•Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Justice Musa Umar of the Federal High Court, Abuja, today, rejected an application by the federal government to have Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan arrested for failing to appear for the start of her defamation trial. The government is prosecuting Akpoti-Uduaghan on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio ...
•Former NNPCL boss, Mele Kyari A group has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mele Kyari, former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). Led by Barrister Ojonugwa Theophilus, the group submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 25, 2...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, suspected of the murder of her co-wife, Zainab Lawal, 30, following a violent domestic altercation in Daura town, Katsina North. The tragic incident occurred in the late hours of Saturday, May 24, 2025, behind Dadi Primary school in the Sabon Gari Area of [&...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has blamed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration for the arrest and detention of Mr. Martins Vincent Otse, social media commentator known as VeryDarkMan (VDM). VDM was last week arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and has been in custody s...
•IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu A Department of State Services operative, who is testifying for the federal government in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, today, stated at the Federal High Court in Abuja that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from him during his arrest […]
•Dreadlocks-wearing person and Governor Umar Bago Niger State Governor Umar Bago has ordered the arrest of individuals sporting dreadlocks in Minna, the state capital. The directive was issued during yesterday’s high-level stakeholders’ security meeting at the Government House, reports Vanguard. Governor Bago instructed security agencies to no...
•Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Moshood Jimoh The Lagos State Police Command has described as untrue, reports credited to Civilian Joint Taskforce (CJTF) that hundreds of Boko Haram suspects were arrested in Lagos. The command in a statement last night, said Boko Haram had neither been sighted nor seen in Lagos State, describin...
•Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos The federal government has ordered the arrest and prosecution of the contractor sand filling the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Minister for Works, David Umahi, made this known while responding to questions from our correspondent on the implications of dredging and sand filling around the bridge, reports The Guardi...
•Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State The Ebonyi State government has dismissed a report that Governor Francis Nwifuru ordered the arrest of five Commissioners over delay in delivery and breach of contracts. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of the Ebonyi Executive Council (EXCO) committee on Supervision and Completio...
•Uromi Communities around Old Ilushi Road, Opere, and Good Will Junction in Uromi, Edo State, have been deserted by residents for fear of reprisals and arrests by security agents, following the lynching of 16 travellers by a mob in the area last Thursday. This came as Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State yesterday in Kano […]
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