•Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted seven persons, including women and children, in Anchuna village, Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was learnt that the attack, which occurred on Wednesday night, threw the community into panic as the armed assailants s...
•Late Rev. Father Sylvester Okechukwu The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has said it is distressed by the “brutal and senseless” killing of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu in Kaduna State. Okechukwu is reported to have been abducted from his residence by suspected bandits on Tuesday night and his corpse found on Wednesday. Before his demise, he [...
•Ex-Governor Yahaya Bello A witness, Nicholas Ojehomon, has testified before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, how former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, paid his children’s school fees in dollars and in advance until their graduation. Ojehomon, an internal auditor in the American International School in Abuja, is the th...
•Late Bamise Ayanwola Oluwabamise A Lagos State High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square has set May 2, 2025, as the date for delivering judgment in the trial of Andrew Ominikoron, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver accused of raping and murdering his passenger, Bamise Ayanwola. Justice Sherifat Sonaike announced the decision after both the prosecutio...
•Tinubu and terrorists The Nigeria Sanctions Committee has designated 17 individuals and organisations terrorism financiers. Those named on the list include Simon Ekpa, Godstime Promise Iyare, Francis Mmaduabuchi, John Onwumere, Chikwuka Eze, Edwin Chukwuedo, Chinwendu Owoh, Ginika Orji, Awo Uchechukwu, and Mercy Ebere Ifeoma Ali. Others are O...
•Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended two Pakistanis who allegedly specialise in kidnapping people for ransom in the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this via a statement yesterday, Thursday, March 6, 2025. Hundeyin said the suspects we...
•Former minister, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission are questioning a former Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye, over alleged involvement in the misappropriation, violation of procurement processes, and diversion of public funds amounting to ₦138 million. The funds were allegedly misappropriat...
•The suspects In what appears to be a moment of meltdown, Abdulrahman Bello, who claims to be an Islamic cleric but on charges of brutally killing, dismembering and selling off, piece by piece, body parts of a final year student of the Kwara State College of Education, Yetunde Lawal Hafsoh, cried out his guilt but […]
•Embattled former CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele Justice Ayokunle Faji sitting at a Federal High Court in Lagos today, ordered the permanent forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to a fraud involving the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. In his ruling, Justice Faji stated that the sum was proven to be [&hell...
•Interior minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government have hinted of plans to reduce the number of custodial facilities in the country, declaring that Nigeria does not need the current figure of 256. Noting that some facilities are only utilising about 30 to 40 percent of their carrying capacities, the government said there is need to ...
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