Abuja Media Circle

A 23-year-old worker at a fish pond in Osogbo, Abiodun Olasunkanmi, has been remanded in the Ilesa Prison for allegedly stealing a large quantity of cat fish valued at N800,000. The police on Monday arraigned the accused before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs. O. A. Oloyade. The prosecutor, Mr. Abiodun Fagboyinbo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 25 around 5.30am at the fish pond in the Rinsayo area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital. According to him, the offence contravenes Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap. 34 Vol. II, Law of Osun State, Nigeria, 2003. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and elected summary trial. His counsel, Mr. Okobe Najite, prayed the court to admit him to bail “in the most liberal terms.” The magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties, each in like sum. Oloyade said the sureties must swear to an affidavit of means and provide evidence of tax payment with three r...

An  attempt by two suspected members of a robbery gang to kill another Uber driver and abscond with his vehicle has been  foiled  by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command. Consequently, the suspects identified simply as David and Major, were arrested with N5,000 they allegedly collected from the vehicle’s pigeon hole. Driver of the UBER cab, Olushola Daniel, explained that the suspects chartered his cab from a popular hotel in Victoria Island area of the state to Tinubu Square, at the rate of N3,000, at about 3.30 am on Monday. However on arrival, he said the suspects held him and ordered him to give them the money in his possession. According to him: “they gripped me by the neck and threatened to kill me if I did not give them money. In the process, they searched the vehicle and collected the N5,000 I had in the pigeon hole. “I managed to jump out and shouted for help. Some RRS policemen that were at Broad Street by CMS bookshop c...