KANO — The Proprietor of Nobel Kids Academy and North West Preparatory School, Kano, Abdulmalik Tanko the principal suspect who masterminded the kidnap and killing of a five-year-old school girl, Hanifa Abubakar has been convicted to death by hanging. Justice Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano on Thursday sentenced the accused to five years imprisonment for four counts of charges leveled against him. The five Count Charges included the Kidnapping...

A repentant leader of bandits in Zamfara State, Ado Aleru, was on Saturday, 16 July 2022, turbaned as Sarkin Fulani (Chief of Fulanis) of Yandoto Emirate by the Emir of Yandoto Daji Emirate, Aliyu Garba Marafa. The spokesperson of the emirate, Lawali Magaji, said the title of Sarkin Fulani was conferred on Aleru considering his present status as a peace-maker within the emirate. He added that with this development, Aleru now has more power to...

LAGOS — The Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court sitting in the Ikeja area of the state has convicted Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, of sexually assaulting a minor. The embattled actor, who was arraigned on June 24, 2021, has been in a protracted legal battle after he was said to have sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. He was arraigned before the court on a six-count charge of sexual...

The Chairman/CEO of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Muhammad Buba Marwa (retired) says the agency has secured the conviction of at least 984 drug addicts and traffickers from January 2022 to date. Marwa who disclosed this at his personal residence in Yola, the Adamawa State capital when he granted an audience to the new Executives of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Adamawa State council led by its Chairman, Comrade Ishaka Donald Dedan. “About 15...

U.S singer, R. Kelly, real name Robert Sylvester Kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing women, girls, and boys. Judge Ann Donnelly handed down the term on Wednesday at the federal court in Brooklyn, New York City, nearly a year after the 55-year-old R&B artist was convicted by a New York jury of racketeering and sex trafficking crimes. Judge Donnelly said the celebrity had used his celebrity status to sexually...

Rashid Shino (23yrs) ritualist suspected to have kidnapped a three-year-old girl; Mercy has been arrested by the Taraba State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN). Munir Bello Arabi, the Jalingo local government Commander of the VGN, said the suspect was arrested at his single rented room residence in Magami area in Jalingo Local Government Area of the state. “The arrest of the suspect followed a report received of a missing girl from the...

Like his colleague, James Olanrewaju, also known as Baba Ijesha, who has been in a protracted legal battle involving rape allegations of a minor, Moses Armstrong has also been entangled in an alleged rape case with a minor. It was gathered that the Nollywood actor allegedly committed the act with a 16-year-old girl about three years ago. The alleged victim, who was said to have been schooling outside Nigeria, returned to the country recently and...