•Nigerian soldiers Troops of Operation Enduring Peace have announced the rescue of seven travellers abducted by suspected kidnappers along a highway in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. The spokesperson of Operation Enduring Peace, Captain Polycarp Oteh, said the rescue followed a swift response to a distress call at about 9:30 p.m...
•FCCPC officials sealing some of the shops The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed three milk production factories in Awada, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, over alleged non-compliance with acceptable production standards. The Commission’s enforcement team, accompanied by security operatives,...
•Emem Usoro and Stanley Ugagbe A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that a blogger, Stanley Ugagbe, be remanded in Kuje Prison after he was arraigned on a charge alleging that he defamed Emem Usoro, a Deputy Governor in charge of Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Justice Salim Ibrahim ordered Ugagbe’s […]
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have arrested 10 suspected cultists over last Sunday’s deadly attack at the Obele end of Ovom community in Yenagoa. The attack claimed the life of a metal scavenger, popularly known as an “Iron Condemned” boy, while three others sustained injuries, reports Daily Trust. Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Mr...
•Late Lagos NURTW organising secretary, Toba Ajiboye The Organising Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Council, Toba Ajiboye, popularly known as Ijaya, has died after he was shot by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in Lagos. Ajiboye was said to have come under attack on Sunday night while returning home from his ...
•Adeniyi Adeyemi Justice Muhammed Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the controversial self-acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) Adeniyi Adeyemi after he failed to appear for his scheduled arraignment. Justice Umar issued the arrest...
A 30-year-old Rivers resident identified as Richard Emmanuel has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his female lover, Caroline Sunday, over infidelity accusation. The incident happened at Abraham Street, Eneka community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, reports Daily Trust. Residents told our correspondent tha...
•Mathew Owoade Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the release of a kidnapped school headmaster, Mathew Owoade, after sustained security operations forced his abductors to abandon him. Owoade, a 60-year-old farmer and headmaster, was abducted on Saturday evening along the Igbojaye–Budo Aare bush road in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oy...
•Makinde and Tinubu The presidency yesterday criticised Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde over his call for a United Nations-led investigation into the abduction of pupils and teachers in the state, describing the demand as unnecessary and politically motivated. Makinde, while formally assuming responsibility for the welfare, rehabilitation and ...
•Adeniyi Adeyemi Director-General of the phantom federal agency under probe by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Adeniyi Adeyemi billed for arraignment on criminal charges today in Abuja may not show up in court. This is going by the indication he gave last night on a television programme when he al...

