The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the commission has recovered $261 million, N6 billion, and 13,000 pounds illegally acquired by suspected criminals since he assumed office. Speaking at the presidential media team ministerial briefing at the statehouse Abuja on Thursday, June 18. He said also recovered by the…
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El Rufai has sacked over 90 of his political appointees. El-Rufai said his administration will reduce the size of civil servants in the state but maintained that government appointees will go first. The Governor stated this at a media chat with journalists in Kaduna on Thursday night, explaining that the disengaged…
A 45-year-old man has been handed a life sentence after being arrested and arraigned in court for defiling his 15-year-old daughter and infecting her with HIV. The convict who lives with his daughter at Muthara village in Tigania East, Meru County of Kenya, reportedly dragged her to the farm where he defiled her on several occasions. The victim…
Boko Haram has reportedly gotten a new commander, following the death of its leader Abubakar Shekau. The Jihadist group confirmed the death of Shekau in a video message from its presumed new commander, Bakura Modu also known as Sahaba. Modu urged his faction’s commanders to remain loyal despite the loss of their commander. The video provided to AFP by a…
Ekiti State police command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Kayode Ogundele, of Ayetoro-Ekiti for allegedly forcefully having sexual intercourse with his 85yr old Step-Mother in her room. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Abutu Sunday, said the suspect, who is a son to the victim’s late husband, came…
President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) has said that he is committed to serving Nigerians because of the love the citizens have for him. According to Buhari, providing adequate security and livelihood is a debt of gratitude he owed Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to serve. Buhari spoke at the palace of the Shehu…
Unknown gunmen have killed a 33-year-old lecturer with the University of Benin, Maxwell Eseosa Aimuan in Edo state. Aimuan, a lecturer in the department of Public Administration, was shot dead on Saturday, June 12, while he was driving into his compound in Isihor, Benin City. It was gathered that his assailants shot him severally before…
Following a clash between some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and shop owners in the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday evening, June 16, a young graduate of Lead City University, has been reportedly killed. According to Nigerian Trinune, trouble started when the son of…
A suspect linked to the brutal rape and murder of a 21-year-old gay woman in South Africa has been arrested. The body of Anele Bhengu was discovered in a ditch near a school in the KwaMakhutha community, south of Durban on Sunday, June 13. She was allegedly raped before being stabbed. Her stomach was cut…
Botswana has unearthed a diamond believed to be the third-largest in the world. The precious stone weighing 1,098 carats was shown to Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after, Debswana, a diamond unearthing firm, found it. Botswana is Africa’s largest producer of diamonds. The gem is only slightly less heavy than the world’s second-largest diamond…