Thursday, 17 September, 2026

Category: Crime


The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called on the Federal Government and the governments of Niger and Kebbi States to urgently intervene over alleged attacks and displacement of Fulani pastoralists in parts of the two states. Read more…


Nasir El-Rufai’s lawyers said the ₦10 billion demand was a proposed settlement, not damages awarded or agreed by a court. Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has demanded a public apology and ₦10 billion in compensation from the Minister of Read more…


…says the President have no case to answer;an allegation is not a crime Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, says President Bola Tinubu and members of his family have unimpeded transit and cannot be arrested in Read more…


African Democratic Congress (ADC) 2027 presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has said the report of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation questioning the ₦33.75 billion reportedly paid as palliatives to 3.29 million vulnerable Nigerian households is an indictment of Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a twenty six year-old Kosisochukwu Edward Ibekwe, in connection with the murder of Miss Vivian Chilaka, a twenty three year-old nursing student, whose tragic death occured in Alor in Idemili Read more…


Minister of Defence Christopher Musa has accused former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai of deliberately planning the killing of people in Southern Kaduna. Musa made the allegation while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The minister Read more…


For clarity, the matter is a civil records-disclosure dispute under the United States Freedom of Information Act. It is not a criminal case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, nor has the court found him guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. The Read more…


A United States-based lobbying firm linked to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has alleged that its founder, Dr Karl Von Batten, was offered $3 million to halt a campaign involving allegations against President Bola Tinubu. Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C. made the allegation Read more…


The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the operations of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), yesterday, said it had traced 58 bank accounts, as well as 12 organisations, to the Director-General of the phantom agency. The Chairman Read more…


Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede on Monday said the commission recovered N1.233 trillion between October 2023 and June 2026 as part of its sustained campaign against economic and financial crimes. Olukoyede also disclosed that Read more…


Tension has continued to mount in Port Harcourt following the reported police shooting that claimed the life of 22-year-old University of Port Harcourt graduate Anthony Obodo. The incident has sparked protests and raised questions about the circumstances surrounding the young Read more…


• Says humiliation of citizens in S’Africa no longer acceptable Barely a day after Nigeria formally reported recurring xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks in South Africa to the African Union (AU), the Federal Government has again talked tough, declaring that it Read more…