The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Alkali Usman, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the presidential candidate of the All Progresdives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has no pending criminal matter with the Police. Usman also told the court that Tinubu had no pending petition and was not a suspect to the […]
The leader of the Ilana Omo Odua, a Yoruba self-determination group, Prof. Banji Akintoye, has said foreign terrorists have taken over the country and not just the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Akintoye, who painted a grim picture of the security situation, said Nigeria was already in serious danger. Speaking at the Congress of the group held […]
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration, on Tuesday, evacuated 117 irregular Nigerian migrants from Libya. The Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, in a statement issued Tuesday by its Chargé D’affaires, Amb. Kabiru Musa, said the evacuees, comprising 89 men, 22 women, two children, and four infants, left Tripoli at 1:00 […]
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided the offices of black market currency dealers in Abuja on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, arresting an unconfirmed number of suspects. Our correspondent gathered that the officials, armed to the teeth, stormed the Sheraton Hotel area of Abuja to arrest some Bureaux De Change operators. An […]
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has stated the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Iyorchia Ayu lacks the capacity to lead the party to victory in 2023. The Governor said no amount of blackmail and abuses against them would make his group back down on the demand the chairmanship of the party […]
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari breached the provisions of the 1999 Constitution for not transferring power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. At a press briefing in Abuja, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum said any actions taken by any of the President’s men in the next two weeks […]
A yet-to-be identified middle aged man has been burnt to death in a fire outbreak that engulfed the Providus Bank Head Office on Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island, Lagos on Tuesday. An unspecified number of persons were also reportedly injured. The fire was said to have emanated from the premises of the bank while a […]
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been described as a man capable of turning waste to wealth. Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council of APC and Governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong, made the remark at the ongoing town hall meeting and dialogue between Tinubu and the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Ismaila Atumeyi, with N326 million and $140,500 cash. According to The PUNCH, Atumeyi who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly was arrested on Sunday, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Kazeem wanted over drug trafficking and money laundering. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the decision to declare the suspect wanted followed his failure to honour invitations and an order granted the agency by a […]
