Report at our disposal has it that a young man identified as Aletor Elebobo (Mr Daniel) few hours ago drowned at the popular Ethiop River in Delta. The Delta State Police Command, Sapele Division few hours ago, confirmed the death…
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ordered the Department of State Services to release human rights activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, within the next 24 hours. The judge also ordered the DSS to pay the…
JUST IN: Pipeline explosion at Igando – Idimu road, around Diamond estate, Igando, Lagos. News reaching us this morning say a massive pipeline explosion just happened at Igando area of Lagos state. In a video making rounds online, People could…
The Kano State Kano State Bureau for Land Management has requested the Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II to send his account number for payment of N4.5m compensation of his property demolished by the state government. A joint investigation by…
A federal High court in Lagos on Thursday found a former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, guilty of fraud. Justice Mohammed Idris who read the judgement is yet to pronounce the sentence for the offences for which Mr Kalu stands…
A former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail after he was found guilty of N7.65bn fraud. The 12 year sentence is the highest among the 39 counts convicting the defendants, the…
A former councillor in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged involvement in car theft. The suspect identified as Samuel Opeyemi Adeojo was allegedly fingered as the…
Tragedy as a Nigerian man identified as Obinna who was allegedly stabbed by his partner has been confirmed dead. A facebook user identified as Sarafina Legacy shared a story of how she warned the deceased severally that he should not…
Italian police have busted two Nigerian mafia clans operating in Italy for trafficking and selling Nigeria women into sex slavery. No fewer than 32 people were arrested in Puglia, Sicily, Campania, Calabria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Marche, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Germany, France,…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday raided a Lagos hotel believed to be a hideout for internet fraudsters and arrested suspected internet fraud kingpin and 26 others. The target was one Rasaq Balogun,…
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced their decision to relinquish their control on their parent company, Alphabet. However, they will remain on the board of the company. They made the announcement in a joint statement, saying they…
In a bid to tackle insecurity in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday launched the 2019 National Security Strategy. The launch took place shortly before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Aso Chamber of the presidential villa…
President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tuesday unveiled additional Made-In-Nigeria Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (Ezugwu MRAP) for the Nigerian Army, assuring Nigerians of his commitment to fighting insecurity. President Buhari unveiled the vehicles during the opening ceremony of the 2019…
The Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday dismissed suits seeking the removal of Ibrahim Magu as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The plaintiffs had sought Magu’s removal on the grounds that the Senate had twice…
The Senate President Ahmed Lawan has said the Senate won’t pass the proposed anti-free speech bills into law. Lawan made the disclosure in response to a detailed written protest letter against the hate speech bill and anti-social media bill before…
The Senate has stood down the nomination of Olalekan Raheem as a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It, however, confirmed the nomination of Umar Gajiram and Aialiibo Johnson. These were part of the recommendations…
The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has rubbished reports claiming that the Nigerian Army recruited repentant Boko Haram members into the military. The group made this known in an international press conference on Wednesday in Abuja to clear…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said his administration’s will adopt technology to fight crimes in the state, saying the state government plans to build a one-stop technology hub where data would be collated for efficiency in the handling of security…
OAP Daddy Freeze has reacted to a video of a pastor giving his church members anointed bread. During a service at a church in Delta state, the pastor identified as Bishop Iboyi was seen with a table filled with bread.…
Governor Jide Sanwoolu has named the Onikan Stadium after former Lagos State governor, Brigadier Mobolaji Johnson. The stadium is one of the oldest stadiums in Nigeria and this is the 4th name that it will bear. The original stadium was…