The eight rescued kidnap victims who have been receiving medical attention at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, were on Sunday discharged after a week in the facility. The victims including five school children and three staff of The Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, who were kidnapped along the Emure-Eporo Road, […]

  One of the phone numbers linked to Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has been compromised, and the perpetrators are trying to extort money from unsuspecting individuals. The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Ogbeche, disclosed this in a statement shared on Facebook on Sunday. Ogbeche urged members of the public to disregard any unsolicited […]

  Access Holdings says it will soon announce the appointment of an acting group chief executive officer after the passing of Herbert Wigwe. Wigwe, wife, son and Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the former group chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), died in a helicopter crash in the US. The Eurocopter EC130 helicopter conveying them […]

  The Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 8,600 bottles of beer loaded in a van that came from Kaduna to the state. The board’s officer in charge of intoxicants, Idris Ibrahim, disclosed this to journalists on Saturday, Ibrahim said the alcoholic drinks were seized last Thursday at Kwanar Dangora village along […]

  The Nigerian Navy says it arrested Motor Tanker SAISNIL II with about 720,000 Liters of Crude Oil Sludge allegedly stolen from an oil facility in the Niger Delta region. The St. Vincent & Grenadines flag vessel was arrested along with it’s 11 crew men onboard The ship which was allegedly arrested around 199 nautical […]

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 7,345.209 kilograms of illicit drugs and substances worth N125.71 million in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NDLEA Commander in the territory, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the illicit drugs were […]

  In a recent attack launched on the Umogidi community in Entekpa Ward of the Adoka District, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, suspected gunmen have reportedly killed two individuals and others sustained different degrees of injuries. Saturday New Telegraph reports that the fresh attack occurred a few days after a similar attack in […]

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas over “the failure to disclose, clarify and explain the details National Assembly budget of N344.85 billion, and the rationale for several budget items, such as the N6 billion […]

  Following the tragic attacks resulting in the loss of over 200 lives across three local government areas in Plateau state – Bokkos, Mangu, and Barkin Ladi, President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate establishment of a Military Barracks. The Barracks will be located in Miller Farm (Gada Biyu) Mbar District of Bokkos local government […]