The independent committee constituted by the federal government to investigate the deaths of 37 artisanal miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger State is expected to commence work today after its inauguration scheduled for 12 noon at the Federal Ministry of Interior in Abuja. Secretary of the [&h...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, today, directed the suspension of 20 officers in connection with the reported deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) custody in Niger State, pending the conclusion of investigation. The development followed...
•Tinubu and FBI logo The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the subject of a criminal investigation into drug-trafficking crimes in the early 1990s. This is according to a sworn declaration filed in a US federal court. ‎‎The declaration was submitted on August 28, 2026, before...
•The Enugu Air aircraft The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has identified an inoperative autobrake system as one of several factors in the Enugu Air runway excursion at Benin Airport. The incident occurred on July 23, when Enugu Air Flight 4264, an Embraer E170 flying from Lagos to Benin, overran Runway 05 during landing, reports Channel...
•UNIZK logo and the accused lecturer, Prof Ifeanyi Odinye The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has condemned the alleged assault of a lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Arts, Prof Ifeanyi Odinye, following an allegation of attempted sexual misconduct involving a female student. The incident, whic...
•Tinubu and ADC logo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practises and other offences related Commission (ICPC) on the alleged fake Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC). In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi yesterd...
•David Umahi and late Mary Habila More questions and growing calls for a comprehensive and independent investigation have continued to trail the death of 26-year-old Mary Habila at the Ebonyi residence of the Minister of Works, David Umahi. Habila, who her father described as the minister’s personal nurse, reportedly died on June 27, and her [...
The Lagos State Police Command has commenced investigation into a suspicious parcel containing live ammunition delivered to the Managing Director of FirstBank, Oluwasegun Alebiosu. Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Fatai Tijani, who disclosed this during a press briefing today at the Command headquarters, said detectives h...
•Scene of the train derailment The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), has commenced investigation into the yesterday’s train derailment along Warri–Itakpe corridor. A source close to the bureau, told our correspondent that the Director-General, NSIB, Alex Badeh Jnr., has led a team of investigators to the scene of the train accident,...
•Mirabel The Ogun State Police Command has released TikToker Abigeal Nsikak, popularly known as Mirabel, to the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development after she presented herself at a police station in connection with her widely publicised rape allegation. According to a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Office...
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