Kwara CJ frees 16 prison inmates

Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Suleiman Kawu, has  pardoned 16 inmates of OkeKura and Mandala Prisons in the state capital.

Drug dealing: Court remands octogenarian in old people’s home

An 87-year-old woman, Agbomabiwon Maria Seriki, was remanded at the Lagos State home for old people, Yaba, by Justice Hadizat Rabiu-Shagari of a Federal High Court in Lagos over illegal dealing in 10.3kg of Cannabis Sativa.

Yuletide: Lagos threatens to arrest sellers of fireworks

 The  Lagos State Government has vowed to arrest, prosecute any resident who sells, distributes or uses fireworks.

Abducted Britons: IG’s men battle for life after clash with kidnappers

Two operatives of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), who went to arrest the kidnappers that abducted four Britons in Delta State, are presently battling to stay alive in a hospital.

Woman, others arraigned for beating DPO

Seven people, including women, were arraigned at an Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for allegedly battering a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, while on his way to perform his official duty.

It’s in my blood to do evil, says robbery suspect

A robbery suspect, Bello Umar 32, yesterday told the police that it was in his blood to rob and do evil things.

Soldier held for robbery warns CP: ‘Don’t call me fake’

Sergeant Anthony Okologbo, attached to the Nigeria Army Engineering Regiment, Onitsha, Anambra State, has been arrested by policemen from the Delta State Police Command for driving a stolen vehicle.