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Court Orders Remand Of Four Teenagers At Correctional Home Over Murder Case In Ogun

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court has remanded four teenagers at correctional home for alleged ritual murder of a twenty year-old Sofiat Okeowo. The police had charged twenty years old Balogun Mustakeem, eighteen years old Majekodunmi Soliudeen, nineteen years old Abdulgafar Lukman, and eighteen years old Waris Oladeinde, on a two- count charge of conspiracy and murder […]Continue Reading
Crime

Court Remands Nursing Mother For Theft

Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered that a 21-year-old nursing mother, Mrs Janet Ismail, should be remanded in Ilesha Correctional Center for breaking into a shop to steal clothes.The nursing mother who appeared in court with her newborn baby pleaded not guilty to the two-count of burglary and stealing.The Police Prosecutor, Inspector […]Continue Reading
Judiciary

DPP Exonerate Female Suspect in Kidnap Case

Department of Public Prosecution in Oyo State has exonerated the only female among suspects alleged of kidnapping the twins of an Ibadan based Islamic Preacher, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold. The Suspect, Rafiu Modinat is facing trial alongside six others including her husband Rafiu Mutiu for their different roles played in kidnapping the twins and collection of […]Continue Reading
Crime

Political Thuggery:Seven Remanded In Akure

Seven suspected political thugs arrested last week with firearms in Ose Local Government, Ondo State, have been remanded at the Nigerian Correctional Service Centre, Olokuta in Akure. They were remanded by an Akure Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Tope Aladejana. The seven suspects were arrested by security agents along Ikaro road, Ifon headquarters of […]Continue Reading
Crime

Court Jails Man for Stealing Plantain

An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Ile-Ife has sentenced a35-year-old man, Maruf Ojo, to one-month in jail for stealing plantainworth N55, 000. The defendant was said to have stolen bunches of plantain, valued atN55,000, belonging to one Oladipupo Sunday contrary to the criminalCode, Laws of Osun, 2002. The police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi told […]Continue Reading