Suspected bandits have kidnapped two teenage sisters at Guita community, Chikakore in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is coming few days after kidnappers reportedly killed a nursing mother, Christiana Igba and her mother, Maria Agbo, after spending two weeks with them in their yet-to-known hideout, leaving a month […]
The Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has apprehended a 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu for attempting to sell her two sons. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, was said to have connived with her 17-year-old daughter, identified as Joy, […]
Ogun State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers for extorting N312,000 from a student of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) Ijagun, Kashimao Emmanuel. The three dismissed officers, attached to Ijebu Ife in Ijebu East local government, in Ogun State are Cpl Idowu Sunday, inspectors Taiwo Kolawole and John Ogbe. Commissioner of […]
China’s global dominance in electric cars helped it overtake Japan as the world’s biggest vehicle exporter last year, official data confirmed Wednesday. Japanese giants such as Toyota and Nissan have been much more cautious than their Chinese counterparts, like BYD on electric vehicles (EVs), banking instead on hybrid models. Figures released Wednesday by the […]
A Second Prosecution Witness, in the trial of a former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, Kassim Yusuf, on Tuesday, recounted before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, that the former governor diverted a staggering N4.6billion he received as security fund from the office of the former National Security […]
Wednesday 31 January 2024 Kidnapping epidemic: Abductors demand N100m for Ekiti schoolchildren, teachers Naira plunges in ‘official market’, CBN warns forex dealers N4.6bn ONSA fund shared to organise prayers against insecurity – EFCC witness So-Safe Corps rescues 17-year-old boy from kidnappers in Ogun Court Of Appeal President, Justice Dongban-Mensem Constitutes Tribunal For Surulere 1, […]
The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Adamawa Governor. In a judgment a moment ago, a five-member panel of the apex court unanimously dismissed the appeal by Aishatu Ahmed Dahiru, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in […]
Abductors of school children in Ekiti have reportedly contacted the family of their victims, demanding N30 million as ransom to release the five pupils and other victims. The kidnappers had in the evening of Monday waylaid a school bus and abducted everybody on board, including five pupils of The Apostolic Nursery and Primary School, […]
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State said the establishment of state police has become imperative to surmount the security challenges facing different parts of the country. Makinde stated this when he received the Conference of Speakers of State Legislators, South-West Chapter, led by its chairman and Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Rt. […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth to 3 percent in 2024 — down from a 3.1 percent projected in October 2023. This is contained in the Washington-based institution’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) update for January 2024. The outlook, released on Tuesday, is titled, ‘Moderating Inflation and Steady […]
