Nollywood actor accused of sexually abusing a minor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been dragged before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State. Baba Ijesha was taken to court inside a Black Maria earlier today, but the court refused to grant the bail application filed on his behalf by his lawyers. Before he was…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has paraded fifteen suspected internet fraudsters arrested around Abule-Egba area of Lagos State. EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed in a statement that the suspects, who were picked up at a nightclub, include the owner of the club. Uwujaren said EFCC acted on credible information about the alleged involvement of the suspects…
Some women in Akwa Ibom State have staged a protest to the Government House in Uyo over the rape and murder of a female jobseeker, Iniobong Umoren. The women of Akwa Ibom State said they have had enough of gender-based violence, and demanded that the rape and murder of Iniobong should be the last. The protesting women…
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested thirty suspected internet fraudsters in the Kwara State capital. The EFCC confirmed the arrest in a statement with a long list of names of suspects, who are said to be mostly students. The spokesman for the anti-graft agency said items recovered from…
Gunmen have again attacked a school and abducted two students, and the latest incident happened in Plateau State. Reports say the attack took place at the Calvary International Ministry, in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, which is located a few kilometres from the Yakubu Gowon International Airport. However; one of the two abducted students managed to escape…
A popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James, who is popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been detained by the police for alleged defilement of a minor. Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, said investigations revealed that the forty-eight-years-old Olarenwaju had been assaulting a fourteen-year-old girl she was seven. Adejobi disclosed in a statement that the…