A Magistrates’Court in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday ordered that a 29-year-old man named Aliu Oladeji, be remanded in a custodial centre for allegedly beating a thief to death.The police charged Oladeji, who resides in the Ayedaade area, with conspiracy and murder.The Magistrate, I. O. Osho, who did not take the plea of Oladeji, ordered that he should be remanded in the Abolongo Custodial Centre, Oyo town, pending legal advice.She directed the police to return the ca...

A Magistrate court sitting in Kaiama in Kwara state has sentenced a 28-year-old man, Abubakar Bani, to six months imprisonment for stealing tubers of yam.Bani was arraigned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Kwara State Command for stealing tubers of yam from farms in Tenebo village, Kaiama local government area of the state.The Public Relations Officer of the corps in the state, Babawale Afolabi, said the suspect was caught on August 30, 2021,...

The General Overseer of a popular church in Lagos has been remanded for fraud. The suspect, the general Overseer of the Greater Glory Tabernacle, located at No. 26 Afurugbin off Ijegemo Road, Ijegun area of Lagos, Prophetess Ngozi Okoye got remanded in prison custody following a fraud.The fraud scandal was reported by a complainant, who is one of her church members, Mrs Buchi Ejiofor. Mrs Buchi claimed that her property located at Ijegun Area of Lagos was sold by th...