RIVERS GOVERNMENT SHUTS OBIO/AKPOR INTERNATIONAL MARKET AFTER TRADER’S MURDER OVER N500 DISPUTE
By Aishat Momoh. O. Authorities in Rivers State have sealed off the popular Obio/Akpor International Market, also known as Amaechi Market, following the killing of...
DSS UPDATES ON HIGH-PROFILE TERRORISM TRIALS, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Department of State Services (DSS) has provided an update on the ongoing prosecution of several high-profile terrorism cases across Nigeria,...
COURT JAILS RETIRED AGRIC MINISTRY DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR AGE FALSIFICATION, N1.2M FRAUD
By Aishat Momoh. O. A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced a retired Deputy Director of the Federal Ministry of...
COURT DISMISSES MOMPHA’S NO-CASE SUBMISSION, ORDERS HIM TO OPEN DEFENCE IN N6BN MONEY LAUNDERING TRIAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has dismissed the no-case submission filed by social...
NIGERIAN STUDENT JAILED IN UK FOR RAPING TEENAGER
Chiemka Okoronta, a Nigerian postgraduate student in the United Kingdom, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the assault of a 17-year-old girl...
EDO POLICE ARREST TWO OVER ILLEGAL FIREARMS IN BUSH-COMBING OPERATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Edo State Police Command has apprehended two individuals for the illegal possession of firearms during a coordinated bush-combing operation intended...
THAI POLICE ARREST THREE WOMEN LINKED TO NIGERIAN-OPERATED ROMANCE SCAM WORTH OVER SIX BILLION BAHT
Agency Report Thai police have arrested three women suspected of being part of a romance scam network allegedly run by a group of Nigerians, which...
EFCC WITNESS DETAILS HOW CHINESE NATIONAL ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDED EMPLOYER OF OVER N700 MILLION
By Aishat Momoh. O. A prosecution witness and operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bukar Mustapha Kirri, on Monday narrated before Justice...
CHAD SHUTS BORDER OVER PROPOSED US ATTACK ON NIGERIA
HOTJIST NEWS The Administration of Chad has declared the prompt shutdown of its frontier with Nigeria, citing security apprehensions in light of claims regarding purported U. S. military strategies related to Christian homicides and genocide in the West African region. Military sources in N’djamena,...
POLICE DECLARE SOWORE WANTED OVER ALLEGED PLANNED PROTEST IN LAGOS
HOTJIST NEWS The Police authority in Lagos State has issued a warrant for activist Mr. Omoyele Sowore, accused of allegedly orchestrating public unrest and impeding significant thoroughfares within the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, revealed this information to reporters on Monday at...