Two unemployed men on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing and receiving a stolen generator battery, valued at N40,000. The defendants, Lateef Balogun, 20, and Isah Aminu, 29, both without fixed addresses, are being tried for…
Police arraign 2 men over alleged theft of N3.28m property
The police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned two men in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing property valued at N3,284,000. The suspects, Godspower Victor, 23; and Sanni Isha, 27; whose addresses are unknown, are being charged with felony,…
Strange woman steals newborn baby at Lafia hospital
A yet-to-be-identified woman stole a new-born baby boy at the postnatal ward of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia on Tuesday. Mother of the one-day-old baby, Mrs Wosilat Suleiman, told newsmen that she was delivered of the baby early on Tuesday…
Man docked for alleged theft of windows
A 27-year-old man, Yusuf Olatunji, on Monday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing windows worth N650, 000. The police arraigned Olatunji on a count charge of stealing but he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Insp…
Man docked over alleged malicious damage, theft of properties valued N18m in laboratory
A 29-year-old man, Joseph Nsonson, who allegedly maliciously damaged armoured cable and laboratory equipment in a company, on Friday, appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State. Nsonson, whose address was not provided, is charged with conspiracy, malicious damage…
Police arraign man over alleged generator theft
The Ekiti State Police Command, on Wednesday, arraigned 32-year-old Fatoyebi Kola, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing of generators. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a one-count charge of stealing. The Police Prosecutor,…
Artisan jailed 6 months for stealing household items
An Area Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced Ishaku Saidu, 25, to six months imprisonment for stealing various household items worth N 2.3 million. The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offence and begged…
Salon Manager, Boss seized my wigs worth N700k, Businesswoman alleges
A 40-year-old business woman, Ibironke Shittu, on Wednesday, told an Upper Area Court, Kubwa, how a Salon Manager, Danjuma Happy and her boss, Udi Oluwafunke, seized her two human hair wigs, worth N700,000. The police charged Happy, manager of Rutega…
2 docked over alleged theft of goods worth N702k
Two men, Friday Alo and Ibrahim Zatayahu, who allegedly stole goods valued at N702, 000, were, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants are standing trial before Magistrate D.S. Odukoya on a two-count charge bordering…
Lagos worker arraigned for betting with employer’s money
A 26-year-old man, Samuel Meyiwa, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly using his employer’s money to gamble. The defendant was arraigned on Thursday before Magistrate A.O Salawu on one count of stealing preferred against him by…