July 13, 2024
We’re not responsible for body found hanging on tree – LASTMA
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has said its operatives were not responsible for the dead body found hanging by the gate of an estate along the Lagos-Sagamu Expressway. The LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, the agency’s Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, on Friday. […]
Ex-minister granted N10bn bail over alleged N33bn fraud
Former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, was on Friday granted a N10bn bail by the Federal High Court in Abuja over his N33bn money laundering trial. In a ruling delivered by Justice James Omotosho, the court also held that the former minister must provide two sureties in the like sum, and they must have […]
Kidnappers demand N70m to release Rector, others
Gunmen have abducted three staff members including the acting Rector of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Dr Emmanuel Barki. According to a report, the acting Rector with two other management staff of the institution and their driver were kidnapped on their way to Ugbokolo after an official assignment in Makurdi, the state capital on Thursday. It […]
Lagos policeman defiles teenager, mother alleges cover-up
A police officer attached to the Ogudu Police Station, Ojota, Lagos, (name withheld), has been accused of raping a 17-year-old girl (name withheld). City Round gathered that the officer had promised to help the teenager retrieve her phone, which had been taken by ‘one chance’ robbers on June 16 while she, her grandmother, and her […]