•Godwin Emefiele A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has held that it is illegal for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to declare Magaret, the wife of the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, as a wanted person. Justice Deinde Dipeolu made the declaration while ruling on a fundamental right [&hell...
•Cache of arms and ammunition imported from Turkey The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this today while addressing journalists in Onne Po...
•CP Waheed Ayilara (center) briefing the press in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Waheed Ayilara, has reinstated his resolve to make the oil-rich state uncomfortable for criminal elements. The state police boss also expressed his appreciation to the governor, Pastor Umo Eno, for his full support to ...
•Gwoza victims in hospital At least two more victims of the bomb attacks in Gwoza town in Borno State have lost their lives while receiving treatment at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri. The acting governor of the state, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, made this known in an interview with reporters during a visit to the […]
•EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has set up a disciplinary panel to investigate two operatives accused of assaulting a woman during a raid on a hotel in Lagos on Thursday. Its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, who said this in a statement today in Abuja added that the errant officers were […]
•Gunmen No fewer than 20 travellers along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway were reportedly abducted by some gunmen at about 8 pm yesterday while one of the victims was shot in the knee. The gunmen were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township, reports The PUNCH. The […]
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Pastor from a Pentecostal Church in Ondo State named Anthony Ebele. The pastor was taken by the gunmen yesterday evening at his Ogbese Farm on Yakubu Road, near Benin Camp in Akure North local government area, reports Nigerian Tribune. Details of the incident are still sketchy […...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the lacklustre posture of the federal government is reversing military successes recorded against terrorists in Nigeria’s North-East geopolitical zone. “It is unfortunate that much of the pushback that had been achieved against the Boko Haram terror sect are being cancelled, owing mainly to the ...
•Gunmen Two victims were rescued yesterday after gun-wielding kidnappers invaded the Guto village in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The two female victims – both children — were kidnapped around 1pm and were taken to a location in neighbouring Niger State. FCT police spokesperson Josephine Adeh said the command’s...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt after a gun battle which ended in the death of two of the kidnap suspects. This was made known yesterday in a statement issued by the command’s public relations officer (PPRO) Timfon John, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), and made available to The […]

