A Japanese court has acquitted an 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate after it found that evidence used against him was fabricated. Iwao Hakamada was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, the man’s wife and their two teenage children. He was recently granted a retrial amid suspicions that investigators […]
About 10 persons have died following a cholera outbreak in Ndibokote village of Ezza Inyimagu in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Among the dead person is a nursing mother, who left behind a nine-month-old baby. The Ebonyi State Health Commissioner Moses Ekuma confirmed this in a statement by the ministry’s spokesman Lucy […]
Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has found the five suspects involved in the Offa robbery incidents guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. According to the judge, the offences are punishable by death. The incident happened in April 2018. Delivering the judgement which lasted three and half […]
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, resolved to investigate the bribery allegations levelled against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Correctional Service by social media influencer, Martins Otse popularly known as VeryDarkMan. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance on Thursday, sponsored by the […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says prices of beans, bread, yam, rice and other food items increased in August 2024. In its ‘Selected Food Prices Watch’ report for August on Wednesday, NBS said the average price of 1 kilogram (kg) of brown beans (sold loose) stood at N2,574.63. On a year-on-year basis, NBS said […]
The federal government has filed a fresh 16-count charge against Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi state, TheCable can report. The charge, filed before a federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday, borders on alleged criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110,446,470,089, contrary to sections 96 and 311 of Penal Code Law Cap.89 […]
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Wednesday, ordered a thorough investigation into allegations of bribery within the Nigerian Correctional Service. Although the minister did not mention any specific case, his directive comes on the heels of a voice note shared by Martins Otse, a.k.a. VeryDarkMan, in which Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, claimed […]
The Federal Government has approved the increase of Corps Members’ monthly allowance to ₦77,000 with effect from July 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Caroline Embu, said the increment was in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024. Embu quoted a […]
The legal chambers of renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, have issued a formal letter demanding a retraction of defamatory statements made against his son, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz. The demand was made in response to allegations linking Falz to a conversation involving Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, regarding financial assistance and […]
The Anambra State Police Command in Nigeria’s Southeast, has apprehended a man suspected of supplying arms and food to unknown gunmen terrorizing the state. According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, the suspect was arrested during an intelligence-driven patrol conducted by a Police-led Joint Security Force in the Pillar-Pole area of […]
