A Federal High Court in Abuja has given former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, until January 25 to appear in court to explain circumstances surrounding the $53 million-judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a short ruling on Tuesday, gave Emefiele another opportunity to appear in…
Four kidnap victims have been rescued at different locations in Kastina State. The victims regained their freedom on Saturday following a joint operation by police operatives and the Nigerian Army during a routine patrol along Dankolo village in Dandume Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu,…
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is currently being detained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Emefiele, who is currently being interrogated at the National Headquarters of the anti-graft agency, Jabi, Abuja, was picked up by EFCC operatives Thursday night, less than an hour after he…
The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of six persons by suspected kidnappers in the state. The abduction comes barely a few days after the kidnapping of an inspector of police, Emmanuel Yaro, attached to the Kurmi Division. Confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abdullahi Usman, said they were abducted…
By Yetunde Oke The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says drug abuse and trafficking can be reduced to the barest minimum. The Public Relations Officer of the Agency in Oyo State, Alhaja Mutiat Okuwobi made this known while featuring on Pensioners’ FM Current Affairs Programme, “The searchlight.” Alhaja Okuwobi, who noted that NDLEA was…
By Michael Adeyemo The Management of the Federal College of Forestry, Jericho, Ibadan, has announced indefinite suspension of all activities at the institution, following an unlawful invasion of the campus by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The Acting Provost of the institution, Dr Fausat Ibrahim, made this known in an…
A man identified as Mallam Umar Tasiu, in Minna, Niger State, has been beaten to death by his former in-laws. Umar Tasiu had gone to see his two kids who are staying with his former wife in her father’s house. A source said, “He went to see them and his former in-laws who didn’t want…
A 500-level veterinary medicine student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage secondary student with his naked picture and enticed him to meet him for…
Apathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Sunday Shoyemi, on Friday, told a Lagos state High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the death of a 22-year-old fashion designer named Oluwabamise Ayanwole, was caused by a force blunt trauma on the head. Shoyemi said the death was ascribed to craniocerebral injury…
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed the arrest of one Benjamin Nnanyereugo for allegedly killing his girlfriend by the Sierra Leonan Police Force. Speaking with the newsmen, Hundeyin said Nnanyereugo’s arrest had been confirmed by the Nigeria Police. “He was arrested by the Sierra Leonan Police Forice and we are…