Friday, 20 December, 2024

Month: July 2021


Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 55 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations in Enugu and Ebonyi States. 18 of the suspects were arrested on Thursday at Agbani Road and Read more…


The inauguration ceremony took place at Khadamari Irrigation Farms in Jere Local Government Area. Zulum said, “although Armed forces and other security agencies including men of the Civilian Joint Task Force have been doing very well in the fight against Read more…


Prelate and Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Nzie Nsi Eke, has cautioned the federal government to “handle political detainees fairly and with extreme caution” to avoid aggravating the rising ethnic tension in the country. The cleric Read more…


Six French soldiers were detained at the Bata airport in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday morning while stopping to refuel their helicopter, according to France’s military and local media. The six, who the army said were still awaiting authorisation to take Read more…


A US Navy guided missile destroyer has crossed the Taiwan Strait in the South China Sea, making it the seventh such trip by an American warship this year, and prompting China to accuse the US of trying provoke its military. Read more…


The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered an “internal review of the allegations” against a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by a United States court. The police made this known in a statement on Thursday, signed by the Read more…


By Ifeoma Ejiofor The PDP candidate in the November 6 governorship election, Mr Valentine Ozigbo has assured the teeming members of the party that the litigation issues about his candidature will soon be resolved. He told teeming members and supporters Read more…


One of the world’s top spinal surgeons has divorced his former beauty queen wife after claiming he discovered she had been moonlighting as a high-end call girl, court papers allege. Dr Han Jo Kim, 41, filed for an annulment of Read more…


The Imo House of Assembly has passed a unanimous motion calling on the Commissioner of Police Imo State, CP Abutu Yaro, to commence investigation into the alleged killing of two men from Isu Local Government Area of the state. The Read more…


The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday threatened total lockdown of the Southeast and other Biafra States from Monday August 9, 2021 if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not unconditionally released before then.×× It also asked Governors, individuals and Read more…


A former Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Wednesday, said with the intractable agitation for secession in Nigeria, some aspects of the 1999 Constitution were fast becoming a hotbed for activities that could plunge the nation into crisis and Read more…


Olasupo Ojo, the Coordinator of Legal Affairs, Yoruba Self-Determination Movement Worldwide, has given reasons why Germany and France would not allow Nigeria and France to sanction Benin Republic for not extraditing the agitator. Ojo, who is the coordinating counsel for Read more…