The Police in Lagos on Tuesday, arraigned a 44-year-old man, Christopher Gbaka at a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault. The defendant, whose address is unknown, is standing trial on a count charge of assault.The defendant, however, pleaded not…
Times Square hate crime victim confronts attacker in court, says she’s ‘surprised’ he apologised
A 68-year-old anti-Asian hate crime victim described the moment she faced her attacker this week, three years after he brutally assaulted her in New York City’s Times Square. The victim, Vilma Kari, attended the sentencing of 41-year-old Brandon Elliot to…
Police arraign man over alleged assault
The police, on Thursday, arraigned 36-year-old Ayodele Ogunsola before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged assault. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on assault. The Police Prosecutor, ASP Caleb Leramo, told…
Obaseki orders reaccreditation of over 6,500 vigilante personnel
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the reaccreditation of all operatives of the State’s Security Vigilante Network, numbering over 6,500, in a renewed effort to strengthen the state’s security architecture to combat crime and ensure the security…
Again, Tinubu’s soldiers go on the rampage, brutalize policeman for ‘wrong parking’
A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, requesting him to fish out and punish a group of Army personnel whom he claimed assaulted a police officer, ASP…
TB Joshua raped, tortured members – BBC investigation
No fewer than 25 persons have given eyewitness accounts bordering on allegations of sexual assault, physical abuse, faked miracles and trauma -allegedly suffered in the hands of a late Nigerian pastor, Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua, BBC reports Monday. Joshua,…