Category: Legal
Court sentences fraudster who impersonated Nollywood actor Ninalowo to prison
21 Feb 2023
Onukwugha Favour, Lawrence David, and Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa were convicted and sentenced to prison by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Warri. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, charged them with impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. Igbinosa, who was arraigned in Benin City, Edo State, for impersonating Nollywood actor […]
Continue Reading18 Nigerian nurse charged to court in the US for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means
21 Feb 2023
No fewer than 18 nurses from Nigeria residents in Texas, the United States have been charged to court for obtaining educational credentials through fraudulent means. The Texas Board of Nursing has filed formal charges against 23 nurses practicing in the US over certificates forgery. In a statement on its website, the Board published names of […]
Continue ReadingOne dead as Gunmen invade campaign venue of APC in Ebonyi
21 Feb 2023
Gunmen killed one person at the campaign venue of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Isielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State According to report, the incident occurred on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at Ezzagu Ward 1, when the Ebonyi Central senatorial candidate of the party, Kenneth Eze, visited for campaign. An indigene of the […]
Continue ReadingPolice apprehends a notorious cultist in Osun
20 Feb 2023
The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of Fatai Abass, a 23-year-old cultist. The Osun State Police Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrest to DAILY POST, revealing that Fatai Abass, also known as ‘Gbefawo,’ had been on the police’s watchlist for more than a year. Abass was apprehended on the evening of […]
Continue ReadingPolice arrest two cousins for robbing and killing a man
20 Feb 2023
Ogun state Police Command, on February 9th, arrested two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo, 34, and Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun, 31, for allegedly robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle, killing him and dumping his corpse at a riverbank in Ijebu-ode A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the […]
Continue ReadingPolice arrest kidnap gang including man who abduct his mother
20 Feb 2023
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious six-man kidnap gang including a 30-year-old man, Thomas Yau, who masterminded the abduction of his biological mother The spokesperson of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who made this known while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Gusau, the state capital, said that Yau, […]
Continue ReadingItalian Police arrested Nigerian woman for forcing young women who arrive from Nigeria to prostitution
20 Feb 2023
Italian police has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly forcing young women and girls who arrive from Nigeria, into prostitution by using voodoo locally know as ‘juju,’ to threaten them Flying squad police in the Sicilian city of Siracusa, in collaboration with police in Foggia, have carried out an operation to arrest a Nigerian woman […]
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to life in prison for defiling his wife’s niece
19 Feb 2023
A High Court in Akure, Ondo State, sentenced a man named Sunday Oluwafemi to life in prison for defiling a nine-year-old girl. The convict was arrested in Akure in 2019 while living with his wife’s niece. And arraigned before Justice Yemi Fasanmi on one count of rape. Oluwafemi committed the crime on November 24, 2019, […]
Continue ReadingSiblings and a pastor killed inside a well in Osun
19 Feb 2023
Three people died after becoming trapped inside a well in the Ojoro area of Owode Ede, Ede North local government area of Osun State. VisioTalks learned that two of the deceased were siblings who worked as masons, or bricklayers in local parlance. It was also learned that the masons, Waliu Adediran, 31, and his younger […]
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