The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a school gardener, Femi Aderonmu, for allegedly beating a Senior Secondary School 3 pupil of the Jubril Martins Memorial Grammar School, Iponri, Rafiu Adagun, to death. It was gathered that Rafiu was heading home after writing his West African Senior School Certificate Examination on Wednesday when he was accosted by the gardener along the Oke-Olu Road in the Iponri area of the state. It was learnt that Aderonmu engaged the deceased in a fight, which led to the latter being unconscious. He was…

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Moji Aderibigbe, a 39-year-old petty trader, accused of stripping naked and pouring urine on the church altar, has appeared in a Yaba Chief magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Aderibigbe, who resides in Pedro Area of Lagos is charged with insult to a religion and disorderly conduct. The Police prosecutor, Sgt. Modupe Olaluwoye, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at 8 p.m. on May 13, at No. 49, Onabola St., Ladi-lak area of Bariga, Lagos. Olaluwoye told the court that Mr Francis Osibowale, the pastor of the Firebrand Power…

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An accountant with Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly diverting N180m school fees belonging to the school. The diversion of the  money was said to have taken years before the university discovered his alleged fraud. The Chancellor of the university and Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, reportedly described the accountant’s lifestyle as “riotous”. The suspect was said to have bought some flashy cars, which he allegedly kept in a mansion he bought with part of the stolen…

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A robbery gang which specialised in robbing women of expensive vehicles in Abuja has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. Three members of the gang arrested by the police were identified as Ego Ike, Obinna Igwe and Adamu Nuhu. It was learnt that the suspects usually took the stolen vehicles to Niger Republic, where they sold them. It was gathered that the police went after the gang members after they allegedly stole a 2016 Toyota Corolla from an official of the Federal Inland Revenue Service,…

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Following the arrest of Azeez Fashola, upcoming musician popularly known as Naira Marley last Friday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has preferred 11 charges bordering on fraud against him, including alleged credit card fraud. The musician effectively risks seven years in jail if found guilty, as Section 33 (2) which he was accused of breaching, reads: “Any person who uses: a counterfeit access device; an unauthorised access device; an access device issued to another person; resulting in a loss or gain commits an offence and shall be liable on…

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The 41- year-old marriage between Mrs Mabel Alli and her husband, Pastor Richard has been dissolved by an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, on Thursday, over incest. The Court President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that it appeared that the estranged couple were tired of the marriage and all efforts to reconcile them failed. “Since both parties agreed to the dissolution of the marriage, this court has no choice but to dissolve it. “The court hereby pronounce the marriage between Mabel Alli and Pastor Richard, dissolved. Both of you henceforth cease…

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