Local governments will soon be on the front burner of the war against graft by the leadership of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The commission has signalled its desire to “buy in” people at the grassroots to achieve its desire to fight corruption, especially in the councils. EFCC Chairman Ola Olukoyede revealed this [&hel...
•Mallam Tukur Mamu A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted former terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu access to his doctor. Mamu had, in a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/96/2023, sought the leave of court to have access to his doctor following his deteriorating health conditions, reports The PUNCH. He also asked the court to [&hell...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a High Court judge, Justice Joy Unwana, and her driver in the Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that her police orderly was killed during the incident which occurred yesterday along the Uyo-Okobo road which leads to Oron town, reports The Nation. […]
•Gunmen A second class chief, Alhaji Umaru Buba Nyala of Pupule chiefdom in Yorro LGA of Taraba State and 21 of his subjects were kidnapped in the early hours of today Tuesday, December 19. A resident of Pupule, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that the traditional ruler and others were abducted by kidnappers who […]
•CP Adeoye The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested a couple trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos. According to a statement issued today by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the interception was made at the River Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha on December 17, 2023. Although the couple’s identity w...
•Soyinka, Agunloye and Olukoyede Literally fuming on Monday, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka demanded the detention of everyone directly or indirectly indicted in the alleged scam involving the Mambilla power project. He was speaking to the arrest and detention of a former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye by the Economic and Fi...
•Nigerian Police The police command in Kaduna State has rescued a kidnapped victim after six months’ in captivity. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, said this when he spoke with our correspondent today in Kaduna, reports NAN. ‘”On Monday, at about 1600 hours, our anticrime patrol mission on Madachi-Galadimawa ...
•New Lagos CP A yet-to-be identified husband allegedly murdered his wife in the Olota area of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos over her failure to cook his meal last Thursday. It was learnt that trouble started when the husband, who was said to have returned from work, discovered that the wife only prepared […]
Almost a month since the abduction of 150 villagers in Mutunji District of Maru LGA of Zamfara State, three of the victims have been reported dead in captivity even as the bandits have remained silent on the issue of ransom for the remaining 147 in their den. Armed bandits had on Friday, November 24, 2023 […]
•Ekere Ebong in handcuffs The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a lawyer identified as Ekere Ebong, who was captured in a viral video brutalising his wife in Uyo, the state capital. Ebong was seen in the video which went viral on social media beating up his wife at their Uyo residence […]
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