EBONYI SHUTS SCHOOLS, IMPOSES 20-HOUR CURFEW AFTER DEADLY AMASIRI ATTACK
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, has ordered the immediate closure of all schools in the Amasiri clan of Afikpo...
JUST IN: DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE CORRUPTION TRIAL RESUMES IN LONDON
By Aishat Momoh. O. Proceedings resume on Monday in London in the corruption and bribery trial of former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke,...
YELWATA KILLINGS: SUSPECTS TO BE ARRAIGNED MONDAY AT FEDERAL HIGH COURT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Suspects arrested in connection with the killings in Yelwata, a community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, will be...
INTERPOL HUNTS INDONESIA ‘GASOLINE GODFATHER’ OVER $17BN GRAFT SCANDAL
Interpol issued a red notice for the arrest of one of Indonesia’s biggest oil tycoons over a $17 billion corruption scandal, authorities said. Mohammad Riza...
I WAS MARKED FOR ARREST, ASSASINATION, DEFENCE MINISTER REVEALS
HOTJIST NEWS The Defence Minister, General Christopher Musa (retd.), said on Sunday that he was one of the people the plotters wanted to target in...
GUNMEN KILL ONE, ABDUCT FIVE, BURN CHURCH, POLICE STATION IN NIGER ATTACK
Agency report Gunmen suspected to be bandits have again struck in Niger State, killing one person, abducting five others, and setting ablaze a church building...
FG TO ARRAIGN SUSPECTS IN BENUE KILLINGS ON MONDAY
By: Sefiu Ajape The Federal Government has confirmed that suspects linked to the recent killings in Yelwata, a town in Benue State, will be formally...
POLICE RECOVER 415 LIVE CARTRIDGES, ARREST SUSPECTS IN AKWA IBOM
By: Sefiu Ajape The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has recovered a large stockpile of live ammunition and arrested a suspect, along with...
NDLEA ARRESTS BRAZIL-BASED NIGERIAN BUSINESSMAN WITH COCAINE HIDDEN IN PRIVATE PARTS AT LAGOS AIRPORT
By: Sefiu Ajape Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, at Murtala Muhammed International...
JUST IN: 80 WORSHIPPERS RETURN HOME AFTER ESCAPING ABDUCTION IN KADUNA
By: Sefiu Ajape No fewer than 80 worshippers who escaped abduction during a bandit attack on Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of...