Counting the cost of contagion fears from Africa coups
September 21, 2023 When Gabon’s General Brice Oligui Nguema ousted his distant cousin last month, he became the eighth military leader who has taken power by force in Africa since…
EFCC’s SCUML in Surprise AML Enforcement Visit to SC Group in Abuja
Sept. 21, 2023 The Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML has carried out enforcement activities in the premises of SC Group, a Designated Non- Financial Business, located at Wuye,…
Cultism: Creation of special court underway to try cultists – Ogun govt.
Sept. 21, 2022 Gov. Dapo Abiodun says a special Court is to be established by the Ogun Government to try cult-related cases. Abiodun spoke after a joint security meeting, held…
Kano Election Tribunal Sacks NNPP’s Abba Kabir As Governor, Declares APC Candidate Winner
September 20, 2023 The Kano State Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). Delivering judgement, the three-man panel,…
75 die in road crashes in Lagos in 8 months – FRSC
Sept. 20, 2023 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Command says that no fewer than 75 persons had lost their lives in Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in the state…
Police kill 4 kidnappers, recover weapons in Delta
Sept. 20, 2023 The police command in Delta has killed four members of a gang which specialised in kidnapping. The spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on…
Security guard bags life imprisonment for defiling 4-year-old girl
Sept. 20, 2023 An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Wednesday sentenced a 42-year-old security guard, Daniel Okon, to life imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl in a…
ICC says it has been hacked
September 20, 2023 The International Criminal Court (ICC) said its computer system had been hacked, a breach at one of the world’s most high-profile international institutions and one that handles…
Nigeria’s Xara Orji among winners of 5th World Bank, Financial Times youth blog competition
Sept. 20, 2023 Nigeria’s Xara Orji has been named among winners of 5th World Bank, Financial Times youth blog competition. In a statement on Tuesday by the World Bank, three…
NIDCOM Petitions Egyptair, Seeks Probe Into Death Of Nigerian Passenger As Family Cry out
September 20, 2023 The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has written to the management of Egyptair, demanding probe into the death of Ms. Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye, aboard…