A man who was caught with meat from a threatened species of crocodile at the Calgary International Airport earlier this year has been fined $7,500. On Sept. 20, Adeleke Abubakar Ali-Ibironke pleaded guilty in the Alberta Court of Justice to one count of unlawfully importing a species of animal without obtaining the required permits. Ali-Ibironke arrived in…
The presidency has apologised for a claim that President Bola Tinubu was the first African leader to ring the bell at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ). On Tuesday, shortly after performing the act, a statement released by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, claimed Tinubu as…
A Kaiama Magistrate Court in Kwara North Senatorial District has sentenced a 24-year-old man, Tashiu Aminu Lulu to five years imprisonment.Magistrate Abubakar Ahmed Boro convicted Tashiu for criminal charm, assault, force and gross indecency on an 18-year-old girl, Halirat Ismaila. He reportedly committed the act on September 20, 2023, at about 16.25 hours in Woro Community…
The Niger State Police Command has apprehended five suspects allegedly involved in the possession of a human skull for a money ritual along the Minna-Bida road in the state. Initially, it was reported that two of the suspects, Isah Mohammed (26 years old) and Idris Mohammed (28 years old), both from Sakpe village in Edati…
A 24-year-old man Pelumi Folorunsho has been arrested in Ondo for allegedly sodomising his eight-year- old step brother. The suspect, caught by a neighbour while committing the act at their residence at No. 3a, Odige Street, NEPA area in Akure metropolis, is facing trial. Pelumi was subsequently arraigned before an Akure Family Magistrate Court on…
