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Florida man, Patrick Shurod Campbell, 27, was booked into Palm Beach County’s Main Detention Centre, allegedly for abusing his dog, Dimitri.Authorities received a complaint about the abuse after a 911 caller reported hearing “slamming…

A bread seller, Marian Folarin, on Thursday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that it was her lover that impregnated her and not her husband, Kayode Folarin.The mother-of-four in her original petition to the court accused her…

This is very sad. A day which was meant to be one of the happiest days of a man’s life – turned out to be one of the worse moments after a mishap occurred on the way for his traditional wedding in Umuahia, Abia state. According to…

Property developer jailed for 2,670 years for duping 133 tenants of N25m, he is also going to forfeit his building to the state government. A property developer, Alhaji Ayobami Oseni, has been sentenced to 2,670 years imprisonment by…

Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 25 years old man, Saliu Oladapo for allegedly stabbing his presumed 19 years old girlfriend; Chinyere Ebere to death. Ebere who has just finished her West African Secondary School…

A 35-year-old man, Bawa Joshua, was on Monday tried before in Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly pouring hot semovita on his wife, Grace. The police prosecutor, Johnson Okunade, told the court that the defendant…

Brau Ibrahim, a notorious gang leader of kidnappers better known as Rambo, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector Genral of Police Response Team (IRT) attached to Operation Absolute Sanity, which was recently launched by IGP…

A baboon has attacked a year old girl in Victoria fall, Zambia, in an attempt to drag a doll from her. Narrating the incident, the mother of the child, Jean Gama, said she did not believe the girl would survive the vicious attack by…

A businesswoman, Monalisa Okoye, who allegedly obtained N122 million from a customer under false pretence, was at the weekend, arraigned at an Igbosere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. Okoye, 35, who operated under the name, ‘Throne…

Two thieves have been arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, after they allegedly robbed unsuspecting bank customers of N500,000. But were shortly after, robbed by another deadlier gang of the loot. The victims…

•Alleges racial discrimination A NIGERIAN woman is in court against the United Airlines, claiming the carrier racially discriminated against her in removing her from her flight at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport following a…

Drama ensued yesterday when a young man identified as Longolaginro, stormed a police station with a box of money and rats, showing his interest in the arrest of the Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA for allowing rats to destroy his hhard…

A pastor’s wife, Mrs. Uzoamaka Ibeneme, on Friday, lost her 21-year-old marriage, when an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, dissolved the union on grounds of adultery. Mr. Akin Akinniyi, the court president, who delivered the…

A Kaduna State High Court in Zaria, on Friday adjourned till July 30, the suit instituted against two officials of a commercial bank over alleged use of a customer’s bank account to siphon N33 million from the bank. The case is…

The Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Friday dissolved a five -year-old marriage between a 35 year-old trader, Bilikisu Azeez and her husband Olusesi Azeez , over sex starvation. Bilikisu had told the court that her husband,…

Pastor Tobiloba Ipense, the founder of Holy Garden Ministry Zion C and S Church, has been remanded in Prison by an Ifo Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ifo, Ogun State on Thursday for  allegedly killing his lover, Raliat Sanni, and burying her…

There was drama in a Zimbabwean court when a suspect threatened to assault a magistrate, Caroline Tafira, whom he felt, as a female magistrate, lacked the capacity to adjudicate his case. Tatenda Mkanganwi of Tabungaidzwa village,…

A man, identified simply as Amos, has drowned in Atabong River in Eket, Akwa Ibom State after deciding to take a swim while under the influence of alcohol. According to reports, the 30-year-old man had on Sunday attended the…

Magistrate O.A. Adedayo of the Ogba Magistrates court has sentenced a 60-year-old pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to 18 months imprisonment for defrauding one Dr Emeka Ugwunze of N9 million. Pastor Jamiu Ishola…

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested one of the four robbery suspects declared wanted for attacks on banks in Offa, Kwara State.The suspect, Michael Adikwu, an ex-policeman, was said to…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, Christopher Okadigbo,  for allegedly killing his 82-year-old mother, Roseline Okadigbo. Also arrested was a suspected accomplice, Ameke Udolu. The first son of the…

A woman identified as Mrs. Delight has raised an alarm on her brother-in-law, Mr. Michael who according to her defiled her 11-year-old daughter. She called the Chritsianah Fate Foundation, who rescued the little girl and facilitated…

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the remand of one Udeme Odibi, a lawyer, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death. The accused, 48, who was arraigned on a charge of murder, was remanded in Kirikiri…

The Jigawa Police Command said it had arrested a 45-year-old housewife (name withheld), who allegedly poisoned to death her 14-year old housemate, Zulfa’u Amadu, in Kangan Village in Taura local government area. The command’s Public…