BRIBERY: FAROUK LAWAN REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER SERVING 5-YEAR JAIL TERM
Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, was freed from prison after serving five years for soliciting and receiving a $500,000 bribe....
GUNMEN KILL THREE, ABDUCT TWO RICE FARMERS IN NIGER ATTACK
Three persons were killed and two rice farmers were abducted in a bandit attack on Sunday in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State....
FEAR PREVENTED ME FROM REPORTING RAPE OF BAMISE BY THREE OTHER PASSENGERS – ANDREW NICE
In the ongoing murder trial of Andrew Nice Omininikoron, a driver for the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), he testified that fear prevented him...
MAN ARRAIGNED BY EFCC OVER N8.1M LAND FRAUD IN ENUGU
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Directorate, has arraigned Paulinus Ani before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar at the Federal High Court in...
UPDATE: ANAMBRA GOVT VOWS TO HUNT DOWN CULT KILLERS
The Anambra State Government has vowed to hunt down perpetrators of the cult-related killings that occurred at the Nibo community in Awka South Local Government...
COURT SENTENCES 17 MILITANTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT OVER RESORT KIDNAPPINGS IN PHILIPPINES
Seventeen members of an Islamic State-linked militant group have been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping foreign and Filipino nationals in Malaysia nearly 25...
NDLEA ARREST CANADA-BASED NURSE, TWO BUSINESSMEN OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two businessmen for attempting to import and export cocaine pellets and parcels of Loud,...
POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN OKADA RIDERS’ BRUTAL ATTACK IN LAGOS
A yet-to-be-identified Assistant Superintendent of Police has reportedly been killed by motorcycle riders in the Agege area of Lagos state. It was gathered that the...
KADUNA, KANO PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS AS VANDALS DESTROY TRANSMISSION TOWERS
Two towers have been destroyed by vandals along the crucial 330kV Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2, throwing parts of Kano and Kaduna into darkness....
KANO HISBAH ARRESTS JIGAWA COMMISSIONER FOR ADULTERY
The Kano State Hisbah Board said it arrested Jigawa State Commissioner of Special Duties, Auwal Danladi Sankara, in an uncompleted building with a married woman....