•Boko Haram insurgents Chibok town, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, is in the news again following a fierce attack by Boko Haram insurgents, killing two persons and injuring scores. Chibok was for the first time in the global news in April 2014, when the insurgents stormed the Government Girls Secondary School there and […]...
•The suspects Police operatives attached to Ojo Division area of Lagos State yesterday Wednesday, December 20, arrested one Imo Lawrence and his ally, Magnus Nwonka, allegedly involved in manufacturing fake drinks in the state. It was learnt that Lawrence aged 35 and Nwonka aged 42 were in possession of fake drinks. The spokesman for the [&hel...
•Cutlass A 23-year-old Saidi Musa Elemosho has been arrested for allegedly hacking his father to death. Saidi was said to have killed his father because the deceased was fond of raining curses on him for ‘no just reason’, reports The Guardian. The father, Chief Musa was the Elemosho of Share land in Ifelodun Local Government […]
Osas Nusakare, one of the 14 stowaways arrested onboard a foreign vessel at the Lagos Roadstead, has confessed that he wanted to celebrate the New Year in a European country. 45-year-old Nusakare said this was his second attempt, insisting that he would try his luck again until he succeeds, reports Daily Trust. The 14 stowaways […]
•NAFDAC DG, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye The Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Moji Adeyeye, has lamented the alarming rate at which some Nigerians are willing to go to make quick money at the detriment of the health of its citizens. Her claim is coming off a bust on […]
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...

