From Ifeoma Ejiofor The National Association of Surface Tank Oil and Gas Retailers of Nigeria(NASTOGRN) has asked the Federal Government to declare war on illegal transactions going on in the oil sector. The president of NASTOGRN, Nze Ibeneme Frank, made Read more…
The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Friday, found two Heads of Court guilty of age falsification. According to the legal body, its investigations established that the Chief Judge of Imo State, Hon. Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka Chikeka and the Grand Read more…
Attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has secured the conviction of one Laminu Ahmed, 36, for the rape of a seven-year-old girl. Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court 14 Read more…
The National Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Major General Adamu Laka, says the new terror group, Lakurawa, would be wiped out very soon. The general disclosed that the terror group has less than two hundred members. Laka spoke in Read more…
Two soldiers were killed early Wednesday morning when gunmen attacked an army checkpoint at the Imo/Abia boundary community of Ekenobizi in Umuopara in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State. A military officer who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Read more…
The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has said he has nothing to hide over his eight-year tenure in the state following the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He also noted that the Read more…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that corruption within Nigeria’s power sector is a major cause of the nation’s frequent power outage, as contractors frequently resort to using substandard products. He disclosed Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam(CP) has appealed to tricycle operators in Awka North and South LGA to expose the bad elements around them. CP Obono-Itam made the appeal during a stakeholders meeting with Read more…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has revealed that the Force has successfully recovered N10 million allegedly extorted from a group of young Nigerians by four officers in Bayelsa State. The officers, identified as ASP Emmanuel Ubong and Read more…
Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, the newly elected chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area in Anambra State, Nigeria, has been arrested in Texas, United States, for allegedly running a $3.3 million romance scam. If convicted, Nwadialo could face up to 20 years Read more…
A coalition of 51 anti-corruption groups has formally petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), seeking the immediate arrest and prosecution of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lamented the eviction of workers belonging to the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) from oil rig with the Nigerian military, condemning the action as unlawful. In a statement signed by Read more…