•Mrs Rahmatu Sani In a frightening encounter that highlights the growing insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Hajiya Rahmatu Sani, a director at the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), shared her disturbing experience of being kidnapped on Friday, October 21. The incident occurred some minutes after 7 a.m. as she...
•A nurse A 42-year-old nurse, Alice Loksha, who was abducted by Boko Haram in March 2018 while working at a UNICEF office in Rann, Borno State, has escaped after six years in captivity. The Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, North-East, Major General Wahdi Shuaibu, disclosed this in a press briefing […]
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned the Managing Director of Echendu GPC Limited, Mr Echendu Ndubuisi Endy at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Endy was arraigned before Justice E.A. Obile, for allegedly defrauding his victims the sum of N9,000,0...
•Ifeanyi Okowa Former Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, says he knows the people behind his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), saying he is not afraid of the agency’s investigation. Okowa stated this during a solidarity visit by the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, led by Maj.-Gen. Felix Mujakperuo (ret...
•Godwin Emmanuel A 23-year-old armed robbery suspect, Godwin Emmanuel, has admitted to stealing a police officer’s phone from a patrol van while being transported to the Osun State Police Command. Emmanuel was arrested along with two others—28-year-old Olajide Kareem and 33-year-old Mike Emmanuel — who are accused of robbing residents and sexu...
The Nigerian Police Force has identified and detained officers allegedly involved in the extortion of N2.3 million from one Nwosu Ndubuisi. This was disclosed in a statement by the Zone 7 Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP M.B. Abdulkadir, on X (formerly Twitter) today. Abdulkadir added that the N2 3m has been recovered and ...
•Lakurawa terrorists National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, has assured Nigerians that the recently active Lakurawa terror group, which has been responsible for recent disturbances in Sokoto State and parts of the North West, has a limited membership of under 200 and does not pose a threat warr...
•Gunman A yet-to-be-identified Makurdi commercial bus driver, was, yesterday, shot dead by unknown assailants in the North Bank area of the town. An eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity stated that the driver was killed while conveying some passengers from North Bank park to the main town, reports Vanguard. He said the assailants who...
Three armed robbers who targeted an accident victim in Lagos State have been arrested by the police. The suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) after they took advantage of an accident in the Alausa area to steal from the victim, reports Nigerian Tribune. The agency confirmed both the accident and […]
•VDM arrived in court dressed in red native attire The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today fixed January 23, 2025, to hear the defamation suit filed against social media influencer, Vincent Otse also known as Very Dark Man (VDM) by Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, and his son, Folarin, popularly known as Falz. […]

