•Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, heard how a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, who served under the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, purchased a N200million property in Abuja with a cash payment in dollars. Mamman is answering to a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy a...
•Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah The Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto and Founder, The Kukah Centre (TKC), Matthew Hassan Kukah, says over 12,000 persons have lost their lives to insecurity in Northwest Nigeria over the past decade. The cleric also said that 76 per cent of abductions which occurred in Northern Nigeria, occurred in the [&hellip...
•Former Governor Udom Emmanuel Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, for alleged N700 billion Fraud. Emmanuel was arrested after he honoured an invitation of the EFCC today to answer allegations of money laundering and diversion of funds preferred ag...
•Gunmen A gang of armed robbers reportedly invaded Madalla, a community in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. Suleja shares boundary with Zuba town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, reports Daily Trust. Our reporter learnt that the incident, which started around 1 am on Friday, lasted till about 3 am. At least […]...
•Gunmen Daredevil gunmen have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Philip Ekeli, and a seminarian, Peter Andrew, from St. Peter Catholic Church in Iviukwa Community, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. Police sources confirmed the incident today to security pundit, Zagazola Makama, stating that the attack occurred on Sunday nigh...
•Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State The release over the weekend at Ibilo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State of the kidnapped National President of the Afenifere Youth Council, Prince Eniola Olajuni, after spending 12 days in captivity, has been described as an indication that Edo is the capital of kidnapping and violent [&hel...
The Ekiti High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, today, sentenced one Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, 47, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. Akingbaso was first arraigned in September, 2022 before Justice Blessing Ajileye on a two-count charge of rape and coercion, reports NAN. Delivering her judgment, Justice Ajileye said, “in conclusio...
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have abducted the Dean, Faculty of Engineering of the Nigerian Army University Biu (NUAB) and other passengers near Kamuya village, along Damaturu -Biu road, Yobe State. Some officials of the university who confirmed the incident to journalists, said they were not in position to speak on the developm...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a suspected drug baron, baron Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, at his hideout in Lagos. According to a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the 59-year-old’s arrest came after 17 years of hiding in the dark to ship illicit drugs worth billions of naira across […]...
Fraudsters have stolen N329 million by using static images to register for Bank Verification Numbers. This is according to a new report by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System, which outlines emerging fraud trends in Nigeria’s financial sector, reports Sunday PUNCH. According to the report obtained by our correspondent, some unscrupulous B...

