The wife of staff of Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University, NDU, was in the early hours of yesterday abducted by gunmen in Gbarantoru, Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Also yesterday, members of a vigilante group and youths reportedly foiled an attempt to abduct the pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested a man with N60 million cash stashed in four bags popularly known as ‘Ghana-Must-Go. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested a man with N60 million cash The anti-graft agency in a statement by its acting Spokesman, Tiny Orilade, said the cash was made up […]
The proprietor of a school in Abuja, Emmanuel Matthew, reported his accuser to the police before investigation led to him being charged with inducement and rape, a court has been told. Emmanuel, the Proprietor of Emmabeth Academy, Mpape, Abuja, was arraigned before an FCT High Court in Maitama in 2012 on a six-count charge bordering […]
The Anambra State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected notorious drug dealer, Chimezie Okoye, in Awka, the state capital. This information was made known in a statement issued by the spokesman of the NDLEA in the state, Charles Odigie Efosa. Efosa said Okoye, known as Don, operated around […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has commended the efforts of the Stolen Asset Recovery (STAR) Initiative of the World Bank and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) while asking that it does more in recovering of assets. The commendation was made by Head, Legal Department of the EFCC Kabir Latona at […]
A 36-year-old mother of three, Chizoba Ogbonna, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT), in Abriba-Ohafia, Abia State, for allegedly masterminding her kidnapping. The suspect, an indigene of Osisioma in Abia State and a graduate of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, was […]
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt has arrested 22 suspects in anti-oil bunkering and sea piracy operations conducted between April 16 and May 26. The army disclosed this in a statement issued by its spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, on Tuesday. He said the operation covered Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta states. Musa […]
For allegedly defiling his lover’s 13-year-old daughter, a 32-year-old trader, Daisi Awodeji, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, on the orders of an Ikeja magistrates’ court. The Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, who did not take the plea of the defendant, said he should be kept behind bars pending advice from the Director of […]
Justice A. B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court in Minna, Niger State on Thursday revoked the bail granted to the former Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and the former state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Gado Nasko. The judge, who was visibly angry over the absence of ex-Governor Aliyu […]