•A ram A mild-drama played out yesterday after a yet to be identified man who allegedly stole a ram abandoned it and escaped upon sighting the owner at Abaji cattle market in the Federal Capital Territory. A witness, Shuaibu Ibrahim, who said the incident happened around 11:12 am, alleged that the suspect stole the ram […]
The management of the Enugu-based radio station, Urban 94.5FM has raised an alarm on how some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission invaded its live broadcast yesterday, Monday, October 14. The radio station disclosed this in a statement, noting that the incident happened at about 5:45 pm. According to the Radio station, t...
•Chidinma Ojukwu and late Usifo Ataga Proceedings were stalled today in the trial of an undergraduate, Chidinma Ojukwu, charged with the murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Michael Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, is standing trial before the Lagos State High Court sitting at the T...
The Kwara State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers over their alleged roles in the death of a student at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola. The incident, which occured on September 4, 2024, generated widespread condemnation which led to the transfer of the case to the police headquarters in Abuja by [&he...
•Gunmen A Divisional Police Officer attached to Agbarho police division has been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. A spokesman for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident today. He said the gunmen also shot at the DPO of Ororoekpe Division [&helli...
A 15-year-old commercial tricycle rider, simply identified as ‘Smally’, operating between Ugbuwangue and Ogunu communities in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, has been hacked to death with a battle axe by a man identified as Jereoma of Jeddo Community, in Okpe Local Government of the state. It was gathered that the keke [&hell...
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that one Lanre Ogungbe, 32, was discovered dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, confirmed in a statement yesterday in Abeokuta the incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Odutola explained that a bottle of one alcoholic drink called “Lakoko” [&hell...
•Olukoyede and Ganduje A Coalition of 30 anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for the resignation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, over his alleged failure to prosecute a former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, despite multiple petitions against him on mu...
•Trafficked teenage Nigerians in Ghana Cajoled by fake promises of high-paying professional jobs in Ghana, teenage girls and young men from Nigeria have continuously fallen prey to traffickers disguising as ‘agents’. Once in Ghana, the young men find themselves trapped as criminal gang members involved in nefarious activities while teenage gir...
•Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed November 1, 2024 to rule on the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of the $2.045million, seven choice landed properties and shares involving former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Em...