Alleged N6.9 billion fraud: Fayose’s EFCC trial resumes after the 2023 election

02 Feb 2023

Justice Chukujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, adjourned the trial of former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose on Wednesday to March 20. The politician and his company, Spotless Investment Limited, are being investigated for allegedly committing an N6.9 billion fraud.  On July 2, 2019, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arrested […]

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GUNMEN ABDUCT CROSS RIVER COMMISSIONER FOR WOMEN AFFAIRS AND OTHERS

02 Feb 2023

Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted Cross River state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Gertrude Njar barely 72 hours after an aide to a federal lawmaker, Mr Kenneth Abang was also kidnapped along Calabar-Ikom federal highway. Finding showed that Mrs. Njar and another lady that was yet to be identified were abducted at […]

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TEACHER CHARGED TO COURT FOR IMPERSONATING DSS AND EXTORTION

02 Feb 2023

A teacher in Osogbo, Osun state capital, Olaleye Oluseyi, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court over alleged impersonation of operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS. He was also said to have obtained the sum of N112,000 from one Taiwo Victor on the pretence of helping the victim secure employment in the […]

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COURT REMANDS IVD OVER WIFE’S DEATH

02 Feb 2023

An Ebute Meta Magistrate Court in Lagos on Tuesday, January 31, ordered the remand of auto dealer Ikechukwu Daryl Ogbonna, popularly known as IVD, over the death of his wife, Abimbola Martins-Ogbonna. Magistrate Adebayo Kafayat Tella, made the order following advice by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State, which indicted Ogbonna for involuntary […]

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NIGERIAN POLICE LAUNCH SMART-FORCE DATABASE MANAGEMENT

02 Feb 2023

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, NEAPS, fdc, CFR, has launched the ‘IGP-SmartForce Database Management Centre’ today Wednesday 1st February, 2023, for Personnel Records Digitalization and Biometric Capturing of all officers of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that all officers have their details captured and stored for record purposes and […]

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Adamawa has six new judges

01 Feb 2023

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri installed six new judges on Tuesday. During the judges’ swearing-in ceremony at the Government House in Yola, the governor charged them with protecting the judiciary as the country’s last hope and safeguarding democracy. “All my life, I have never felt so fearful like the day I stood and held the […]

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GUNMEN KIDNAP MAN ON HIS WAY TO FATHER’S BURIAL

01 Feb 2023

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a man identified as Kenneth Abang in Cross River State. A senior correspondent at the News Agency of Nigeria, George Odok Jnr, who confirmed the incident on Monday night, January 30, 2023, said Mr Abang was kidnapped while travelling to Boki Local Govt Area of the state in […]

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40 HOODLUMS INVADE SCHOOL, CHASE PUPILS

01 Feb 2023

No fewer than 40 hoodlums have invaded a private school, Shalom Group of Schools, Baruwa, Ipaja, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the students and management of the school could not enter the premises as the main entrance was blocked by the land grabbers, popularly referred to as Omo-Onile. The Proprietress of […]

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MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATENING TO KIDNAP WIFE OF BUSINESSMAN

01 Feb 2023

The Adamawa state police command has arrested a 19-year-old man identified as Hadi Maigari, for allegedly threatening to kidnap a man’s wife after asking her to pay N10 million ransom to prevent the kidnap, According to the police, the suspect who is a herder and hails from Kwanan Yaji in Gombi LGA in Zamfara state, […]

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