A 35-year-old Nigerian, who once wrote rap lyrics for Al-Qaeda in Yemen, was sentenced to 22 years in a US prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to terror charges. Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, who was extradited to New York from Nigeria, was jailed by Judge John Gleeson in a US federal court in Brooklyn, prosecutors announced. He…
A 20-year-old East Texas man jumped into a quickly arranged marriage after a judge told him last month he had a choice of getting hitched or spending 15 days in jail on an assault charge. According to court documents obtained on Friday, Smith County Judge Randall Rogers gave the option to Josten Bundy, of Tyler,…
A waiter, Patrick Archibong, who allegedly stole $1,400 dollars (N336, 000 equivalent) from an international traveller was on Wednesday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Archibong, 29, who lives at No. 21, Oredapo St., Akowonjo, Lagos, however, said he was not guilty of the one-count charge of stealing he was charged with.…
A 91-year-old Sydney man was used by drug smugglers to fly 4.5 kilograms of cocaine disguised as soap from India to Australia, police said Tuesday. The man was stopped at Sydney airport on his arrival from New Delhi on July 8th when customs officers became suspicious of the contents of his luggage, officials said. They…
The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it had arrested 13 suspected pipeline vandals. The Commandant, Mr Gabriel Abafi, who made the disclosure while addressing journalists at Ikeja, said the suspects were arrested on Aug. 5 and Aug. 7. Abafi said that eight suspects were arrested…
A deserted hotel belonging to one Olatunji Kabiru being used as a hideout by kidnappers in Oyagbe area of Oyo Alaafin in Atiba Local Government area of Oyo State has been discovered the State Police Command. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Muhammad Katsina, who led his personnel and journalists to the hotel on Tuesday,…
Police on Wednesday paraded 30 people arrested for various crimes ranging from car snatching, kidnapping, murder and cultism in Anambra State. The Commissioner of Police in Anambra state Mr. Hassan Karma said the arrest of the criminals mostly from in Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state was carried out by a…
The authorities of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday in Abuja paraded an alleged fake medical doctor, Martins Ugwu Okpe, who has been working in the federal ministry of health for the past nine years. He was using the name Judge Davidson Daniel. The suspect is an indigene of Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue…
At today’s sitting, counsel to the EFCC Kelvin Uzozie prayed the court to make an order of final forfeiture of the companies based on their plea. Justice Yinusa after reviewing the facts convicted the companies and made an order of final forfeiture of their assets to the Federal Government, citing provision of the EFCC Establishment…
As fresh facts begin to emerge about the Ikorodu banks robbery operation where N80 million was reportedly carted away a fortnight ago, one of the suspects has revealed that they planned the operation at a meeting that lasted 30 minutes. It was also discovered that 12 members of the gang were recruited from the Niger…
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