.It was earlier reported that the police invited the skit maker in connection with a prank video that involved a minor.Thereafter, a Family Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, ordered his remand to Agodi correctional facility.It also arraigned and remanded Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife, Rofiat, 29, who are parents of the victim on two-count charges of conspiracy and sexual abuse and exploitation alongside the skit maker.Disclosing his release on Friday night, a fellow skit maker, Abdugalfar Abiola, popularly known as Cute Abiola, announced…

Nigerian comedian, Freedom Okpetoritse Atsepoyi, popularly known as Mr Jollof, has revealed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, “used and dumped” him.The Warri-born Internet sensation said he was a staunch supporter of President Bola Tinubu and the APC but decamped to the camp of the former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 elections, after he came across a portion of the bible that talks about correcting one’s wrongs.Mocking Nigerians over the current hike in fuel price and general economic hardship, Mr Jollof said he warned the citizens…

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Kano State Government and other respondents to jointly pay two residents of Salanta quarters in Kano metropolis the sum of N1 million each for attempting to demolish their properties.The presiding judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, held in a ruling on Friday that the state government and its agents’ action of marking the properties of one Saminu Shehu Muhd and Tasiu Shehu Muhd possibly for demolition without following due process was an infringement to the applicant’s right to own immovable property as guaranteed by combine sections of 43 and 44 of the Constitution…

The Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission has sacked six traditional rulers for allegedly dabbling in partisan politics.Channels Television reports that the affected traditional rulers are from Bauchi and the Katagum Emirates of the State.This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Acting Permanent Secretary, Bauchi State Local Government Service Commission, Nasiru Dewu.“The Local Government Service Commission has approved the dismissal of six traditional rulers from Bauchi and Katagum Emirate Councils based on partisan politics, misconduct, illegal forest reserve encroachment and felling of trees, misappropriation of public funds and insubordination which is contrary to the civil service rules.“The…

The family of a police inspector, Taiye Atobiloye, who died after being detained at the ‘D’ Division of the Kogi State Police Command, has urged the new Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to investigate the incident.Following the inspector’s, the former IG, Usman Baba, gave an order for an autopsy to be conducted on the corpse.He had sworn that justice would be served in the matter.The autopsy report, which was obtained by Saturday PUNCH, revealed that the policeman had violent marks on his body.He was also said to have been starved and had hypertension.However, the deceased’s family lamented the silence of…

A popular and embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, who was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment for child defilement, has spent one year of his prison term at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos State.He was convicted of the crime on July 14, 2022, and was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment on four of the six-count charge—indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration, and sexual assault by penetration— preferred against him.Recall that James was arrested on April 22, 2021, and first appeared before Magistrate P.E. Nwaka of the Yaba Magistrate Court…