Metro

The Bauchi State Police Command has dispelled reports in some media that the recent clash between two rivals youth groups in Yelwa area of Bauchi metropolis has ethnic or religious coloration.

Some Epe residents on Wednesday appealed to the Lagos State Government to complete all road projects it embarked on in the community.

A 35-year-old widow, Habiba Abdullahi, who police accused of allegedly dumping her four-week-old baby in front of another person’s house on Wednesday appeared in an Upper Sharia Court Daura Road in Kaduna State.

A 63-year-old businessman, Samuel Mbish, on Wednesday appeared before an Upper Area Court Judge in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, over alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.

A Sokoto State Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, admitted a 37-year-old woman, Aisha Mohammed, to bail in the sum of N50,000, after she was arraigned for making noise while a Chief Magistrate was sitting.

A Kuje Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 25-year-old student, Monday Luka, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Samsung android phone valued at N80, 000.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday struck out the no-case submission filed by the media mogul, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, and his Daar Investment and Holdings Company Limited, and ruled that they must explain the N2.1bn they allegedly received from the Office of the National Security Adviser in 2015.

Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, disclosed this at a Kwara State High Court on Wednesday, when five of the six principal suspects were brought to court.

A 62-year-old businessman, Donatus Deshi, who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl was on Wednesday arraigned before an Upper Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, in Jos.

An Ilorin Senior Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that Afolabi Stephen, 42, be remanded in Mandalla prison yard for allegedly impersonating an army Lieutenant Colonel.

The zonal command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in South East geo-political zone of the country, has disclosed that a total of 206 casualties have been recorded in the road accidents that took place in the months of September and October this year.

A boat mishap has claimed the lives of two students and an aged woman in the stormy Bonny-Bodo River, in Rivers State.

Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Ezike, has said that 10 suspected operators of wonder bank, who defrauded over 1,000 people in the state have been arrested by the Police.

Four drug dealers were reportedly drowned in River Niger in Lokoja, Kogi State, in an attempt to evade arrest by the officials of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The police in Ekiti State say efforts have been intensified to track down armed robbers who broke into a bank at Ijero Ekiti on Monday and killed three officers and two others.

The Lagos State Police Command said a suspected robber, Yusuf Nasiru, has started giving information to detectives because he is angry that his gang members gave up on him when he needed them most.

The Plateau State Police Command says it has launched a manhunt for kidnappers of the Long Dorok Chiefdom in Shendam Local Government Area of the state, His Royal Highness, David Isa.

Two suspected drug dealers drowned in River Niger, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, on Monday, in their bid to evade arrest by the men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.