•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 […]
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has failed to secure the arrest of Abisoye Coker-Odusote, Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), despite repeated warnings over her refusal to appear before its committee investigating an alleged contract breach. The House Committee on Public Petitions had ...
•Acting Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi A mild drama that could have snowballed into a bigger crisis was averted at the premises of Kebbi State Customs Area Command today when an altercation ensued between the Kebbi State Customs Public Relations Officer, MT Salisu and the DAILY INDEPENDENT State Correspondent, Haruna Us...
•Natasha The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) today described the alleged plan to arrest Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a dangerous turn for democracy in Nigeria. The coalition made this assertion in Abuja, in a statement issued by its national secretary, High Chief Peter Ameh, in Abuja. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan who has been sus...
•Mercy Chinwo and VeryDarkMan The Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of blogger Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), for “criminal defamation” of the reputation of gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. The magistrate ordered the Nigeria Police Force together with other law enforc...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives committee on Public Petition has threatened to arrest the Executive Secretary of the Federal capital territory Administration (FCTA), Olusade Adesola for refusing to explain his role in an alleged contravention of the building code of the federal capital territory (FCT). Chairman of the co...
•Policemen The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Hashim Abioye, has claimed that operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested staff of the commission who are on election duty across the state. Abioye made the claim in a statement issued via the commission’s official X page today. While commending the electora...
A security outfit in Anambra State has reportedly announced plans to arrest women found in public without bras or panties. The declaration, which surfaced in a viral video on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, was made through a public address system. In the footage, an official of the security group, speaking in Igbo, alleged that the […]
•Nasir El-Rufai Embattled former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai says he won’t opt for exile despite the many rumours that he might be arrested and tortured by the Bola Tinubu administration. El-Rufai, who has been embroiled in a battle of words with the presidency and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), said he won’t be […...

