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JUSTICE is usually delayed but when it eventually comes, it is sweet, refreshing, calms frayed nerves but leaves an unforgettable remembrance in the psyche of the victim’s family, relations and acquaintances.Three years ago…

A man suspected to be mentally unstable on Saturday jumped to his death from a bank’s network mast in Sango area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Oyo…

A woman identified as Mrs. Josephine, has been arrested by the Police in Lagos, for allegedly dousing her neighbour, Mrs. Blessing Christopher, with hot water for allegedly greeting her husband. Blessing, in her statement,…

A computer Science graduate, 27-year Atanda Yusuf is currently telling detectives attached to Area D, Lagos State Com-mand, all he knows about how he created fake Face-book accounts of some eminent religious leaders to defraud…

There is palpable tension in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital following the gruesome murder of the Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Comrade Ubong Udo Udofia, by angry…

A Lady has been arrested by the police in Rivers state after stabbing her boyfriend in the eye over a phone call. According to reports, the young man identified as Mr. Abeulah, is a native of Delta but stays in Ogu/Bolo local…

An Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced Seidu Adeyemi to death by hanging. He got the sentence for killing Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of former deputy governor of Ondo State. Khadijat was a…

A 40-year-old man, Abubakar Hamisu, has died of gunshot wounds he sustained while he and his friends were testing the efficacy of a bulletproof charm.The deceased’s friend, Rabe Salisu, 35, sustained gunshot injuries in the…

An 18-year-old female pupil, Mary (not real name), of Fazir-I-Omar Senior High School in Iwaya area of Yaba, Lagos State, has narrated how one of her male teachers allegedly made her to perform oral sex on him in order to…

Two sisters have explained in details to an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Special Offences Court, on how a driver, Gabriel Ogbar, who is their father raped them serially for years. They told told Justice Abiola Soladoye…

An Ikeja High Court has heard how four armed men kidnapped a 60-year-engineer, Jaime Garcia Lacar, from Philippine, who works in Lagos and held him hostage for a week after collected a N4 million ransom…

For allegedly stealing bread, toothpaste, soap and wine from a store, 62-year-old man, Lukman Babatunde, was on Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Babatunde, who resides on…

A mobile policeman in Anambra State, has been detained for allegedly defiling a 35-year-old lady in the premises of one of the new generation banks. The victim (name withheld) was said to have gone to…

A woman, Ibukun Adebayo is fighting for her life in a hospital after being allegedly hacked with a cutlass by her estranged husband, Kehinde Adebayo. Kehinde, it was gathered, accused his wife of engaging in…

Oluwatosin Bakare, an Ibadan-based businessman, on Wednesday told an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, to dissolve his seven-year-old union to his wife, Enitan, because she frequently…

The police in Delta on Thursday said that three persons were suspected to have died by thunderstorm in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state. Delta Commissioner of Police (CP), Adeyinka…

The Niger State Police Command has apprehended 30-year-old Umar Tambari for allegedly beating his wife, Hauwa, to death for alleged acts of disrespect.The incident occurred on February 26, 2019, at Emiworo village in the…

There was confusion in an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday, when a suspect, Abiodun Akinpelu, accused of defiling his five-year-old niece absconded before his arraignment. The…

The police in Ondo State on Monday said they had arrested one  Segun Oni for allegedly killing his brother-in-law, Sunday Oluwadare.According to the police, the suspect allegedly hit the deceased with a big stick on the head…

A comedian on Instagram, Babatunde Ogunleye, popularly known as Oluwadolarz, has accused one Prince Shola Oniru of allegedly assaulting him for parking behind his car.PUNCH Metro learnt that the comedian had on Saturday gone…

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, submitted that Kikogble, who resides in Yaba, cut the hand of Mr Solomon Mifokpo because the latter refused to buy a packet of cigarette  for him. The prosecutor…

The National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, has resolved a 33-year dispute between The Guardian newspaper and its one-time foreign correspondent in the United States, Dr Ode Okore.The court, in a judgement by Justice Nelson…

A young man has alleged that he was unlawfully arrested by some SARS officers, while he was playing snooker in Ikorodu, Lagos. The man identified as Emmanuel Adegbite, claimed the incident occurred on the 5th of March, 2019. A young…

The police in Lagos have arrested a 33-year-old man, Olawale Aderibigbe, for allegedly using stolen Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards to loot victims’ accounts. Aderibigbe was arrested on Monday at Surulere,…