GWAGWALADA (FCT), —  A Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, FCT, on Wednesday sentenced a 48-year-old plumber, Isiaka Garuba, to two months’ community service for stealing a generator set. Garuba of Sabo Iddo village, Abuja, pleaded guilty to theft of a generator set and begged the court for leniency. Delivering his judgment, the Magistrate, Yusuf Ibrahim, however, sentenced Garuba to two months’ community service. Ibrahim ordered that the community service should be for three hours daily. The magistrate...

LAGOS —  A 24-year-old unemployed man, Ajibola Odusanya, on Tuesday, appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding his two friends of 880,000. Odusanya, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP. Ben Ekundayo told the court that the defendant committed the offences in February in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ekundayo said the defendant fraudulently collected 685,000 from Mr. Folorunsho...

PORT HARCOURT — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt. A spokesman for EFCC in Rivers, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that the suspects defrauded their victims of undisclosed sums of money and properties. “The suspects were arrested at God City Estate in Rumualgu and No. 23, Sam Mba Close, off NTA Akparale Road, all in Port Harcourt....