The Director of Human Resources Management at the Rural Electrification Agency, Suleiman Bulkwang, has been remanded in Kuje Correctional Centre following his arraignment on charges of alleged money laundering involving N223,412,909. Bulkwang was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on ...
•Kennedy Tabukoi Officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday in Abuja arrested one Kennedy Tabukoi. Tabukoi was arrested for allegedly leading an unregistered Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Niger Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), and blackmailing certain high profile officials of government, reports Daily Independent...
•Simon Ekpa The federal government will likely apply for the extradition of Simon Ekpa, the leader of the Eastern Security Network, the paramilitary organisation of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. The Director of Defence Information, Brig Gen Tukur Gusau, who gave the indication yesterday, said Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple of IPOB l...
•Police Three states yet to submit their positions on state police have been given a one-week ultimatum. The National Economic Council (NEC) which gave the order yesterday after its 146th meeting explained that the Council will take its decision on the creation of state police next month, reports The Nation. The NEC chaired by the […]
•Fake alcohol packaging centres in Lagos The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered counterfeit alcohol packaging centres at Article Market, Abule-Osun, Lagos State, seizing items worth an estimated ₦2 billion. A NAFDAC statement today via X noted that, during the operation, over 50,000 fake branded labels a...
•Diezani Alison-Madueke The former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke on Thursday, sought to amend the suit she filled before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, challenging the order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of her seized assets. When the matter came up today, Alison...
•Terrorists The National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), yesterday, revealed how young girls are being used in suicide missions and exploited as sex slaves by terrorist groups wreaking havoc in various parts of the country. This is just as the United Nations sought the establishment of a trust fund for the victims of terrorism and violent [&h...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed Airport Command, announced today, that its operatives intercepted 250 live turtles, Canadian Cannabis Sativa, and military equipment valued at over N3.32 billion in the last three months. The Area Controller, Micheal Awe, stated that the command generated N72.2 billion between January and Oct...
•Senator Andy Uba The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, the nod to arraign a former lawmaker for Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Andy Uba, on a two-count charge bordering on alleged N400million fraud. The court, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, fixed February ...
•A dog cage A 17-year-old boy Samuel Onyeme was on Sunday allegedly beaten and locked inside a dog cage for visiting a female classmate, Miss Anastasia Celestine. It was gathered that the incident happened when Onyeme visited his female classmate in her residence around 6:pm, reports The PUNCH. The victim’s mother, Mrs Onyeme, told our [&helli...

