BY KEN UGBECHIE Ibrahim Magu, a police officer, has fallen. And great’s his fall. He was the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was the one who was to be above board. He was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to catch thieves; tame the incubus of corruption and rein ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has debunked media reports that its Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, was arrested. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, said in a statement that Magu was only invited by a “presidential panel reviewing the activities of the EFCC”. Though the EFCC statement failed to explain why Magu ...

  The Police Command in Zamfara says it has arrested 251 alleged illegal miners, among them a Burkinabe, during a Sallah eve raid at the mining sites in the state. The Police Commissioner, Usman Nagogo, paraded the arrested persons at the command headquarters on Friday in Gusau. Nagogo recalled the arrest of some Chinese nationals ...

Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Ebun Olu Adegboruwa has made a strong case for the immediate release of Barrister Emperor Gabriel Ogbonna who had been in detention for months in Abia State. In a statement issued on Sunday, Adegboruwa demanded for the release of Ogbonna who was arrested in his office in ...

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola   The Osun Joint Task Force charged with fighting assorted crimes, has apprehended 27 persons suspected to be illegal miners in the state. Mr Abdullahi Binuyo, the Deputy Chief of Staff to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, who disclosed this on Sunday in Osogbo, said that the suspects comprised of 17 Chinese nationals and ...

The Katsina State Police Command confirms killing of 47 persons by bandits in an early morning attacks on communities in three local government areas of the state. The command’s Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Katsina. He said that the bandits carried out the ...

Amid global worries about 5G, Nokia has eased operator’s transition to 5G by unveiling a version of dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) compatible with a wide variety of legacy radio technologies. While the move to 5G has resulted in a fresh focus on DSS, Nokia appears to have gone a step further than recent moves by ...

Ishaq Oloyode, Registrar JAMB   Almost two million candidates registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) as the exam began today, Saturday. The examination, conducted by the Joint Matriculation and Admissions Board (JAMB), will be written across 600 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide and is expected to end on April 4, 2020. According to JAMB, ...

On March 3, 2020 the Arabic language Twitter account of the United States Department of States, also known as ‘Rewards for Justice Program’, placed a fresh bounty on the head of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, making it the fourth time such action has either be taken by the American or Nigerian Government. The previous ...

APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole   Mr Adams Oshiomhole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed the court judgement which suspended him as the national chairman of the party. He filed the suit on Wednesday, hours after a Federal Capital Territory High Court granted an order of interim injunction restraining Oshiomhole from parading himself ...