The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has granted pardons to 11 inmates in Enugu aimed at decongesting the state’s correctional facilities. Uche Anichukwu, the Senior Special Assistant to Mbah on External Relations, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Enugu. Anichukwu said that the gesture was a step towards giving the beneficiaries another…
No fewer than 12 travellers from the Basawa community in Zaria, Kaduna State, were killed during an attack in Mangu, Plateau State, on Friday. Eleven others sustained injuries and are currently receiving hospital treatment. The victims, a group of 31 men, women, and children, were travelling in an 18-seater bus belonging to Ahmadu Bello University,…
Police in Iran’s Qom province said Saturday that 22 people “linked to Israeli spy services” had been arrested since June 13, Fars news agency reported. “22 people were identified and arrested on charges of being linked to the Zionist regime’s spy services, disturbing public opinion and supporting the criminal regime,” the agency said, citing the…
A dispute over access to a pond has escalated into a violent confrontation in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, leaving one person injured and 62 homes destroyed in two farming communities. The clash, which broke out between Tiv farmers and Fulani herders, began in Tor Bali and Atongo villages after a woman fetching…
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people in a deadly attack at a crowded fish market in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident happened on Friday night when the bomber, disguised as a civilian, entered the market and detonated an explosive device. This was disclosed in a…
Suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Apoti-Uduaghan was on Thursday docked at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja for allegedly defaming the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Adosa Bello.She was put on trial by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and…
Two estate agents, Adeola Ojo, 49, and Abiodun Akinlabi, 48, were on Wednesday arraigned before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly defrauding several accommodation seekers of N7.6m. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not stated, are facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences, and stealing, preferred against them by…
The Court of Appeal Lagos Division has discharged and acquitted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, of a N754.8m fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday, via zoom, the three-member panel of the appellate court upheld…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, and the Defence Intelligence Agency have busted a transnational organised human trafficking syndicate and arrested three suspects. The operatives also said that 20 victims, trafficked from the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and Togo to Nigeria for various forms of labour exploitation, were rescued. This was…
Troops have eliminated notorious bandit leader Guddel and his brother during a military operation in Kaduna State. This was revealed in a post by security analyst, Bakatsine on a social media platform. Guddel was said to be responsible for numerous attacks and abductions across parts of Kaduna and neighboring states. “Troops have eliminated notorious bandit…