The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Umar Audu, for allegedly killing one Abubakar Mohammadu of the Fulani Camp, Wawa village in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of the state. The command confirmed the suspect’s arrest on Tuesday, stating that a team of policemen attached to the New-Bussa Division apprehended him over…
A court has seized the sum of £211m traced to the late General Sani Abacha, which was found in a Jersey bank account on Channels Island. According to Metro UK, the late Head of State laundered money through the US into the Channel Islands. The money was put in accounts held in Jersey by Doraville Properties…
The Ondo State Police has arrested two security guards who allegedly killed their boss Kwakye Kwaku Richard, 71; and his daughter Kwakye Tope, 27. After committing the crime, the men were said to have hidden their remains in an uncompleted building in Akure, the state capital. The State Commissioner of Police, Undie Adie, disclosed this…
The Flying Eagles have refused to leave their hotel in Poland over the non-payment of their allowances by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), an insider tells our correspondent. The Nigerian team had crashed out of the Fifa U-20 World Cup tournament in Lodz on Monday. Success Makanjuola’s 50th minute goal only appeared to be a…
The Coalition of United Political Parties on Tuesday backed the use of secret ballot system to elect the leadership of the Ninth National Assembly. The spokesman of the CUPP, Imo Ugochinyere, told journalists in Abuja that the secret ballot is the only way to stop desperate godfathers from imposing their stooges as leaders of the…
The Presidential Task Force on the Restoration of Law and Order in Apapa Ports Area, in Lagos, has unveiled its operational guidelines. The guidelines as contained in a paper made available to stakeholders at a meeting held in Lagos, recently, stipulates continuous stakeholders’ engagement as one of the critical strategies. Others are the deployment of…
The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, on Monday, said that an alleged pastor at its Life Camp branch in Abuja, David Onyekachuku, had been placed on indefinite suspension for having an indecent relationship with a 16-year-old girl, whom he allegedly raped and impregnated. The church also said Onyekachuku was “not an ordained pastor” and…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday praised Nigerians over the “conduct of peaceful elections” this year. He said this was in spite of what he called “doomsday predictions of social disharmony” that there might be no elections at all. His position was contained in a message to mark today’s Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. A statement by his Senior…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed Friday for judgment on a suit filed by the immediate-past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, challenging the Independent National Electoral Commission’s refusal to issue him a certificate of return as the senator-elect for the Imo West Senatorial District. Justice Okon Abang fixed the date for…
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally opened up on the National Judicial Council’s recommendation on the erstwhile Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The court documents filed on behalf of the Federal Government, Attorney General of the Federation and Buhari revealed that the NJC recommended Onnoghen’s compulsory retirement. The documents obtained by our correspondent on Monday,…