Former Mavin artiste, Iyanya Mbuk, has been charged with alleged car theft by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos State. He was on Tuesday brought before Justice Okikiolu-Ighile of an Igbosere High Court, according to a report by The Punch. The prosecution counsel, Chukwu Agwu, alleged that the singer committed the offence […]
Nigerians under the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum have called for the immediate arrest and detention of the Commander of the National Air Defence Corps, Ikeja, Air commodore U.K Abdullah for alleged national security breach. This is also as the Forum called for the investigation of the reported interception of a weaponized drone at […]
Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared that the burial of Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and his wife Ugoeze Sally Kanu, slated for 14th of February is an Igbo traditional rite and not a Biafran function. Speaking to journalists, Comrade Uchenna Madu, MASSOB leader urged the army to resist […]
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 12-year jail term served on former Taraba governor Jolly Nyame by the lower court over N1.6bn corruption charge. The apex court, however, set aside all fines imposed on the former governor by the appellate court. Delivering judgment, Justice Amina Augie held that the Court of Appeal’s decision to […]
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said that all the 36 states of the federation contravened the guidelines of the Debt Management Office by contracting debts exceeding their 12-month revenues. According to the DMO guidelines on borrowing, no state should have outstanding loans that are more than 50 per cent of their total revenues in the […]
No fewer than 250 terrorists and criminal elements have been eliminated by a special team of the Nigerian Police in the sustained battle against terrorism and violent crimes across Nigeria. Special Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Nigeria Police backed by the Special Forces of the Police Airwing, in a daring offensive, stormed one […]
Executive Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma has extended the timeline given to the Investigative Panels and Commissions of Inquiry set up by the deposed Emeka Ihedioha administration on contracts, land acquisition and other matters. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Oguwuike Nwachukwu stated that the governor announced the […]
Another anti-corruption organization, Citizens Rights Against Corruption (CRAC) has joined the list of those calling for the comprehensive probe of the Vice Chancellors of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) , his UNIABUJA counterpart and their predecessors where necessary. This followed a chain of fraudulent activities and questionable transactions in excess of N1.2 billion […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin the Kwara State capital has upheld the judgment of a High Court which handed down a 12-year jail term to a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dr. Saadu Alanamu. Crimefacts.news reports that Dr. Alanamu who was nominated into the Board of the Independent […]
Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) on Tuesday disclosed that the Custom Command at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) had intercepted 8.06 million U.S. dollars from the airport. Ali, during a media briefing in Lagos, said that the dollars loaded in six big `Bagco’ bags were packed in a coaster bus belonging to […]
