•Seyi Makinde No fewer than 33 inmates from various Nigerian Correctional Centres in Oyo state have been granted clemency. Ten of these inmates were released from custodial centres, while four individuals who were on death row have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, reports The Nation. Also, 15 inmates had their sentences reduc...
Following the increasing number of youths involved in use of hard drugs, the Lagos State Government in collaboration with some agencies, today took to the streets of Lagos to campaign against the dangerous vice. Moving in convoys, singing, drumming and wearing customized T-shirts and faze caps, the campaigners particularly addressed the youths...
•New Osun State CP, Bzigu Dali Kwazhi A new Commissioner of Police, Bzigu Dali Kwazhi, has been posted to Osun State, replacing CP Isyaku Mohammed, who assumed office in the state on November 10, 2023. In a statement made available to journalists by the Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police Command, SP Yemisi […]
•Terrorists Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have killed Pastor Luka Levong of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN) in Kwari, Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe state. The attackers also killed five others. Some residents who evacuated the corpses to the Specialist Hospital Geidam told our correspondent that the attackers invaded the commu...
Two Police Inspectors, Sunday Adetoye and Ogunleye Stephen, attached to Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, have been dismissed for offences, which the zone described as armed robbery, official corruption and illegal duty. Their dismissal was ordered by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Mohammed Ali, at the...
•Sadiya Umar-Farouq Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, must appear at the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interrogation, the agency has said. The ex-minister, who cited health challenges, approached the anti-graft agency through ...
•EFCC operatives Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have besieged the Head office of the Dangote Group of Companies in Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the search, which commenced at the company’s head office in Lagos around 3 p.m. today, is still ongoing as of the time of filing this report, reports [&helli...
•Sadiya Umar-Farouq Citing health challenges, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq has officially written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking an extension of the deadline to meet with EFCC interrogators over an ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 ...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, today, granted an Ibadan-based travel agent, Christon Wilson, 65, bail for N10 million, over alleged N700 million visa scam. This is in connection with an alleged visa scam amounting to N700 million, specifically related to the procurement of Australian visas, reports NAN. The defendant’s counsel, Mr. ...
•PPRO Toun Ejire-Adeyemi The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Abdullateef Yakubu and Yakubu Olanrewaju of Shao Garage area, Ilọrin, for allegedly slitting the throat of a neighbour over a disagreement. It was learnt that the incident occurred around past 12:00 am on Monday at Shao Garage area, Ilọrin, reports Daily Trust. ...
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