•Nnamdi Kanu in court The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, today was before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court for the resumed hearing of his case. Kanu’s trial was stalled after Justice Nyako recused herself from the case following an oral application by the defendant on September […]...
•The protesters A protest has erupted in the Omagwa community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State following the extra-judicial killing of a youth by a police officer. The incident occurred when the policeman attached to the Omagwa Division of the Rivers State Police Command, shot and killed Chikuma Egbule, a native of the community,...
With the dust yet to settle on the alleged plan by bandits fleeing the North to attack the South West, with Lagos being put on red alert by security agencies and community leaders, the daily streaming of Northern youths into the country’s most-populated state is putting renewed focus on leaders of the Arewa community in […]
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been ordered to appear for a hearing on Monday, February 10, 2025, before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja. This was contained in a hearing notice obtained by our correspondent yesterday, reports Saturday [...
•Former NYSC boss, General Maharazu Tsiga (retrd) The gunmen who abducted a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), General Maharazu Tsiga (retrd), have demanded a N250 million ransom for his release. A source close to the family who preferred anonymity, told our correspondent that the family was contacted and the a...
•The suspect, Sunday Bidemi When an Abuja businessman, Wilson Egun, employed a young man he met during a chance encounter last October as his personal driver, he never knew his act of kindness would become his undoing. Egun met the suspect, Sunday Bidemi in the Mararaba area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja when […]
•The slain lawmaker The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives alongside the state vigilante operatives on Thursday arrested nine suspects “actively involved” in the murder of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka. The arrest of the suspects was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Nnaghe...
•The suspects The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called its first witness in the case of alleged cybercrime against some 193 foreign nationals and 599 Nigerians arrested in a surprise operation at their hideout, Big Leaf Building in Lagos. At the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday, the EFCC presented 7 of [&hell...
The United States Department of Justice has disclosed that a Nigerian, Edwin Okoronkwo, who was sentenced to 75 months imprisonment for defrauding some Americans, will be deported after completing his jail term. Okoronkwo was said to have connived with his wife, Julie Okoronkwo, who was also sentenced to 25 months imprisonment for her role in ...
A Federal Capital Territory Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to a former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, SAN, in the sum of N1 million following his arraignment on allegations of false marriage, adultery, and other related offences. •Kabiru Taminu Turaki Turaki, who was arraigned yesterday, pleaded ...

