The family of deceased politician, Akinlabi Akinnaso Akinfolarin, allegedly murdered by a soldier in Idanre, Ondo State, at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Centre, is demanding justice. Festus Akingbaso, the lawmaker representing Idanre constituency at the state House of Assembly, who is also the Ifedrore/Idanre federal constituency, House of Representatives member-elect has joined his voice, seeking justice, and stressed that the case must not be swept under the carpet. According to reports on...

A 20-year-old man, Murtala Halliru has been sentenced to six months in a correctional centre by a Kano Shari’a Court for stealing 13 ceiling fans. The court also ordered that 30 strokes of the cane be given to the convict; as well as pay N44, 000 as compensation for the ceiling fans. The convict who lives at Gwammaja Quarters, Kano pleaded guilty to the offence. The prosecution counsel, Aliyu Abideen, had informed the court that...

Operatives of the Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested 19 suspects in connection with an attack on a truck loaded with hundreds of 50kg bags of Rice. Ibrahim Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, explained that the incident occurred along Zaria Road on Sunday at about 11.30 am. Abdullahi said the suspects were arrested and 29 bags of 50kg...