Senate summons IGP Idris over killing of 7 cops
The Senate has mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to summon the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over killing of seven Police officers at Galadimawa Junction in Abuja. This followed…
Nollywood actress arraigned for stealing, break-in
An upcoming Yoruba actress and film maker, Yetunde Akilapa, was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court charged with break-in and stealing valuables worth N7 million. The Nollywood…
Online crook posing as US military officer gets jail
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced to a year imprisonment, an online fraudster, Louis Usiaka, who impersonated a U.S. military officer. The News Agency…
After a long illness, Ciroma dies at 84
Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Adamu Ciroma is dead. Family sources said the elder statesman died in a Turkish hospital, Abuja, on Thursday after a protracted illness….
How two foreigners forged company documents to divert fund – EFCC
Moses Awonusi, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court, how two male Beninoise forged documents of a Nigerian company,…
ELumelu boosts Okowa’s Wealth Creation Programmes with N500m
THE wealth creation programmes of Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa got a boost Thursday when Mr Tony Elumelu on behalf of the conglomerates under his watch, donated N500…
Marijuana absent in Afrika Shrine during Macron visit
French President Emmanuel Macron shook up his two-day visit to Nigeria with a stop at the New Afrika Shrine, a concert hall founded by the late music legend Fela Kuti…
Triplets, twins delivered in IDP camp
The Camp Commandant, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp, Abagena, Makurdi, Mr James Iorkyaa, has said that 51 deaths and 69 births were recorded in the camp between January and June….
APC implodes, aggrieved members quit, more to follow
As predicted by pundits including The Political Economist Intelligence Team, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has imploded with a splinter group quitting to join the new Peoples Democratic Party…