The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has debunked as false, news making the rounds that one of its prosecutors was offered a bribe over the Malabu OPL 245 fraud case leading to the dismissal of the charges against a Read more…
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The National Chairman of All Progressive Congress ( APC) who was a former Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje along with his wife, son and six others are to be arraigned at a Kano High Court on 17th April Read more…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of a Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted popular Nigerian cross dresser, Idris Okuneye alias Bobrisky, over mutilation of the Naira. The defendant is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) The court Read more…
An eleventh suspect has been put under arrest over the March 23 terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, the press service of the Moscow criminal courts said in a statement on Friday. The man was charged with Read more…
Bandits who kidnapped 61 villagers at Budah Hausa Village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State three weeks ago have killed five of the abductees. Fifty-one other victims, it was gathered, were released on Tuesday by their abductors after Read more…
The Labour Party (LP) has said the residence of its National Chairman, Julius Abure was gutted by fire on Wednesday. The party also claimed that there was an assassination attempt on Abure. The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Authorities of Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have named a street after the State’s Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Adeoye(CP). The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, Tochukwu Ikenga(DSP), in a statement said Read more…
The Federal Government and the International Criminal Police Organisation have commenced the process of extraditing a Binance chief, Nadeem Anjarwalla, who escaped from detention on March 22. Security agencies had in February arrested Anjarwalla and Tigran Gambaryan, two executives of Read more…
A tenth suspect has been placed under arrest in relation to the March 23 terrorist attack on the Crocus City music venue near Moscow, Basmanny District Court announced on Monday. Yusufzoda Yakubjoni –a Tajikistani national– is to remain in custody Read more…
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped an undisclosed number of students who were traveling along the East-West Road in Ughelli, Delta State. According to reports from Channels Television, the incident occurred on Monday. However, details surrounding the abduction remain limited at the Read more…
Police Officers in Anambra State over the Easter weekend arrested an adult male holding a bag in Awada, Idemili North LGA. The man, on sighting the Police, took to his heels and was chased until he was caught and overpowered. Read more…
Moscow has demanded that Ukraine surrender everyone in the country it suspects of terrorism, including Kiev’s domestic spy agency boss Vasily Malyuk, and to immediately stop supporting any related activities such individuals and groups undertake, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Read more…