•Buhari Sadiya Umar-Farouk, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, is expected to be interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) about an alleged N37.1 billion fraud. A top EFCC source confirmed this to our correspondent in a telephone conversation today, Wednesday, Jan...
•Halima Shehu A few hours after her suspension, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday arrested the National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu. She was still being detained as at press time last night. Halima Shehu was picked up in conne...
•Safiyanu Isa Andaha The chairman of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Hon Safiyanu Isa Andaha and his political godfather Adamu Umar Custom who were kidnapped on New Year day have regained their freedom. Our correspondent gathered reliably that the sum of N10m was paid to the kidnappers after the initial demand of N50m [&hellip...
•Mark and Tinubu Former Senate President, David Mark, today urged President Bola Tinubu-led administration to consider a review of the country’s security architecture to make it more proactive and strategic towards addressing challenges. Mark, according to a statement by his media adviser, Paul Mumeh, in Abuja, said there is an urgent need to ...
•Safiyanu Isa Andaha The chairman of Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa State, Safiyanu Isa Andaha has been kidnapped by gunmen. Our correspondent gathered that the frontline council chairman was kidnapped alongside his political godfather Adamu Umar Custom at Bingo village in Akwanga on the evening of yesterday, Monday January 1, repor...
•Matchete A suspect identified as Ibrahim Salisu has been taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly macheting his brother, Malaimi Yellow, to death over alleged sexual demand. It was learnt from the state command that the incident happened in the Araromi Street, Sango-Ota area at about 11:00 p.m. on Friday, reports [&he...
•CP Abiodun Alamutu The Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Abiodun Alamutu, has described ritual killings as the most disturbing trend of criminal activity in the state. He said it is more worrying because ritual killings by nature “are never done in the open except through credible intelligence before the act is committed,” reports Daily [...
•Lagos PPRO Benjamin Hundeyin Two yet-to-be identified car drivers have reportedly knocked down two policemen on stop-and-search duties around Oshodi, Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident happened at about 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while the officers were on patrol at 7/8 Bus Stop, Oshodi, Lagos, reports The PUNCH. A source disclosed that...
Two persons were killed in another attack by assailants in Durbi village of Shere district, Jos East Local Government Area. The attack is coming when the state is yet to recover from the death of over one hundred ninety persons in the Christmas Eve attacks on Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of the state, […]
•The 4-year-old bride and her parents The Bayelsa Government has invited the parents of a four-year-old girl and the 54-year-old man allegedly involved in a marriage in Akeddei community, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. The government’s intervention is coming on the heels of media reports of a marriage between the child bride and [...
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