French lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the three-fifths majority needed for the change after it overcame initial resistance […]
Police authorities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested 15 suspects over the looting of a warehouse in the area. Some residents had on Sunday morning looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture in the Tasha area of Abuja. But hours after the incident, the Federal Capital […]
Monday 04 March 2024 Tight security at NEMA stores as hoodlums loot FCT warehouses SIM-NIN linkage: Blocked lines rise to 40 million Senate summons CBN officials over N30tn loans Reps ask airlines to refund N4bn COVID-19 funds FG plans foreign training for select doctors Katsina residents eye N50m bounty, submit tips on wanted bandits […]
Two policemen on escort duty have been beaten to death, and two others injured following a mob action at Ikpeshi in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. The incident occurred after a Toyota Hilux vehicle belonging to the escort duty policemen in the convoy of former Edo House of Assembly member Emmanuel Agbaje […]
Pascal Ibe, a reporter and editor with CrimeFacts will spend three months at Dubawa to participate in Kwame Karikari Fact-checking Fellowship. The Indigenous language Fact checking project is for three months and is a unique opportunity to contribute to the fight against misinformation and disinformation using the indigenous language in Anglophone West Africa. In […]
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the looting of warehouse by hoodlums in Abuja to steal food items at a government storage facility in Gwagwa. FCT Police Public Relations officer, SP Josephine Adeh, who confirmed the incident, said officers were already on ground trying to control the situation. Recall […]
The Katsina State Police Command has declared a N50 million reward for any individual who provides valuable information that will lead to the arrest of two bandits’ kingpins, Modi Modi and Jan Kare, operating withinKankara and Safana Local Government Areas, Katsina State. ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed the bounty […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives on Saturday, 2 March 2024 intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, […]
Sunday 03 March 2024 Nollywood mourns again as Mr Ibu dies Port Harcourt-Aba Rail Line To Begin Operations By March — NRC Tinubu Making Impulsive Decisions — Ex-APC Vice Chair FG To Commence Lagos-Sagamu Long Bridge Repairs On Monday FG To Query Non-Performing DisCos Over ‘Worsening Power Supply’ Rivers Community Protests Alleged Killing Of Indigenes […]
The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft has arrested a Ghana-registered vessel, Motor Tanker Sweet Miri suspected to be involved in crude oil theft. The vessel was arrested 174 nautical miles of the coast of Nigeria, approximately 320 kilometres, heading to Benin Republic. Base Information Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, Lieutenant Hussaini Ibrahim, in […]
