A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Wednesday ordered that three men, who allegedly trafficked a 20-year-old woman to Côte d’Ivoire, be remanded in a correctional center. The police charged Terfa Orka, Demegba Sesughter, and Aondoakura Gber all of Mkaa in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue with criminal conspiracy, trafficking in women, and protecting…
Men of the Anambra state police command have arrested eight suspected cultists terrorizing the state. A statement released by DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the spokesperson of the state police command, the command’s operatives in conjunction with the military and other security agencies in the state, on March 23, raided a couple of criminal hideouts in Okija, Ihiala…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s driver was recently detained by the Department of State Services after tricking his principal to sign a fraudulent document to make millions of naira. The driver in question was identified as Staff Sergeant Sa’idu Afaka. A source in the Presidency narrated how the driver capitalised on Buhari dementia to perpetuate the fraud….
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on the Chief of Army Staff, Attahiru Ibrahim to withdraw soldiers from politicians. He stated this on Tuesday when the army chief led senior military officers including the new General Officer Commanding the Six Division in Port Harcourt, Major General Sani Mohammed on a courtesy visit to the…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Haliru Nababa, as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service. This was disclosed in a tweet via the verified page of the Nigeria Senate. “The nomination of Haliru Nababa is CONFIRMED as Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service,” it read. His confirmation follows his screening by the…
Reports reaching us says that a newly-wedded woman identified as Fatima from Katsina State was reportedly burnt to death by her husband’s first wife in Minna, Niger State. The incident happened on Tuesday, March 23, about seven weeks after the deceased got married to the Niger state indigene. Young woman reportedly burnt to death by…
A former Minority Leader in the Ondo state House of Assembly, Hon Akpoebi Lubi, has died in a fatal car crash on Tuesday, March 23. He was said to have been driving along the Ondo-Akure road when the accident happened. Late Lubi represented the Ese-Odo state constituency during the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and was…
The return of Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, to Aso Rock Villa from the United Arab Emirates last Thursday was partly due to the ailment of a top member of the cabal in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, Mamman Daura. Daura has long been viewed as the leader of a powerful cabal or ‘powerful kitchen cabinet’…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the deadline for the registration of the National Identity Number (NIN) to be extended by two months effective from Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Justice M.A. Onyetenu on Monday, granted the extension while delivering a ruling in a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Monday Ubani. The suit…
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has stated that if the insecurity challenges in the country persist, the 2023 elections will not hold. Governor Ortom stated this on Tuesday when he visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He thanked the President for condemning the attack on his farm but said: “that there…