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 Continue Reading
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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
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
By Nashirdeen Sheriffdeen The Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC), Aare Isiaka Abiola Olagunju ,SAN, has charged residents of the state to attach importance to Local Government Councils Election and vote en masse on election day as demonstrated in the last General Elections. Aare Olagunju gave the charge on Sunday during a Yoruba live […]Continue Reading
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
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
Iran has launched hundreds of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy forces. The Israeli military said Israel and other countries had intercepted more than 300 […]Continue Reading
By Dayo Adu The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC has called on supermarkets and stores not to get products from importers not certified by the agency to stamp out parallel importation of products into the country. The NAFDAC Coordinating Director for the six geo-political zones in Nigeria, and Director of Southwest […]Continue Reading
By Adebola Ajayi Two persons have been reported dead while thirteen others sustained injuries in an accident on the Sagamu- Ijebu-Ode section of the Expressway after Area J3 junction. The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Command, Mrs Florence Okpe made this known in a statement in Abeokuta. The statement indicated that the […]Continue Reading
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has declared that another tranche of N2 billion has been paid to the immediate past All Progressives Congress (APC) Local Government Chairmen in the state as part of their entitlements Governor Makinde made this known at the burial and thanksgiving service in honour of Mama Ruth […]Continue Reading
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, will from Tuesday embark on a three-day working visit to Ogun State. During the visit, the IG will unveil the newly built Ogun State Police Command Headquarters, the Technical Intelligence Unit as well as the Complaint Commission Unit, all within the premises of the state police command at […]Continue Reading
By Iyabo Adebisi, Mosope Kehinde Some invaders in military uniform stormed the Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. Radio Nigeria gathered that the men masked and in army camouflage were armed with rifles. They were stationed at strategic points in the Secretariat, also gaining entry to the House of Assembly Complex Informed sources said […]Continue Reading
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
At least five people have died from knife stab wounds after a man went on a rampage at a mall in Sydney, Australia. Police say the knifeman had visited the mall at 15:10 local time before returning minutes later to begin his rampage. It’s not yet clear why he attacked people in the shopping centre, […]Continue Reading
Following the announcement of the planned release of a new National Identification Number in the country by the Federal Government last week, the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC has provided further clarifications on the proposed ID. In a statement released and signed by Head of Corporate Communications, Kayode Adegoke on Friday, the Commission said the […]Continue Reading
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
By Folake Oye Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to rehabilitate and widen the Ibodi-Ilesa road to forestall incessant accidents that have claimed lives in recent times. A statement by his Spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed in Osogbo said the governor approved the expansion of the road while […]Continue Reading
By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has signed into law an Executive Bill for the establishment of the rule of law enforcement authority for speedy justice dispensation in the state. Signing the bill into law in the board room of the Governor’s office, the governor explained that the agency was necessary to […]Continue Reading
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
Police authorities in Anambra have recovered three more bodies from a boat accident involving a movie cast. Nollywood star, Junior Pope Odonwodo was part of the crew that drowned in the boat mishap on Wednesday. While some crew members were yet to be found following the boat tragedy, the spokesperson of the Anambra Police […]Continue Reading
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
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
By Olawale Asake Oba Owolabi Olakulehin has been appointed as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland. Olubadan-in-Council which is the Traditional Kingmakers of Ibadanland agreed to name Oba Olakulehin as the next Olubadan, being the Most Senior High Chief in the Balogun line of Olubadan chieftaincy ascension. He was nominated by the Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, […]Continue Reading
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
President Bola Tinubu, former President, Muhammadu Buhari and other prominent Nigerians have expressed sadness over the passage of the former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation and the first civilian Governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu, who served as minister in the immediate past administration of President Buhari, before he resigned to contest […]Continue Reading