Human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi has been granted bail in the sum of N30 million by a Magistrate Court in Ekiti State. Farotimi arrived at the Ekiti Magistrate Court on Friday morning amidst a heavy presence of police officers and other law enforcement agents after being remanded at a correctional facility in Ado Ekiti. The…
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has condemned the act of raining direct curses on individuals online, emphasising that such behaviour constitutes cyberbullying and is a punishable offence. Adejobi in a post on X.com on Friday, stated that the act of targeting someone with harsh and abusive language online goes…
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, performed the groundbreaking for the redevelopment of the Ijeh Police Barracks in Obalende, which will deliver 2,200 modern housing units for police officers and their families. The governor also handed 260 new patrol vehicles and other security appliances to the Nigeria Police Force and other supporting security…
Tragedy struck on the Benin-Asaba Expressway on Thursday as a Toyota Sienna vehicle collided with a moving truck, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to five others, including a mother and her four children. The Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and Youth Mobilization to the Delta State Governor, Harrison Gwanishu, shared…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic incident at a children’s funfair in Ibadan, Oyo State, which claimed the lives of several children and left many others injured. In a statement issued on Thursday, the President extended his condolences to the government and people of Oyo State, as well as to…
A United States-based Nigerian, Oluwole Adegboruwa, and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, have been sentenced to a combined 40 years in prison for running a multi-million-dollar drug trafficking network via the dark web. The duo, who were convicted of selling over 300,000 oxycodone pills across multiple states in the US, generated illegal proceeds amounting to $9…
Operative of the Zone 16 Command of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested no fewer than six suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in cybercrime According to a statement on Thursday by the Zonal Police Relations Officer, Mr Emonena Gunn, said the suspects were arrested at the Progress Estate, Eneka, Rukpoku in…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has expressed condolence with the families of children whose lives were lost at the Ibadan funfair stampede in the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday. It was reported that at least 35 persons have been confirmed dead in a stampede that occurred at the Islamic High School, Basorun,…
The Ekiti State Government has dismissed rumours claiming that Governor Biodun Oyebanji is distributing a N25,000 Christmas cash grant. In a statement issued on Thursday, Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, described the claim as unfounded and warned residents to be cautious of fraudulent activities. According to him, the information circulating about a…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered the remand of Isaac Akinola, a 25-year-old man, for allegedly conspiring with others to beat a man to death. Akinola, whose address was not disclosed, faces charges of conspiracy and murder. Magistrate Oluwabusayo Osho stated that the court could not take Akinola’s plea due to…
