•Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State and bandits Farmers in Dan Isa district, Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State say bandits have threatened them this rainy season. Confirming the development to our correspondent in a telephone conversation, the Ward Head of the area, Malam Hassan Yarima, said each of the 35 villages under [...
•NAF airstrike The Air Component of the Joint Task Force, Operation Fansan Yamma (OPFY), recorded another operational success following precision strikes on terrorists who had converged on the foot of Asola Hills in Yankuzo Ward of Tsafe Local Government Area, Zamfara State for a wedding ceremony. The Nigerian Army said the airstrike was condu...
The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Joseph Eribo, has confirmed the recovery of the newborn baby who was stolen from a hospital in Ado-Ekiti on Monday. The baby was reunited with the parents, 29-year-old Mustapha Aliyu and 22-year-old Salmatu Lawal, after a swift police operation, reports Daily Trust. According to Eribo, the breakthroug...
The Lagos State Taskforce has apprehended two suspected impersonators for posing as officials of the agency and extorting unsuspecting motorists in the Oshodi-Iyana Ipaja axis of the state. The suspects, identified as Paul Anthony (42) and Mukaila Adepo (31), were arrested at Bolade Bus Stop, inward Oshodi-Iyana Ipaja Expressway, by plaincloth...
•Former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and EFCC logo The Court of Appeal in Lagos has restored the interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to seize 14 properties allegedly linked to ex-Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Justice Yargata Nimpar who read the unanimous judgment which was delivere...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has apprehended a truck fully loaded with suspected vandalized street light poles in Abuja. The truck was on its way to Kano when it was intercepted by the Command’s Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI) team around Jabi axis of Abuja, t...
•Olufemi Thomas The federal government has filed a notice of appeal to challenge the July 24 judgment of the Federal High Court, Lagos, which freed a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Olufemi Thomas, on allegations of money laundering. Our correspondent obtained the 28-page notice of appeal, filed befor...
•The suspects in court Justice Ekerete Akpan of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has convicted 21 foreign nationals over high-level cybercrime, fining each of them one million Naira. Delivering judgment on the plea bargain reached between the convicts and the Nigeria Police Force, Justice Akpan ordered their immediate departure from Nigeria with...
•The suspect, Olori Eso, and the recovered items A suspected hired assassin, Wasiu Akinwande, arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, is currently being arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court, Ogba area of the state, on 11 counts bordering on murder, unlawful possession of arms, and felony, among others. The command’s Pub...
•Police arrest The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested two sisters, Leadway Innocent and Joy Innocent, for staging a fake abduction to extort N5m from their father. Police also arrested two accomplices in Jikwoyi Phase II, Abuja. According to a statement today by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Ad...

