Palpable fear has gripped communities in Plateau State after unmen suspected to be bandits attacked Zurak and Bankalala villages in Bashar District of Wase local government area of Plateau State, killing more than 50 residents, including vigilantes, and injuring others Read more…
The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of aiding crimes in the country. The monarch made the allegations when he received the new Benin Zonal Director of EFCC, Effa Okim, in his palace Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Barr Peter Awah, the Director of Public Prosecution for Anambra State and immediate Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association(NBA) Ihiala branch, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen. Sources claimed that the lawyer was killed in Read more…
Suspected warlords early, yesterday, attacked Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, killing two persons and destroying property worth millions of naira. It was learned that the two killed were beheaded Read more…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested four members of a syndicate in Lagos where a Sports Utility Vehicle was recovered and two houses already traced to them sealed for forfeiture to the federal government. This is even Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The people of Amakor Nanka in Orumba North LGA of Anambra State have refuted alleged sand mining in their community, warning peddlers of such allegations to desist forthwith. Some group of individuals in the community had accused Read more…
Dangote refinery plans to buy 24 million barrels of crude from the United States over the next year as it increases processing rates. According to a report on Thursday by Bloomberg, the plant issued a “term tender” for the purchase Read more…
Six directors and 222 other staff members of the Anambra State Local Government Service Commission have been sacked for possessing fake certificates with which they gained employment into the commission. In the same vein, two former staff members, one of Read more…
An assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico took place on Wednesday in the city of Handlova, where a government meeting was being held. The attacker fired up to five shots at the prime minister, who received gunshot wounds to Read more…
Operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, expanded its clampdown on Bureau De Change operators, arresting traders in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt. This came as the naira weakened further against the United States dollar at both Read more…
EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell has demanded Israel do something about “extremists” attacking humanitarian aid convoys on their way to Gaza. Following the Israeli offensive on the city of Rafah, which is on the border of the Palestinian enclave with Egypt, Read more…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, on Tuesday, vowed that the 10th Assembly will ensure that those behind the blackmailing over the $140 million bribery scandal are brought to book. Speaker Abbas issued the threat notice Read more…