•Olukoyede and Yahaya Bello The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has sworn to follow the prosecution of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to a logical conclusion. In a chat with journalists at the EFCC Headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja today, the anti-graft chairman vowed to resign [&...
•Baba Ijesha A Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, has asked the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, to set aside his conviction by a Lagos State High Court over the sexual assault of a minor. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo (retd.) of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, on July 14, 2022, sentenced Baba […]
•The victims Fifty-one victims of human trafficking have been rescued by officers of the Kano State Hisbah Board. The victims who comprised 49 females and two males between 18 to 50 were subsequently handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) for further action, reports Daily Sun. NAPTIP Zonal [&h...
•Gunman A soldier celebrating his birthday has allegedly killed a villager in the Marish Community of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard in a statement by its chairman Farmasum Fuddang said the soldier accidentally pulled the trigger at a relaxation centre in the community which alle...
•Embattled ex-Governor Yahaya Bello The embattled immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello said he was ready to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja to answer to the 19-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. Though Bello was absent for his arraignment, he briefed a tea...
•Embattled former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello The immediate past governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello is today again absent from court for his arraignment on a 19-count charge of alleged money laundering to the tune of N84 billion. The security at the Federal High Court in Abuja is watertight and manned by operatives of the […]
•NAFDAC officials sealing fake cosmetics store in Lagos State The Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered the illegal activities of a fake cosmetics producer at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this on its X handle ...
•Arrested soldiers with Military police The Nigerian Army, today, said it has dismissed two soldiers, Corporal Innocent Joseph, and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery on April 14, 2024. It was earlier reported how the soldiers entered the facility in an Acura jeep but were caught at the [&hel...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen militia, have reportedly killed three young men in two commuties in Adoka, Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. The Caretaker Chairman of Otukpo LGA, Alfred Omakwu disclosed this while speaking to newsmen on phone today. Omakwu who noted that his people have not known...
•Embattled ex-Governor Yahaya Bello The Court of Appeal in Abuja today did not sit to hear the appeal lodged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the order of a Kogi High Court which restrained the anti-graft agency from arresting the immediate-past governor, Yahaya Bello. The Kogi court, in a ruling on April [&hellip...

