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The Rivers State Police Command has arrested the three suspects, including a self-proclaime pharmacist who allegedly murdered a nine-year-old boy, Destiny Peter, by severing his head from the body, in Isiokpo clan, Ikwerre LGA of the state.The arrested suspects are ...

My flight from Jos to Lagos was scheduled for noon but I got to the airport at about 11 am only to be told the flight was rescheduled to 10 am and it had left as at my arrival time ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained a former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinedion, over alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of ₦1.6 billion. Premium Times reports that the ex-governor was being grilled by ...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, November 2, ordered the immediate suspension of the General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki. This comes in the wake of the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi ...

..The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command on Friday, arrested two self-claimed herbalists, identified as Ajisafe Toheeb and Ogundayo Usman at Soka area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital over their alleged involvement in internet fraud.They were ...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Monday, October 25, 2021, arraigned one Abdulrahim Dangana before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, on one count charge that borders on obtaining by pretense. The defendant is ...

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has described how he nearly escaped death after terrorists attacked the Kaduna Abuja railway he was on board with an explosive. Bandits attacks are on the rise and Shehu Sani has advised Nigerians to ...

Thugs numbering four have attacked Mr Waziri Enwongulu, the Legal Adviser, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Wakama ward, Nasarawa State. Enwongulu while narrating his ordeal on Saturday in Wakama when officials of APC and stakeholders visited him, said that he ...

According to Luke Onofiok, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary, the Chief Justice of the Federation, Ibrahim Tanko, receives a monthly salary of N279,497. Onofiok mentioned this on Wednesday, October 6, when proposing a motion on the ...

Hoodlums have attacked police officers at a checkpoint on the Obasanjo-Itele road, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State and carted away an AK-47 rifle. It was gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday when some ...