COURT DIRECTS RELEASE OF 27 HOMES INCORRECTLY TAKEN BY EFCC
The Federal High Court in Abuja has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give back 27 houses that were taken without permission....
STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING LOVER IN UNIPORT
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR A court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has found a 400-level student from the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, named Damain Okoligwe,...
FG DIDN’T PAY RANSOM FOR RELEASE OF ABDUCTED VICTIMS- SENATE SPOKESPERSON
The spokesperson for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, said that the Federal Government did not pay a ransom to get schoolchildren back who were recently taken...
GUINEA-BISSAU RELAXES CURFEW AMIDST MILITARY COUP
Life slowly returned to usual in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Friday after the country’s fifth coup in recent times, which happened right after the...
APPELLATE COURT DISMISSES NNAMDI KANU’S RIGHT VIOLATION SUIT
HOTJIST NEWS The Court of Appeal in Abuja heard an appeal from Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, but decided to...
EX-BINANCE CHIEF, GAMBARYAN LOOSES CASE AGAINST EFCC, NSA
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR A federal high court in Abuja has rejected a lawsuit filed by Tigran Gambaryan, who used to work for Binance. The person...
POLICE ARREST 26 SUSPECTS IN LAGOS FOR COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY, ADULTERATED DIESEL PRODUCTION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 26 male suspects for alleged involvement in fraudulent activities, including the possession of counterfeit...
TROOPS INTERCEPT 22 SUSPECTED TERRORIST LOGISTICS OPERATIVES IN BORNO
HOTJIST NEWS Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Hadin Kai, have arrested a suspected terrorist logistics supplier along with 21 accomplices in Mafa...
NDLEA ARRESTS TWO, SEIZES OVER 1,000KG OF CANNABIS ON BENIN–AKURE ROAD
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two individuals and intercepted two vehicles transporting...
TEENAGER SHOT DEAD BY ALLEGED TRIGGER-HAPPY POLICEMAN IN IBADAN
By Aishat Momoh. O. A teenager identified simply as DMX has reportedly died after being shot by a police officer in the Alakia area of...