CRIME
Gunmen Shoot Village Head In Plateau Community, Kill Son, Abduct Wife
At least two persons including Baba Yarima Jabi, the village head of Angwn Baraya in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, have been shot when gunmen attacked the community in the early hours of Sunday . It was learnt that while the village h...
Banditry: Zamfara Govt Recruits Community Protection Guards (PHOTOS)
In a bid to curb banditry in Zamfara, the state government has commenced the recruitment and training of operatives for its new security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG). Governor Bello Matawalle flagged off the exercise on Saturday. Below a...
50 Children Discovered In Ondo Church Underground Cell, Suspects Arrested
No fewer than 50 children have been rescued from an underground apartment in a church in Ondo town, Ondo state. The children were abducted and kept in the underground cell. The pastor of the church and other accomplices have been arrested by police d...
16,000 Job Seekers Apply In Amotekun’s 350 Slots
Applicants,16,000, have applied for the 350 vacant slots in the Ondo State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun. Already, 900 of them have been shortlisted. The security commander, Chief Àdetunji Adeleye said this in Akure over the weekend. Adeleye s...
Corruption: I’ll Challenge My Conviction At Supreme Court – APC Senator, Nwaoboshi Vows
Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi(APC, Delta North) has vowed to immediately challenge the Court of Appeal judgment which convicted him over corruption-related charges at the Supreme Court. In a statement in A...
Court Jails Senator Nwaoboshi 7 Years For Money Laundering
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Friday, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment and ordered that his two companies, Golden Tou...
Court Orders Immigration, Others To Release Ukpo’s Biodata To Ike Ekweremadu
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service and three banks to immediately release details of David Ukpo to the detained former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu to defend himself in a London...
Buhari Pays Tribute To Soldiers Killed In Niger Attack, Says Killers Must Not Go Free
President Muhammadu Buhari has described Thursday’s attack in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State as a direct assault on Nigeria. The President, in a statement issued Friday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the attackers would not go un...
Sharia Court Sentences Three Men To Death By Stoning In Bauchi
Three men were sentenced to death by stoning by a Sharia Court sitting in Ningi, the headquarters of Ningi LGA in Bauchi State. They were found guilty of homosexuality, which is prohibited in Islam. The convicted persons are Abdullahi Abubakar Bet...
UK Court Adjourns Ike Ekweremadu’s Organ Harvesting Trial To July 7
The former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Thursday, appeared before Uxbridge Magistrate’s Court in London, facing charges under Britain’s Modern Slavery Act. The case has been adjourned to July 7 at Westminster Magistrate Court to al...
