•Geneneral Christopher Musa The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has ordered a thorough investigation into the alleged deaths of two Okuama community leaders, while in Army custody. The Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, disclosed this at the End-of-Year Briefing by the Strategic Communications Intera...
•Some of the suspects arrested by EFCC in Victoria Island, Lagos The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced a landmark arrest of a total number of 792 suspects for offences bordering on cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scam. EFCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwujaren, who briefed journalists at the com...
•Ifagbenga Taiwo A trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly slaughtering his 41-day-old son in the Keesi area of Adatan, Abeokuta, the state capital, has disclosed that he carried out the act under a spell. It was earlier reported on Wednesday that the incident occurred last Monday [&h...
The Nigerian banking sector has witnessed a concerning rise in fraudulent activities, with incidents of fraud in bank branches increasing by 31 percent in the second quarter of 2024. This alarming statistic was disclosed by the Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) in its Fraud and Forgeries report, highlighting significant challenges ...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it recorded 339 alleged human rights violation cases in Gombe State in 2024. Its spokesman, Mr Ali Alola-Alfinti, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Gombe on Friday, reports NAN.A Alola-Alfinti said that majority of the cases were on parental neglect where fathers abandon their ...
•Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi For the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), this is not the best of times as it is facing a barrage of atÂtacks over the handling of the matter involving legal luminary, Afe Babalola (SAN) and human rights lawyer, Bisi Farotimi. Policemen from Ekiti State Police Command last week stormed Lagos State […]
•The First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. (Mrs.) Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu Parents of a two-year-old girl (name withheld), Mr & Mrs Falokun have petitioned the First Lady of Lagos State, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu seeking justice for their daughter who was allegedly defiled by an Assistant Teacher at her school. Mrs Falokun, in a five-page petition to ...
•NSCDC operatives The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC has discovered a residential premises used in storing illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers State. The illegal storage facility located at Elelewo community in Obio/Akpor Local government area contains large storage tanks and cans filled with illegally refined petro...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Osang Usie Otukpa, a Nigerian man accused of defrauding 139 Australians out of $8 million through a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment scheme. The suspect was apprehended at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, upon his arrival from the Unite...
•A woman set ablaze The Ondo State Police Command has narrated how a middle-aged man killed his estranged wife in the state two days ago, reports Channels TV. In a message on its X handle yesterday, the Command recounted how the man (names withheld) invited his estranged wife (names withheld) to their home to collect […]

