The Police Command in Ogun said one Babatunde Kolawole, allegedly found with a fresh male human corpse, was arrested and handed over to its personnel at Ado/Odo-Ota area of the state. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Ota, Ogun, said the suspect […]
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was formally confirmed dead on Sunday following genetic analysis, investigators said, as anger and questions over what caused his plane to crash earlier in the week continued to mount. Speculation that the Kremlin may have been involved in the crash has been rife, with the incident coming exactly two […]
The National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza in Abia and Odogwa in Etche Local […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditation of those affected.” SERAP urged him “to publicly instruct the officials in the presidential […]
Human Rights Network says that vulnerable children who arrived in the United Kingdom by small boat have been kept in an adult prison that holds adult sex offenders. According to the Guardian UK, an increasing number of cases have been identified where unaccompanied children, many of whom appear to be trafficked, have been sent […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, says it has seized contraband worth N164.8 million in the state. The Area Comptroller of the Nigerian Customs Service in the state, Ben Oramalugo, made this known while addressing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital on Saturday. He said the command seized 371 parcels of […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, stated that the consensus of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is that no one would be allowed to “insincerely” buy time. This comes a week after the Niger coupists announced a three-year transition plan. President Bola Tinubu (R) meets with U.S. Presidential Envoy and Assistant Secretary […]
Sunday 27 August 2023 Forex crisis puts parents of students studying abroad under severe pressure FG Determined To Stop Pipeline Vandals, Fight Them To Submission – Minister Oil Theft: FG Lauds Tantita For ‘Job Well Done’ Securing Pipelines Niger: ECOWAS Won’t Allow Anyone To Insincerely Buy Time, Tinubu Tells US Envoy No Part Of […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) are probing Muhyi Rimingado over alleged corruption. While a letter by the EFCC asked Rimingado, chairman of Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), to send PCACC’s director of finance and accounts to appear at its headquarters in Abuja […]
The ongoing killings in Ukum Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state has escalated with the reported murder of six persons including a beer parlour operator and a young man who was preparing for his wedding in the Chito community. It was also gathered that one of the armed gangs operating in that axis […]
