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Kalu Demands Thorough Probe of Aba Businessman Murder

Web News 22 April 2024 712 0

By Tanimu Salihu (Aba) The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Benjamin Kalu has described as reprehensible and repugnant the murder of Abia-born businessman, Emmanuel Okocha by a police officer in Aba on Saturday. Mr. Okocha, a native of Abiriba in Ohafia Local Government Area of the Continue Reading

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3 Wanted Drug Kingpins in NDLEA Net

Web News 21 April 2024 224 0

By Olaolu Fawole Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America. This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of Continue Reading

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Money Laundering : Egbetokun Recalls Officers Attached to Yahaya Bello

Web News 20 April 2024 286 0

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of all police officers attached to the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. This was contained in a Police wireless message from the Nigeria Police headquarters and addressed to MOPL 37 in Lokoja. The document with reference number: “CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 read in Continue Reading

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Police Arrest Four Over Alleged Killing of Woman for Money Ritual

Web News 20 April 2024 166 0

By Mojisola Oladele  Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested four suspects for allegedly killing a 45-year-old Aminat Usman in Ibadan, Oyo State. The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, who made this known during the parade of the suspects in Osogbo said their arrests followed a report of a missing person lodged by […]Continue Reading

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Police Parade 21 Yoruba Nation Agitators

Web News 15 April 2024 742 0

By Rasheedah Makinde The police have paraded twenty-one suspected Yoruba Nation agitators who invaded the Oyo State Secretariat over the weekend. Parading the suspects at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adebola Hamzat said some men dressed in military-like camouflage, armed with pump action semi-automatic rifles, riding Continue Reading

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Robbery Suspect Attacks Expectant Mother with Wheel Spanner

Web News 15 April 2024 348 0

The Nigerian Police has apprehended the leader of a “one chance” robbery gang in Abuja who physically attacked a pregnant woman, causing her to lose her pregnancy. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known on his X account on Sunday. Adejobi wrote, “This is a ring leader of one chance robbery gang […]Continue Reading

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Humanitarian Ministry Probe: EFCC Recovers Fresh $445,000, N3bn

Web News 15 April 2024 349 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Sunday it has freshly recovered $445,000 and N3bn in the ongoing probe of the scandal in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said that the $445,000 and N3bn were recovered between March and April in addition to N30bn earlier recovered before March, which […]Continue Reading

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Hotel Manager’s Death: COAS Orders Investigation into Personnel’s Role  

Web News 15 April 2024 131 0

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered a painstaking investigation into the death of a hotel manager in Abia State, Achimugu Etubi. Some personnel of the Nigerian Army were said to have brutally tortured Etubi, which resulted in his death. This was after a Nigerian Air Force cadet, Emmanuel Onyemereche, reportedly […]Continue Reading

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Police to Apprehend Hospitalized Teenager for Killing Friend

Web News 14 April 2024 246 0

The Adamawa Police Command has stated that it is poised to arrest an 18-year-old suspect for stabbing his friend to death during a dispute. This was made known in a statement shared on the command’s X account on Sunday. According to the command, both individuals were rushed to the hospital after a knife fight, where […]Continue Reading

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Military Aircraft Blow up Illegal Refining Sites

Web News 14 April 2024 295 0

The air component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed seven illegal refining sites at different locations in Rivers State. Equally, a total of four boats loaded with illegally refined products heading southwards were bombed by military aircraft deployed for the operations. The Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice […]Continue Reading

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Dispatch Rider Tells Court How He Collected Dollars in Cash for Emefiele

Web News 13 April 2024 278 0

Explains how he picked up $1m, $850,000, $750,000, $400,000 for ex-CBN gov …says Emefiele never rewarded him, case adjourned to April 29 A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, on Friday, narrated to the Special Offences Court in Lagos how the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, instructed him on different occasions to collect […]Continue Reading

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Mobile Courts Coming on Board in Osun to Combat Sexual Violence

Web News 13 April 2024 123 0

By Folake Oye Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has set up an action committee to combat sexual violence against women through the mobile courts. This is contained in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed in Osogbol. The statement said the setting up of the committee was in line with the decisions reached between […]Continue Reading

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Police Confirm Abduction of Channels TV Reporter Joshua Rogers

Web News 12 April 2024 476 0

  The Police Command in Rivers has now confirmed the abduction of a reporter with Channels Television, Joshua Rogers, at his residence in Rumuosi, Obio/Akpor area of Rivers. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told Newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday, that the reporter was abducted in the late hours of Thursday. She said the […]Continue Reading

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Nigerian Couple Nabbed for Drug Peddling in India

Web News 12 April 2024 300 0

The Narcotics Control Bureau in Goa, India said it has busted a drug syndicate allegedly run by a Nigerian identified as Stanley and his wife, Usha C. Assets worth Rs 1.06 crore linked to the couple have also been frozen as part of the operation. According to Press Trust of India on Thursday, Amit Ghawate, […]Continue Reading

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“I’m a Man” ‘Bobrisky’ Admits, Jailed for Naira Abuse,

Web News 12 April 2024 211 0

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced controversial crossdresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for abusing the naira. Justice Abimbola Awogboro, while sentencing the convict, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating the […]Continue Reading

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Court Grants Emefiele N50m Bail

Web News 12 April 2024 130 0

  The Lagos State Special Offences Court has granted the embattled former Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, bail of N50 million after being charged with a 26-count bordering on alleged abuse of office and irregular allocation of $4.5 billion and N2.8 billion respectively. Emefiele was admitted to bail with two sureties in like sum by […]Continue Reading

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NIS Personnel’s Brutal Act: There must not be a recurrence – Makinde

Web News 8 April 2024 628 0

By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has condemned the brutalisation of two officials of the Oyo State Road Transport Management Agency (OYRTMA) by Nigeria Immigration Service personnel in Ibadan. The governor decried the inhumane treatment meted out to the OYRTMA officials for apprehending an officer of the Immigration Service for violation of […]Continue Reading

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Emefiele Back in Court over Alleged Abuse of Office

Web News 8 April 2024 140 0

The embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has arrived at the Ikeja State High Court in Lagos for his arraignment over alleged abuse of office and allocation of billions of dollars. Emefiele, alongside his co-defendant, one Henry Isioma Omole, will be arraigned on fresh 26 counts before Justice Rahman Oshodi this morning. […]Continue Reading

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Man Choked by Ingested Drugs, Vomits, Excretes 80 Wraps of Cocaine

Web News 7 April 2024 386 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday 31st March, 2024, while attempting to board […]Continue Reading

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Police Warns Personnel Against Searching People’s Phone

Web News 5 April 2024 332 0

The Edo State Police Command has reiterated the ban on officers searching citizens’ phones during routine patrols and other operations, describing the act as “unprofessional conduct”. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor disclosed this in a statement posted on the command’s Facebook page on Friday. In the statement, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Continue Reading

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“Yes, I am guilty”, Bobrisky Admits Charge

Web News 5 April 2024 214 0

Popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a. ‘Bobrisky’ on Friday pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of abuse of the naira and money laundering preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Lagos court. Bobrisky arrived at the Federal High Court in Lagos around 11:50 a.m. for his arraignment on charges of […]Continue Reading

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So-Safe Corps Nabs Ex-Convict for Theft

Web News 5 April 2024 164 0

By Olusegun Folarin  A 24-year-old man had been apprehended by operatives of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps, popularly known as So-Safe Corps, for allegedly vandalizing and stealing a Royal Air Conditioner at Oju-Ore, in the Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area. The State Commander of the Corps, Dr Soji Ganzallo, confirmed the […]Continue Reading

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Bobrisky in EFCC Net

Web News 4 April 2024 564 0

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky, who has been embroiled in several controversies over the past weeks, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night, and has since been detained at the Lagos […]Continue Reading

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Army Intercept Vehicle Load of Hard Drug

Web News 3 April 2024 469 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Operatives of the Nigerian Army, 35 Artillery Brigade have intercepted a vehicle conveying a large quantity of substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa at Mologbede village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.  A statement by the Army’s Public relations officer in the state, Mohammed Goni said The 441 wrapped pieces of […]Continue Reading

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Man Stabs Friend to Death in Row

Web News 2 April 2024 444 0

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old suspect identified as Abba Ibrahim for allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Zaharadeen Iliyasi in the neck with a knife, causing his death. This was according to a statement on Monday by the spokesperson for the command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa. According to the statement, on receiving information about the […]Continue Reading