A suspected female kidnapper was reportedly caught and beaten to a pulp by an angry mob in Nasarawa State. The incident reportedly happened three days ago in Laminga, Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. According to a report by a Facebook user, Ismail Samai, the woman identified as Lisa specializes in kidnapping children and…
One Williams Michael Ogwezi is also known as Dr. Williams has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for parading himself as a staff of the Commission to defraud his unsuspecting victims. The suspect accused of being a member of a syndicate that specializes in forging identity cards of the Commission as well…
Faisal, son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested. Recall that Faisal was declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Abuja after he jumped bail since June 24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, confirmed to the court on Thursday that Faisal was apprehended…
Nigeria’s 1.5 billion dollar budget support loan request is “still in the works”, says Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria. Chaudhuri said this on Thursday in Abuja, at a media conference on the presentation of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU) for December. The report titled “Rising to the Challenge: Nigeria’s COVID…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has slammed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over his failure to appear before the House of Representatives on Thursday. According to Fayose, the President showed the sign of ‘a dictator’ by shunning the invitation extended to him by the legislative arm of government over the insecurity challenges…
The Minister of Education, Alhaji Adamu Adamu has expressed regret at the falling standard of education in the country and challenged education administrators to wake up from their slumber. Adamu, who spoke Thursday at the commissioning of 7 various projects a the Federal College of Education, YOLA frowned at a situation where many graduating students…
Some yet to be identified persons have broken into the Ogun State House of Assembly complex and carted away the mace. GIOTV learned that the hoodlums broke into the office of the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo overnight and made away with the mace, the Assembly’s symbol of authority. Our correspondent reports that the State Assembly complex…
Police in Hyderabad on Wednesday, December 9, arrested a 32-year-old Nigerian national who duped a pastor of over Rs 24 lakh (N12,385,403.19) by posing as a Canadian philanthropist wishing to donate money and masks to the poor affected by the pandemic. According to the police, after the lockdown, the accused Morgan, who is based in…
The Niger state Police Command on Thursday disclosed that one of its patrol team had killed a notorious armed bandit known as Zokala. Zokala was known to have been terrorizing Beri, Lamba, Kamfanin-waya, Farin-Shige, Bukoki communities and its environs along Rafin-Gora, Kontagora local government area of Niger state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP…
A Nigerian man in possession of six fake United Nations passports has been apprehended in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Wednesday, December 9. The Nigerian man had visited the Turkish embassy in Islamabad a few days ago and applied for the visa on the fake UN passport and ID. During the verification…