Fisayo Soyombo has been released on bail after he was detained by the Nigerian police. The journalist and founder of the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), was detained on Monday, Dec. 13, when he honoured a police invitation at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. He was released on bail on the same day…
A man who posed as an oil magnate to defraud an American citizen has been sentenced to a total number of 175 years imprisonment. Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, found Dr Vincent Ayigor guilty of duping an American, Joseph Crews, the sum of $ 629,287 in…
Members of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), in Ogun State, have called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to implement the Consequential Adjustment in Pensions of retirees as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari under the benefits scheme since April 18, 2019. The pensioners say avoidable deaths are being recorded among retirees daily because of their poor…
The trial of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafran, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu for treasonable felony has taken a new turn as Kanu on Monday afternoon slammed a fresh suit against the Attorney General of the Federation AGF, the Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami SAN and the Department of State Service DSS….
Unvaccinated corps members have been barred from gaining access to orientation camps by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) authorities. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, announced this on Monday, December 13, in his nationwide virtual address to the 2021 Batch “C” Stream Two corps members and camp officials. Ibragim who noted that the scheme was…
Unknown gunmen stormed Iyemero Ekiti community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State and abducted a trader identified as Alhaja Nusirat Saliu. A man said to be a farmer was left with severe head injuries after being macheted during the operation. The gunmen initially pretended to be buyers who came on a friendly visit…
Jehovah’s Witness celebrated the religious group’s 100 years presence in Nigeria on Sunday since its presence in 1921. The celebratory centenary event was a three–hour programme titled, ‘History-100 Years of Courage! Jehovah’s Witness in Nigeria’. The programme featured the organisation’s early beginnings in the country from 1921 broken into segments; “1921-1946: Small Beginnings; 1947-1972: Standing…
The Imo State Police Commissioner Rabiu Huissani, on Sunday warned against the use of fireworks and other explosives in the state during the festive season. He warned the general public that the ban on the use of fireworks and other explosives is still very much in force. “The command will enforce all the extant laws…
Following the decision of the federal government to place a travel ban on UK, the British High Commission on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to an inquiry by The Punch on Sunday over a…
Several persons have been injured following an explosion at a gas station around Akwa road in Onitsha, Anambra State. Number of affected persons is still unknown as of the time of filing this report. While another filling station was badly affected by the explosion which occurred on Sunday evening, December 12, two other filling stations…