Gunmen have killed no fewer than 12 persons, with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries in fresh attacks on Anyiin and other communities such as Ayilamo, Iorza and Gbeji in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State.The attackers are alleged to be Fulani herdsmen.Newsmen gathered from usually dependable eyewitnesses that the renewed attacks which…
Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone “B”, Kaduna, Chedi Wada, has lamented that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to deliver vehicles across the country. According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates belonging to various state and local governments, MDAs, Emirate Councils, and other governmental institutions….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the money laundering charge filed against a former Attorney-General of Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore. Shasore was arraigned alongside his company, Middlesex Investments Ltd, on a 14-count charge of money laundering before Justice Inyang Ekwo, in November 2022. At the day’s proceedings, counsel for the EFCC, Bala…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has identified an increasing trend of men becoming victims of sexual and gender-based violence in recent times. The agency’s Director General, Fatima Waziri-Aza, disclosed this at a workshop organised with support from FORD Foundation in Abuja. She stated that the cases border on physical violence,…
Troops of the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have rescued 31 kidnapped victims in Sokoto State. This is as the Northwest Operation under the command of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut, intensified the onslaught and conducted a series of clearance operations to terrorists/bandits’…
The Lagos State Fire Service has said it had begun legal actions against one Waheed Balogun for assaulting an officer of the agency who was on duty in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Ololade Agboola, disclosed this in a statement made available to…
Police operatives in Bayelsa State have nabbed one of the killers of Late SP Bako Angbashim, former Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Ahoada Division, Rivers State. According to report, the arrested suspect whose name was given as Onyekachi Ikowa, male, 43 years, is the second in command to TuBaba, leader of the dreaded Icelander cult…
An apprentice carpenter identified as Onome, has reportedly been beaten to death by his master in Sapele, Delta State. According to witnesses, the event happened a few days ago at the master’s workshop on Sapele’s New Ogorode Road. It was learned that the apprentice’s supervisor, Orunor, had reprimanded him for allegedly arriving late to work….
The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it has handed over seized fake $10, 000 to officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Announcing this in a statement today, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Juliana Tomo, said a 41-year-old suspect, Ifeanachor Ugbor, was arrested in connection with the seizure. She said…
The Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Graft Commission, Muhuyi Magaji, has been arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on a 10-count charge of corruption. The charges filed by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) include alleged breach of the code of conduct for public officers, conflict of interest, abuse…